The Silence of the Sea by Yrsa Sigurðardóttir has won the 2015 Petrona Award for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year. The book, translated by Victoria Cribb and published by Hodder & Stoughton, was chosen as the wining title by Petrona Award judges Barry Forshaw, Dr Katharina Hall and Sarah Ward. The award was presented to Saturday at a Gala Dinner at CrimeFest in Bristol. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lauren Stevenson and Maeve Clarke have been awarded the top prizes at the Creative Future Literary Awards 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Victoria Aveyard, American author of ‘The Red Queen’ wins the ‘Buxtehuder Bulle,’ Germany's most renowned prize for young people’s literature. The post US Author Victoria Aveyard Wins Prestigious German Literary Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In honor of his body of work focusing on individual destiny in extreme situations, Manea is the first Romanian to win Guadalajara International Book Fair’s annual $150,000 award. The post Norman Manea Wins the Guadalajara Book Fair’s Romance Languages Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A book that was slow to find a home has now achieved success: A.S. Patric's 'Black Rock White City' is the 2016 winner of Australia's Miles Franklin Award. The post Debut Novel on Immigration Wins Australia’s Miles Franklin Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author of Black Rock White City, which has won Australia’s premier literary prize, says he feels a bit of sunlight after many years of absolute obscurity Two years ago, Melbourne’s AS Patric couldn’t even get a rejection slip for his book, Black Rock White City. Not one of the big Australian... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British writer Adrian Tchaikovsky has won the Arthur C Clarke award for science fiction for his novel Children of Time (Pan Macmillan). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tinder Press has acquired a story collection and debut novel from Lesley Nneka Arimah, winner of the 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for Africa. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two titles published by Faber, one by James Shapiro and the other by Benjamin Markovits, have won the £10,000 James Tait Black Prizes for fiction and biography. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To the delight of the audience at the Eisner ceremonies, John Lewis's 'March Book Two' and Peter Kuper's 'Ruins' won Eisners, while Lynda Barry and Matt Groening were inducted into the Hall of Fame. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To the delight of the audience at the Eisner ceremonies, John Lewis' 'March Book Two' and Peter Kuper's 'Ruins' won Eisners, while Lynda Barry and Matt Groening were inducted into the Hall of Fame. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A title from bookseller Ron John's publishing company Mabecron Books has been awarded a 2016 Holyer an Gof Publishers' award for books published about Cornwall or in Cornish. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Rosen and Sarah Crossan are the joint winners of the CLPE Children’s Poetry Award (CLiPPA). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The writer and poet Fiona Wright has won the Kibble award at the Nita B Kibble Literary Awards for Women Writers, given every year to Australian women writers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot wins the award for first-time children’s authors and their editorsHoratio Clare and his editor Penny Thomas at Firefly have won the much coveted Branford Boase award 2016 for their book Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot, illustrated by Jane Matthews. Related: The... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mandy Sutter has won the top prize at the New Welsh Writing Awards 2016 for her re-telling of her mother’s story of growing up in mid-1960s Nigeria. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Judith Kerr, the author behind classic children’s books such as The Tiger Came to Tea, will be presented with this year’s BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award today. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Historian, author and military strategist Hew Strachan has been named the 10th recipient of the $100,000 (£67,944.02) Pritzker Military Museum & Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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American author Akhil Sharma has won the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award for his "heart-wrenching" and "darkly funny" novel Family Life (Faber). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With more than 40 novels under her belt, including several popular romance series, it’s no wonder that Robyn Carr is the 2016 Romance Writers of America Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award winner. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A title from Hurst Publishers has won the 2016 Bread & Roses Award for Radical Publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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