St Aubyn wins Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize

Edward St Aubyn has won the fifteenth Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for his satire on the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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The Bookseller's Working Class Survey wins PPA award

The Bookseller’s Working Class survey, an analysis of class in the publishing business, has been named Content Piece of the Year at the PPA's Independent Publisher Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-11 12:39:47 UTC ]
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Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction launches poll for 10th anniversary

The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a poll to find the nation’s favourite historical novel. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-08 03:53:44 UTC ]
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DSC Prize for South Asian Literature shortlist revealed

​Six novels have been shortlisted for the 2019 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, as the award returns for its ninth year.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-07 19:11:34 UTC ]
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Hisham Matar follows his Pulitzer-winning ‘The Return’ with a meditation on art amid mourning

The reflections on art in “A Month in Siena” are beautiful and full of insight, but the book is about so much more. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-11-06 14:00:00 UTC ]
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Antrobus, Armfield, Rodrigues Fowler and Sherwood shortlisted for ST Young Writer of the Year

Four debuts have been shortlisted for the Sunday Times/University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award after a record number of submissions forced an expanded judging panel. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-02 15:32:17 UTC ]
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Harvard Business Review Wins Magazine of the Year at the Eddie & Ozzie Awards Gala

NEW YORK—Magazine and digital media professionals from all over the country gathered Wednesday evening to celebrate honorees for excellence in editorial and design. B2B, consumer and regional brands competed for Folio:’s 2019 Eddie and Ozzie Awards, the largest and most comprehensive such... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2019-11-01 14:44:10 UTC ]
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Ending the War on Artisan Cheese begins battle for Oddest book title prize

Shortlist for this year’s Diagram prize also includes The Dirt Hole and Its Variations, Noah Gets Naked and How to Drink Without DrinkingThe Dirt Hole and Its Variations, Ending the War on Artisan Cheese and Noah Gets Naked are among the 2019 nominees for the Bookseller’s annual prize for the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-11-01 00:01:14 UTC ]
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Reading for Pleasure Prize Competition launches

The Reading for Pleasure Prize Competition has launched to find "compelling, disruptive and innovative" ideas that encourage people in the UK and beyond to read for pleasure throughout the year.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-31 03:13:56 UTC ]
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Ellman and Barr make Saltire Literary Awards shortlist as new prizes introduced

Booker nominated Lucy Ellman and journalist Damian Barr have made the shortlist for the 2019 Saltire Literary Awards, which this year will feature two brand new prizes.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-25 15:48:05 UTC ]
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The UK’s Comedy Women in Print Prize Adds Graphic Novel Category

Funny women who write, Helen Lederer decided, needed award recognition. So she started a prize program, Comedy Women in Print. This is its second year. The post The UK’s Comedy Women in Print Prize Adds Graphic Novel Category appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-10-25 05:45:30 UTC ]
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Craven wins CWA Gold Dagger; No Exit takes inaugural publisher's award

Novelist M W Craven has won the prestigious Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year for The Puppet Show (Constable/Little, Brown). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-24 19:31:10 UTC ]
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In London, the Polari Prize Goes to Angela Chadwick and Andrew McMillan

The previously shortlisted Andrew McMillan and debut author Angela Chadwick are this year's honorees in the LGBT-themed awards program in the UK. The post In London, the Polari Prize Goes to Angela Chadwick and Andrew McMillan appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-10-24 09:30:44 UTC ]
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CWIP Prize returns, adds graphic novel category

​The Comedy Women in Print Prize, the UK and Ireland’s first prize to highlight the work of witty women, is returning for a second year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-24 03:11:50 UTC ]
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William Collins wins Mundy's 'urgent' climate change book in three-way auction

William Collins has triumphed in a three-way auction to publish Financial Times journalist Simon Mundy’s "urgent and practical" book on how climate change will transform global industry, economy and international development. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-23 16:03:08 UTC ]
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Chatto & Windus wins Matt Rowland Hill memoir in eight-way auction

Chatto & Windus has triumphed in a hotly-contested eight-way auction to publish an "extraordinarily brave" memoir about faith, loss and addiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-23 09:08:05 UTC ]
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Peirene Stevns Translation Prize postponed after publisher objects

A prize for new translators run by indie Peirene Press has been delayed after a European publisher objected to a "beginner" working on its book. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-23 05:12:59 UTC ]
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Bernardine Evaristo doubles lifetime sales in five days after joint Booker win

Almost 6,000 copies of Girl, Woman, Other sold in the week after Evaristo’s win alongside Margaret AtwoodBernadine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other more than doubled its lifetime sales in the week following its Booker prize win, with joint winner The Testaments by Margaret Atwood also flying off... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-10-22 16:25:45 UTC ]
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Thompson-Spires Wins Hurston/Wright 2019 Award for Fiction

Authors Nafissa Thompson-Spires (fiction), Terrance Hayes (poetry), and Imani Perry (nonfiction) were the winners of the Hurston/Wright Foundation's annual Legacy Awards, presented October 18 in Washington, D.C. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Mini Grey and Jessica Love to judge 2020 Klaus Flugge Prize

Illustrator Mini Grey and 2019 Klaus Flugge Prize winner Jessica Love will join the judging panel for the 2020 award.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-22 03:40:36 UTC ]
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Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction shortlist revealed

Casey Cep, Laura Cumming and Hallie Rubenhold are among the authors shortlisted for the £50,000 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, in a "magnificent" shortlist dominated by female authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-21 13:32:45 UTC ]
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