Swedish picture book author and illustrator Eva Lindström has won this year's Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, which carries with it a $525,000 USD purse. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-03-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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South African novelist Damon Galgut was awarded the 2021 Booker Prize for his novel 'The Promise,' published by Europa Editions. The novel follows the lives of three white siblings brought together by a series of funerals that follow the trajectory of the history of post-apartheid South Africa. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The publishing house Philippe Rey has its first Prix Goncourt winner: Senegalese author Mohamed Mbougar Sarr. Rights are selling extremely quickly. The post Mohamed Mbougar Sarr wins the 2021 Prix Goncourt appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-11-03 13:57:38 UTC ]
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Combined accounts worth £53m in annual billings in 2020, according to Nielsen data. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2021-11-03 11:07:53 UTC ]
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Damon Galgut has won the Booker Prize with The Promise (Chatto & Windus), hailed by judges as “a spectacular demonstration of how the novel can make us see and think afresh”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-03 11:06:30 UTC ]
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The relaunch will comprise a series of reissued backlist titles and the publication of frontlist fiction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Sheikh Zayed Book Award reports a 76-percent rise in submissions of work by women, and a 47-percent jump in entries of men's work. The post Sheikh Zayed Book Award: 3,000+ Submissions, a New Record appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-11-03 02:09:08 UTC ]
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The submissions period for the second cycle of the still-new German Nonfiction Prize runs to November 19, as seven jurors are named. The post German Nonfiction Book Prize Names Its 2022 Jury appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-11-02 12:10:32 UTC ]
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The shortlists for the 2021 FutureBook Awards have been revealed, featuring the likes of BookBar, the Feminist Book Box, Bad Form Review and the Working Class Writers’ Festival as well as a strong showing for Penguin Random House across various categories. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-02 02:31:37 UTC ]
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Criminal barrister Mohsin Zaidi and biographer Diana Souhami been announced the winners of the 2021 Polari Prizes. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-31 03:47:55 UTC ]
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Kaycee Hill, Marjorie Lotfi and Yvette Siegert have won the inaugural James Berry Poetry Prize for young or emerging Black and minority ethnic poets. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-28 17:18:52 UTC ]
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Narjas Zatat and Shirley Hottier have been named the first place winners of the Faber & Andlyn (FAB) Prize for new writers and illustrators from underrepresented backgrounds, as the award celebrates its fifth anniversary. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-28 11:33:27 UTC ]
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Dorothy Koomson, Juliet Pickering and Boldwood Books are among the winners of the Romantic Novelists’ Association annual Industry Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-28 05:18:16 UTC ]
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'The perspective of Indigenous peoples in the Indian and Pacific oceans' give 'Waves Across the South' distinction, say British Academy jurors. The post Sujit Sivasundaram Wins the £25,000 British Academy Book Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-10-27 11:40:47 UTC ]
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Author Matt Haig, chief medical officer professor Chris Whitty and librarian Amy McKay have been awarded CILIP honorary fellowships for 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-27 10:27:16 UTC ]
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Virago will publish Mean Baby, the memoir of actress Selma Blair, exploring her career, struggles with addiction, life with multiple sclerosis (MS) and advocacy alongside her role as a mother. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-26 09:44:11 UTC ]
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Cambridge historian Sujit Sivasundaram's "truly powerful" book Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution and Empire (William Collins) has won the £25,000 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-26 09:16:59 UTC ]
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Luke Kennard, Caleb Femi and Nicole Sealey have won the Forward Prizes for Poetry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-25 19:03:13 UTC ]
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On the final trade-visitor day of Frankfurter Buchmesse, the UAE's Sheikh Zayed Book Award has several programming points to consider. The post Sheikh Zayed Book Award Today: Arabic and Children’s Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-10-22 07:59:44 UTC ]
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Book sales should finish 2021 on a good note, but a number of factors could mean softer sales in early 2022, NPD BookScan noted during a webinar on third-quarter sales. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-10-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins imprint Farshore has announced the winners of its annual Reading for Pleasure Teaching Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-21 20:31:36 UTC ]
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