The Swedish Academy which awards the Nobel Prize in Literature has confirmed that it plans to postpone this year's award following the sexual assault scandal which has rocked the organisation and led to nearly half the 18-strong Academy resigning their posts. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling Apple Books in biographies and memoirs, fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, and more for the week ended September 30, 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Among the week's headlines: Libraries get good news on funding; a controversial copyright bill resurfaces; and why the net neutrality battle is about to get much bigger. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the January–September period, sales of print books rose 2.5% over the first nine months of 2017, helped along by strong adult nonfiction titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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We've gathered a selection of tips from two NEIBA panels regarding strategies for handselling and promoting diverse books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Scotiabank Giller Prize has announced a shortlist of five titles competing for this year's C$100,000 prize for the best Canadian novel or short story published in English. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Photographer Jean-Claude Arnault, the man at the centre of the sexual assault furore which has enveloped the Nobel Prize in Literature, has been convicted of rape in a Stockholm court, according to reports. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Women’s Prize for Fiction has introduced a new £1,000 fee for publishers whose books make its longlist of 16. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reese Witherspoon’s debut, ‘Whiskey in a Teacup,’ is the #2 book in the country. Plus YA author Marie Lu’s Warcross duology finishes strong, and a pair of historians offer new books on these United States. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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FSG preempts a narrative nonfiction about four Renaissance queens, S&S nabs an epistolary novel about an underemployed millennial, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Among the week's headlines: Why 'Banned Books Week' is as important as ever; a look at how consumers' media biases are increasingly, well, biased; and is the FCC trying to stop localities from setting up their own broadband networks? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The bestselling Apple Books in biographies and memoirs, fiction and literature, mysteries and thrillers, and more for the week ended September 23, 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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'In five years' time, I want to feel like I'm publishing the widest possible range of book,' says this year's 'Shooting Star' among The Bookseller's UK Rising Stars. And she'd like to see the industry embrace diversity faster. The post The 2018 ‘Shooting Star’ Sophie Jonathan: Frankfurt-Bound... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rachel Cusk has been shortlisted for the £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize for the third time in four years while Olivia Laing and Man Booker-shortlisted poet Robin Robertson have also been nominated. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Religion and spirituality books publishing in October include a biography of Salvadoran archbishop Oscar Romero ahead of his canonization this year, devotions written by Billy Graham’s grandson, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Attendance at the 2018 American Christian Fiction Writers conference was up from last year, with the emphasis remaining on encouragement for both aspiring and established authors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zondervan signs business expert Ori Brafman, while InterVarsity Press takes a book on narcissism in the church. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The children’s book market has shown steady growth of 0.7% in the first part of 2018 but some of the biggest increases were from non-fiction categories, charts and data editor Kiera O’Brien revealed at The Bookseller Children’s Conference this morning. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The National Book Foundation cycle of award announcements includes this year's group of '5 Under 35' emerging literary talents, 'whose debut titles provide a first look at their exceptional talent as fiction writers,' according to David Steinberger. The post National Book Foundation Announces... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Liam McIlvanney has won the McIlvanney Prize 2018 for The Quaker (HarperCollins). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week's hot book to film deals include Ann Patchett's bestseller 'State of Wonder,' and Amy Chozick's memoir about Hillary Clinton. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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