Taylor, Knight and Waldram among PPC award nominations

Nominations for this year’s Publishers Publicity Circle (PPC) awards include Sandra Taylor for The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton (Picador), Emma Knight for There’s Something I’ve Been Dying to Tell You by Lynda Bellingham (Hodder & Stoughton), and Ruth Waldram for the award-winning H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald (Jonathan Cape). There are nine categories for the annual awards, which recognise the best publicity campaigns of the year. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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The Center for Fiction announced the establishment of the Susan Kamil Award for Emerging Writers, a new award to honor the memory and influence of the late Kamil, who was former executive v-p and publisher of the Random House imprint. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Biddulph, Gray and Patel among Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Award winners

Children's titles from Rob Biddulph, Kes Gray and Serena Patel are among the winners of Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards in partnership with BookTrust. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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#Merky Books makes Diversity in Advertising Award shortlist

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Aleksandar Hemon has been awarded the 2020 John Dos Passos Prize for Literature.

Today, Longwood University announced that Aleksander Hemon has been named the winner of the 2020 John Dos Passos Prize for Literature. The prize is Longwood University’s premier literary award—the largest literary award of any Virginia college or university; it aims to honor “an underappreciated... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

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Susan Hill and Mary Berry awarded damehoods in Queen's Birthday Honours

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Vox Media, Productsup and Zephr join this year’s Digiday Technology Awards nominees

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2020 National Book Awards Finalists Announced

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Sarah Hall wins BBC National Short Story Award for second time

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Eccles Centre & Hay Festival Writer’s Award shortlist revealed

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Follett, Baker & Taylor Offer Business Update at Annual Summit

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