Fresh from a win at the Weald and Downland rare breed show, author Michaela Giles ‘beyond excited’ to have taken the annual Diagram prize as wellIn good news for readers who struggle to find space in their busy schedules to look after their pigs, The Commuter Pig Keeper has won the Bookseller magazine’s Diagram prize for oddest book title of the year.Subtitled A Comprehensive Guide to Keeping Pigs When Time Is Your Most Precious Commodity, the book took 40% of the public vote. It saw off a shortlist that also featured Love Your Lady Landscape, which encourages readers to go back to the “time when the space between a woman’s thighs was considered a power portal”, and Nipples on My Knee, which collects its co-authors’ experience of 25 years in the sheep business. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2017-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amor Towles, Geraldine McCaughrean, Nicola Davies and Emily Sutton have been named the winners of the Independent Bookshop Week Book Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Martine Wright has won the Autobiography of the Year Award at the 2018 Sports Book Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books on racial reconciliation, motherhood, and forgiveness were honored for “affirming the highest values of the human spirit” during the 2018 Christopher Awards ceremony in New York City on Tuesday, May 16. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Our pictures round-up of the 2018 British Book Awards features authors Judith Kerr and Philip Pullman, Faber c.e.o. Stephen Page, literary agent Madeleine Milburn and more. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There’s A Pig Up My Nose by John Dougherty and Laura Hughes (Egmont) has won the Oscar’s Book Prize 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Axel Scheffler said that Brexit makes him “sad and angry every day” as he picked up the Illustrator of the Year prize at The British Book Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In categories of art, photography, fiction, nonfiction, and speciality books, the 213-year-old New England Society announces winners of its award for trade books of regional interest and significance. The post New England Society Names Five 2018 Book Awards: Fiction, Nonfiction, Art, and Travel... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 'Nibbies,' as they're known, combined their usual glamour with a certain amount of politically tinged commentary, Brexit coming in for sharp criticism as the industry's best-performing people and writings were honored at the British Book Awards. The post British Book Awards Include Political... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philip Pullman and Eleanor Oliphant author Gail Honeyman are honoured at the British Book Awards. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2018-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Knowing the current trends for all the different countries' is among challenges tackled by the foreign rights experts who are shortlisted for tonight's British Book Awards. Their Nibbie is called the Rights Professional of the Year. The post Insights From the Foreign Rights Specialists... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The new category announced in Frankfurter Buchmesse's Film Awards program is for Best Illustrated Book on a Film-Related Subject–sumptuous film biographies, costume-design studies, or the making of a ground-breaking design: all are fair game in this new class of entry. The post Frankfurter... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hope and cross-cultural understanding were big themes at the official ceremony honoring the winners of the 2018 Sheikh Zayed Book Award in Abu Dhabi. The post Sheikh Zayed Book Award Ceremony Honors 2018 Winners and Cultural Personality of the Year appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A number of trade publishers have enjoyed success at the annual D&AD Awards, and will hope to win one of the body’s coveted Pencils at a prize ceremony this evening. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Abortion, gun violence, the global refugee crisis and the degradation of the Great Lakes were among the subjects of books honored Friday at the 38th annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. The awards were presented at USC’s Bovard Auditorium on the eve of the two-day L.A. Times Festival of Books,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Nigerian publishing house founded by Bibi Bakare-Yusef was named winner of the Inclusivity in Publishing Award, and US-based Sara Miller McCune was on-hand to accept her Lifetime Achievement Award. The post Closing London Book Fair’s Day One: The 2018 International Excellence Awards appeared... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The public-facing London Book and Screen Week opens with adaptation awards in film, television, gaming, audio, and stage. The post London Book and Screen Week CAMEO Awards Include Film, Stage, Gaming Adaptations appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The first major gathering of the international book publishing industry is London Book Fair, and its packed-out International Rights Center is where these and many more titles will be on the table for rights deals. The post Rights Roundup: Titles That May Rock the Rights Center at London Book... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Syrian author Khalil Sweileh wins the Literature category of the 2018 Sheikh Zayed Book Award, which celebrates Arabic writing and culture with annual prizes worth US$1.9 million. The post Sheikh Zayed Book Award Announces 2018 Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This year, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award is offering translation funding for literary and children’s titles that have won the award, with the goal of increasing the readership for Arabic books. The post New Translation Funding for Arabic Literature from the Sheikh Zayed Book Award appeared first... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The winners of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, which honor outstanding books that address racism and diversity, will go this year to authors Jesmyn Ward, Kevin Young, N. Scott Momaday and Shane McCrae. Each will be awarded a prize of $10,000. Ward won the fiction award for "Sing, Unburied, Sing,"... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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