Irish publishers Tramp Press and New Island are among the small presses that have been longlisted for the Republic of Consciousness Prize. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ten titles are in the running for The Bookseller's inaugural YA Book Prize, with two Hot Key books featuring on the shortlist. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The New Republic magazine, which reached its 100th anniversary last month, is reducing its frequency to 10 issues a year from 20, moving its headquarters to New York from Washington, D.C., and replacing its editor. Gabriel Snyder will assume the role of editor of chief, succeeding Frank Foer.Mr.... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Labour MP lashes out at publishers and editors in second annual Leveson speech for Hacked Off campaignLabour MP Tom Watson has lashed out at newspaper publishers and editors by accusing them of “fixing” legislation that affected them and operating “like a mafia.” In delivering the second annual... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones will “break even” this year if the retailer has a good Christmas, according to its m.d James Daunt. In an interview with the Guardian, the Waterstones boss said the chain’s intention was to eradicate its losses by the end of its financial year. “We are heading towards break-even in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist, a debut novel inspired by a dollhouse in Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, is named Waterstones Book of the Year. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anneliese Mackintosh’s Any Other Mouth (Freight Books) has won the Green Carnation Prize 2014. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The History Press dramatically slashed its losses in 2013, helped by a trade boost in the US and the sale of its German business. The local and military history publisher reported an operating loss of £26,000 in the year to 31st December 2013, up from an operating loss of £892,000 in 2012. At... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kate Atkinson, Nathan Filer and J K Rowling are among the 19 British authors competing for the €100,000 2015 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. The longlist for the prize, now in its 20th year and given annually for a novel written in English or translated into English, features titles... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Man Booker Prize shortlisted author Neel Mukherjee is among the judges for the 2015 Caine Prize, given to the best African short story written in English. Mukherjee joins a panel chaired by South African author Zoë Wicomb, journalist Zeinab Badawi, the University of Georgetown's Cóilín Parsons... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eimear McBride has claimed another award for her debut novel A Girl is a Half-formed Thing (Galley Beggar Press), winning the 2013 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. The book, written in a stream-of-consciousness style, is narrated by a young woman growing up in Ireland under the dark influence of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Social purpose is one of the key themes behind the shortlist for the Management Book of the Year Prize. Presented for the past five years by the Chartered Management Institute and the British Library, and supported by the Henley Business School, the £5,000 prize is given to the best book on... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Regional newspaper publishers pool ad space to compete with tech companies such as Facebook, Microsoft and Google Continue reading... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eye Benders: The Science of Seeing and Believing by Clive Gifford (Ivy) has won the Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize 2014. The book, written with consultant Anil Seth and which was described by the judging panel as “both fascinating and fun”, explains how the science of optical illusions... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A memoir about brain surgery is among 20 books shortlisted for this year's Costa Book Awards. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Running Press and HBO are teaming up on multiple books and mini kits inspired by the premium channel's series, 'Game of Thrones.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Press is launching a new series of books about Britain’s kings and queens. The 45 books in the Penguin Monarchs series will be released in groups of five over the next four years, with the first batch published on 4th December (£10.99 hardbacks). Penguin has brought together some of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelist Ali Smith has won the Goldsmiths Prize, awarded for "boldly original" fiction. Smith won the £10,000 award, now in its second year, for How to be Both (Hamish Hamilton), the two-part novel which lost out to Richard Flanagan on the shortlist for this year's Man Booker. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelist Ali Smith has won the Goldsmiths Prize, awarded for "boldly original" fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'The Dark Wild' by Piers Torday has won the 2014 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, announced Thursday evening in London. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scientist and broadcaster Professor Mark Miodownik has won the £25,000 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books with Stuff Matters (Viking). Miodownik was announced as the winner at a ceremony held at the Royal Society last night (10th November), hosted by anatomist and broadcaster... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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