The author was repeatedly told that no one wanted to read fun books with disabled heroes. Now she has won the £5,000 Waterstones children’s book prize for her debut, A Kind of SparkWhen Scottish author Elle McNicoll was first trying to enter the publishing world, she was repeatedly told that people didn’t want to read about an autistic heroine. “In job interviews, I was saying that I wanted to see more books with disabled characters in them that were not traumatic, boring or educational, but fun and full of life. A lot of the reactions were, ‘Waterstones don’t like books like that’,” she says.Now McNicoll’s debut novel A Kind of Spark has won the Waterstones children’s book prize. Published by tiny independent Knights Of, it follows Addie, an 11-year-old autistic girl, as she campaigns for a memorial to the witch trials that took place in her Scottish village. The novel has been praised by Waterstones’ booksellers as “eye opening, heart-wrenching, sad [and] inspiring”. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2021-07-01 05:01:05 UTC ]
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Nominations for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize include journalist Dawn O'Porter's teen novel Paper Aeroplanes and books by an actress, a performance poet and a screenwriter. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2014-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two Pulitzer Prize-winners and a Man Booker-shortlisted author are among the 16 people longlisted... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debut novelist Nathan Filer wins the Costa Book of the Year with The Shock of the Fall, his debut novel about loss, guilt and mental illness. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2014-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelist Kate Atkinson and poet Michael Symmons Roberts become double winners at the Costa Book Awards. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2014-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller's consumer sister site We Love This Book is inviting book-lovers to test their... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children's Books has signed a new three book deal with Holly Smale, author of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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By Dennis Abrams South African writer Anita Pouroulis, a former primary school teacher from Johannesburg, won the Best World Children’s Book Award at the China […] Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the week after Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize for literature, sales of her books jumped 6,650% in Canada, and saw significant bumps around the world. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Literary Review has awarded its 21st annual Bad Sex in Fiction Award to Manil Suri for a scene in The City of Devi featuring a, err, stellar climax. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stoner by late US author John Williams, first published 48 years ago, wins the Waterstones Book of the Year prize. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Forty-eight years after it was first published, Stoner (Vintage Classics) by the late US author... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A self-published title has been included in the shortlist for the CMI Management Book of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James McBride won the National Book Award for fiction for his novel set during the Civil War, while George Packer picked up the non-fiction award for his examination of contemporary America. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Winner of the Nobel Literature prize and author of more than 55 works of fiction, opera, nonfiction, and poetry, including 'The Golden Notebook,' British author Doris Lessing died Sunday at her home in London. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Usborne has won the Royal Society Young People’s Book Award with an interactive flap book... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The prize fund for the Wellcome Book Prize has been increased to £30,000. This marks a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The winner of the UK's leading award for non-fiction books, the Samuel Johnson Prize, will be announced next week, here Nick Higham speaks to nominated author Dave Goulson Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Edinburgh author Angela Jackson is named the winner of the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival's First Book Award. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Superworm, Julia Donaldson's tale of a resourceful worm and The 5th Wave, Rick Yancey's novel about an alien invasion, are among the 10 books shortlisted for the Red House Children's Book Award. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams is to chair the judging panel for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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