The Dayton Literary Peace Prize shortlist has been unveiled featuring Tara Westover’s debut Educated (Windmill) and the Man Booker-shortlisted The Overstory (William Heinemann) by Richard Powers. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-29 01:46:22 UTC ]
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Newly-established publisher Fairlight Books has revealed the first of its new titles for 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) has shortlisted 10 authors and illustrators from countries such as France, Iran and Austria for this year’s Hans Christian Andersen Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) has revealed its longlist of 16 novels in contention for the 2018 prize, including a novel soon to be published by independent UK publisher Oneworld. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digiday Research talked with publishers to understand their strategies for monetizing content of Facebook. The post Digiday Research: Are publishers making money from Facebook video? appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Zealand author Joy Cowley has been shortlisted for the highest international distinction given to the creators of children's books. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Topped by Margaret Atwood, the UK’s Top 10 bestselling authors of literary fiction last year features only one male writer, Haruki MurakamiFlying in the face of Norman Mailer’s infamous comment that “a good novelist can do without everything but the remnant of his balls”, Haruki Murakami was the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books from The Rolling Stones and "Godfather of Grime" Wiley will compete for the Penderyn Music Book Prize 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chae Strathie and Nicola O’Byrne have won this year’s Bookbug Picture Book Prize, run by Scottish Book Trust and voted for by children. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple News has been a nice traffic booster for news publishers, but lifestyle pubs feel left out. The post Apple News shows promise delivering traffic but won’t make up for Facebook shortfalls appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former refugee Ocean Vuong has won the £25,000 T S Eliot Prize for his “remarkable” debut poetry collection Night Sky with Exit Wounds (Jonathan Cape). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women writers dominated the best-selling literary novels of last year, taking nine of the top 10 spots, according to an analysis of Nielsen BookScan sales. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld is publishing Make Time by Jake Knapp and John Zeratsky, which will explore how to make better use of your work time. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing and literary figures from Bangladesh, Sweden, Hong Kong, Iran, the UK, Hungary, and Cameroon are among the shortlist for the 2018 Prix Voltaire from the International Publishers Association's Freedom To Publish committee. The post Freedom To Publish: The Prix Voltaire 2018 Shortlist... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London-based Iranian e-publisher Azadeh Parsapour and missing Hong Kong bookseller Gui Minhai have been shortlisted for the 2018 Prix Voltaire, which rewards "exemplary courage in upholding the freedom to publish and in enabling others to exercise their right to freedom of expression". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Open Book in Minneapolis has become an inspiration for similar projects around the country, including Levin Staniec's 1888 Center in Orange, Calif., which finally secured a storefront last year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The micropublishing venture launched in late 2017 focuses on quirky literary works written solely by authors based in the Miami area. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Forty-three titles have been shortlisted for the 2018 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards, which celebrate the "broad scope" of travel writing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Irish publishers are now eligible to submit novels for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction from this year onwards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The intent of the eligibility change, according to the Booker Prize Foundation, is to be sure that Irish independent publishers can be recognized as readily as Irish publishers headquartered in the UK. The post Man Booker Prize for Fiction Adds New Eligibility for Irish Publishers appeared first... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Until now, Irish authors without a UK publisher had been excluded from the coveted prize for literary fictionAn anomaly in the Man Booker prize rules that made books published in Ireland ineligible for the £50,000 award because they were not published in the UK has been removed, after years of... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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