Whitehead wins second Pulitzer with Nickel Boys

Colson Whitehead has won the Pulitzer Prize for the second time, with his novel The Nickel Boys (Fleet). Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-05 11:43:37 UTC ]
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Hutchinson wins auction for Labour's Jess Phillips

Hutchinson has acquired Everywoman: One Woman’s Truth About Speaking the Truth by Labour MP Jess Phillips, following a "heated" six-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ariyo wins HC African cookbook contest

Twenty-three year old British Nigerian Lopè Ariyo has won HarperCollins and Red Magazine's African cookbook competition after "delighting" the judges with her dishes and her writing. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Lewis’s ‘March’, Peter Kuper’s ‘Ruins’ Win Eisner Awards

To the delight of the audience at the Eisner ceremonies, John Lewis's 'March Book Two' and Peter Kuper's 'Ruins' won Eisners, while Lynda Barry and Matt Groening were inducted into the Hall of Fame. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury wins Final Girls debut after seven-way auction

A debut psychological suspense novel by Riley Sager has been snapped up by Ebury Fiction after a "heated" seven-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Lewis’ ‘March’, Peter Kuper’s ‘Ruins’ Win Eisner Awards

To the delight of the audience at the Eisner ceremonies, John Lewis' 'March Book Two' and Peter Kuper's 'Ruins' won Eisners, while Lynda Barry and Matt Groening were inducted into the Hall of Fame. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Winning formula pays off for mid-size publishers

For the first part of 2016, it is the mid-sized publishers that are driving the overall market’s excellent 9.3% print sales growth. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mackintosh wins Theakston Crime Novel of the Year

Clare Mackintosh has scooped the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award for her first thriller I Let You Go (Sphere). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador wins Stagg's 'inspiring' modern pilgrimage account at auction

Picador has won an "inspiring" account of a modern pilgrimage, The Crossway by Guy Stagg, at a "strongly-contested" auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Savage wins Myriad’s First Drafts Competition

Graphic designer Vanessa Savage from Glamorgan has won Myriad’s 2016 First Drafts Competition for previously unpublished writers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ron Johns' Mabecron Books wins award

A title from bookseller Ron John's publishing company Mabecron Books has been awarded a 2016 Holyer an Gof Publishers' award for books published about Cornwall or in Cornish. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fiona Wright wins $30k Kibble award

The writer and poet Fiona Wright has won the Kibble award at the Nita B Kibble Literary Awards for Women Writers, given every year to Australian women writers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rosen and Crossan win CLiPPA award

Michael Rosen and Sarah Crossan are the joint winners of the CLPE Children’s Poetry Award (CLiPPA). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Boys' basketball: Lawndale hires Dave Miller to be its head coach

Lawndale has pulled off a coaching coup. The school announced on Wednesday that Dave Miller, who has coached at the collegiate and professional level and served as a Lakers analyst for Time Warner Cable, will be taking over as basketball coach. Miller was best known as a college assistant at USC,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alice Jolly's crowdfunded memoir wins PEN Ackerley Prize

Alice Jolly has been awarded 2016 PEN Ackerley Prize, the UK’s only literary prize dedicated to memoir and autobiography, for crowdfunded book Dead Babies and Seaside Towns (Unbound). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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3 Tips and Tricks for Thriving and Winning in the Scrolling Economy

Today's media landscape is undergoing enormous, exciting change. In many ways, we have evolved from a "social first" to "social only" strategy. Christian L. Tom, NowThis Media  Alex Fine It's an understatement to say that the current media climate is in flux. In fact, with ever-growing... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Horatio Clare and Penny Thomas win the Branford Boase award

Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot wins the award for first-time children’s authors and their editorsHoratio Clare and his editor Penny Thomas at Firefly have won the much coveted Branford Boase award 2016 for their book Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot, illustrated by Jane Matthews. Related: The... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sutter, Munday and Harrison win New Welsh Writing Awards

Mandy Sutter has won the top prize at the New Welsh Writing Awards 2016 for her re-telling of her mother’s story of growing up in mid-1960s Nigeria. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Greengrass wins £10k Edge Hill Short Story Prize

Jessie Greengrass has won the Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2016 for her debut collection, taking home the £10,000 main prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Memories We Lost wins Caine Prize

Lidudumalingani has won the 2016 Caine Prize for African Writing for his short story ‘Memories We Lost’. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Judith Kerr wins BookTrust lifetime achievement award

Judith Kerr, the author behind classic children’s books such as The Tiger Came to Tea, will be presented with this year’s BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award today. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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