The pandemic and lockdown have affected the book industry from the fate of distributors to the closure of independent shops to the drop in individual book sales, and many literary prizes have this year postponed their announcements. But the Desmond Elliott Prize, for the first time under aegis of the National Centre for Writing, is keeping to its schedule: the selectors read hundreds of entries, and presented the judges, Sinéad Gleeson, Sonia Sodha and me with ten new voices, from which we will choose a shortlist of three, and announce a winner in July. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Sarah Perry crowns a much-garlanded year for her gothic romp, honoured alongside authors including Kiran Millwood Hargrave and JK RowlingTwo word-of-mouth bookselling success stories – Sarah Perry’s novel The Essex Serpent and Kiran Millwood Hargrave’s young adult book The Girl of Ink and Stars... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A "wonderfully diverse" set of book have been shortlisted for the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize, spanning palaces and prisons, painting and politics, Petersburg and the provinces. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Maylis de Kerangal’s Mend The Living, which explores the emotional and physical complexities of organ donation, has been named as the £30,000 winner of the 2017 Wellcome Book Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Books on police shootings of black men, the history of the plummeting numbers of California’s Native Americans and the tale of how Adolf Hitler led the Nazi party to power were among the honorees of the 37th annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. The awards were presented Friday night at USC,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic has claimed two titles out of the five shortlisted for Oscar’s Book Prize, which honours the best book published for children under five years old. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Poet and playwright Kiran Millwood Hargrave has been named the winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2017 for her debut novel The Girl of Ink and Stars (Chicken House). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH authors Naomi Alderman and Hisham Matar have been longlisted for this year's Orwell Prize for Books, a £3,000 prize celebrating "the most compelling" political writing of 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's Laureate Chris Riddell could win the Kate Greenaway illustration medal for a fourth time. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paul Kalanithi’s "life-affirming" memoir When Breath Becomes Air (The Bodley Head) is one of the six-strong shortlist for this year's Wellcome Book Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Penderyn Music Book Prize has announced its 2017 shortlist which includes titles from music journalists Hattie Collins, Stuart Cosgrove and David Hepworth. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three début authors are up against children’s book heavyweights Malorie Blackman and Francesca Simon on the 10-strong YA Book Prize 2017 shortlist. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A record breaking number of submissions has led to the highest ever number of regional shortlisted bookshops at the British Book Awards’ Independent Bookshop of the Year category, sponsored by Gardners Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The jury for this year's German Book Prize comprises seven jurors who will soon start reading. Deadline for applications: March 29. The post German Book Prize Names 2017 Jury: Nominations Are Ongoing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 18-strong shortlists for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2017 show a strong presence from independent Chicken House as well as publishers Hachette and Penguin Random House. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Camille Whitcher, a 2016 graduate of the Cambridge School of Arts Illustration MA, has won the 2017 Children’s Picture Book Prize, organised by the Stratford-upon-Avon Literary Festival and Brighton-based indie publisher Salariya Book Company Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV presenter Claudia Winkleman is to join author Cathy Rentzenbrink and Amazon's director of books, Dan Mucha, on the judging panel for children's book award Oscar’s Book Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Having started with 12 titles, the Jhalak Prize Book of the Year longlist stands now at 11 books, its intent to honor writers of color. The post The UK’s Inaugural Jhalak Prize Book of the Year Longlist: Now 11 Titles appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Jhalak prize lines up 12 titles – taking in fiction, history, politics and YA fantasy – showcasing ‘the strength, range and promise’ of UK writers of colour A debut novel about inherited identity, a dystopian fantasy from a former children’s laureate, a study of Indian healthcare and radical... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The dominance of three honours in the UK can be prohibitively expensive for small publishers, and end up discouraging risk-taking on ‘difficult’ authorsCutting-edge British literary fiction risks being undermined by its growing reliance on a handful of powerful book prizes, a leading literary... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A children’s book that combines maths and design activities has won this year’s Educational Writers Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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