Winterson memoir bags indie booksellers prize

Members of the public have voted Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson (... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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W&N buys Joanna Lumley memoir

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 24/02/2011 - 09:39 Weidenfeld & Nicolson has bought rights to an illustrated memoir by actress Joanna Lumley, which will be published this autumn. Michael Dover, Orion's outgoing non-fiction editorial in chief bought world rights from Anthony... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Montaigne title wins Duff Cooper Prize

Written By: Neill Denny Publication Date: Wed, 23/02/2011 - 09:35 Chatto's How to Live: A Life of Montaigne has won The Duff Cooper Prize, beating Costa-category winner The Hare with Amber Eyes and Keith Richards' huge-selling autobiography. Winning author Sarah Bakewell was presented with the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indies could earn as much as 30% from books sold via Gardners' Hive

Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 18/02/2011 - 16:30 Book wholesaler Gardners has begun consulting with independent booksellers over the direction of its consumer website, with one option revealing that booksellers could earn as much as 30% when books are sold at their full RRP.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Joseph acquires Tom Daley memoir

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Australia's largest bookselling chains fall into administration

Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Thu, 17/02/2011 - 09:34 The Australian book trade has been hit by the surprise collapse of REDgroup, which owns the country's largest bookshop chain Angus & Robertson, as well as Borders and the Whitcoulls chain of newsagencies in New Zealand. It... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Diagram Prize shortlist announced

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macintyre to chair BBC Samuel Johnson Prize

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Myrmidon acquires Commonwealth Writers Prize shortlistee

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daily Telegraph votes The Book Hive best indie in Britain

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld acquires Streets memoir

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mixed picture for indies as decline slows

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debut author wins Waterstone's Children's Book Prize

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booker Foundation launches Beryl Bainbridge prize

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2011-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sphere buys Tina Fey memoir

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[ The Bookseller | 2011-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Poet on winning Costa Book prize

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