The Wolfson History Prize has appointed Sir David Cannadine, dodge professor of history at Princeton, as the chair of judges for this year’s award, and increased its prize money to a combined £60,000 (raised from £50,000 last year), split between two winners. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Scholar Judith Weisenfeld explains how U.S. psychiatrists pathologized Black religious belief after the abolition of slavery in ‘New World A-Coming: Black Religion and Racial Identity During the Great Migration.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Thomas Tweed’s sweeping ‘Religion in the Lands That Became America: From the Ice Age to the Information Age’ explores 10,000 years of faith in North America. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Last week, the Video Game History Foundation (VGHF) released a statement expressing its regret that the US Copyright Office’s refused to grant an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to help preserve rare video games. However, the VGHF continued by saying it won’t back down... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-10-28 13:58:18 UTC ]
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The winner of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, Anne Applebaum, tells her audience, 'Don't let skepticism decline into nihilism.' The post Anne Applebaum: The German Book Trade’s Peace Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-10-24 17:33:29 UTC ]
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The British Academy Book Prize announces a timely £25,000 winner, in Ross Perlin's 'Language City,' on immigration and endangered languages. The post ‘Language City’ Wins the 2024 British Academy Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-10-23 14:00:14 UTC ]
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Cherie Dimaline Wins NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s and Young Adult Literature News and Events [email protected] Tue, 10/22/2024 - 17:01 World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and... Continue reading at World Literature Today
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Today, the British Academy announced the winner of the 2024 British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding, which “celebrates exceptional research and the role of non-fiction in bringing to light new perspectives on global histories and cultural identity.” This year’s winner is... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2024-10-22 18:15:24 UTC ]
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The Leipzig-based Martina Hefter's 'Hey, Good Morning, How Are You?' has won the €25,000 20th German Book Prize. The post Klett-Cotta’s Martina Hefter Wins the German Book Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Maia Kobabe calls this graphic nonfiction book a "beautiful and compassionate primer" to trans histories. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2024-10-10 18:35:00 UTC ]
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Han Kang’s poetry and short stories are just as innovative and important as her novels. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2024-10-10 17:11:35 UTC ]
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The South Korean author, best known for her novel 'The Vegetarian,' has won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Literature for “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Brooklyn, N.Y.–based indie comics shop launched a GoFundMe on October 6 in an effort to remain in its location for another three years. It exceeded its $79,200 goal in two days. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/history-of-overhyped-tech-charles-burns-final-cut-richard-powers-playground-163018545.html?src=rss Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2024-09-28 16:30:18 UTC ]
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Sally Huband’s ‘Sea Bean,’ set on the beaches of the Shetland Islands has won the Penguin Random House publication of her book. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘A Readiness To Be Honest’ s we continue to try to catch up with a rip tide of announcements from various prize... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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With its award ceremony set for October 14, the 20th edition of the German Book Prize announces a six-title shortlist of fiction. The post The German Book Prize Issues Its 2024 Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Today, the Booker Prizes announced their 2024 shortlist: six books narrowed down from the “Booker’s Dozen” (otherwise known as the longlist of 13), chosen from a starting pool of 156 books written in English and published between October 2023 and September 2024. Shortlisters are awarded £2,500... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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This year's six-book shortlist includes five women authors—the largest number of women in the prizes 55-year history—and two Americans: Percival Everett and Rachel Kushner. The winner will be announced on November 12. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Science fiction can be thought of as a film negative of history – a back door into what used to worry people and what gave them hope. Continue reading at The Conversation
[ The Conversation | 2024-09-10 12:27:28 UTC ]
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Today, the British Academy announced the 2024 shortlist for the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding. The international prize, now in its 12th year, celebrates “groundbreaking works of non-fiction that have made an outstanding contribution to the public understanding of... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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The fourth biennial Halldór Laxness International Literary Prize is to be presented to Salman Rushdie in Reykjavik on September 13. The post Iceland: Salman Rushdie Wins Reykjavik’s Halldór Laxness Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-09-04 19:41:59 UTC ]
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