Chinese-American author Yiyun Li is the first female winner of the £30,000 Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award for her story "A Sheltered Woman". Director Richard Eyre presented Li with her winner's cheque at the Stationers’ Hall this evening (Friday 24th April). Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Time Inc. is close to acquiring Jane Pratt's xoJane and xoVain sites for an undisclosed sum as it looks to increase its content targeting millennial women, sources tell Adweek. The New York publisher is interested in buying Pratt's two sites to build up its focus on digital-only brands, which... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing is more sinned against than sinning. You won’t find it hard to find someone somewhere having a pop at the business of books, pointing out its failings while ignoring its successes. It comes with the territory: that shock of the new and frustration with the traditional. As journalist... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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His crown keeps him alive, but it also drove him crazy. A new "Adventure Time" comic book miniseries is on the way and it's centered around a truly heartbreaking character, the Ice King. "Adventure Time: Ice King" will be the first comic book series to focus exclusively on the princess-obsessed... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The World Book Day Award 2016 (WoBoD), funded by James Patterson, is offering school libraries the chance to win up to £10,000 of new books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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A Jamaican-born writer took the Man Booker Prize for the first time, while some authors are in the running for the National Book Award in America. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marlon James has won the Man Booker Prize 2015 for his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings (Oneworld). James, who is the first Jamaican to have won the £50,000 award in its history, was announced as the winner at a ceremony in London’s Guildhall on Tuesday 13th October. Chair of judges,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The National Book Foundation announced the finallists for the 2015 National Book Awards. The winners will be announced on Wednesday, November 18 at the 66th National Book Awards Benefit Dinner and Ceremony in New York City. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Company reports 6% rise in pre-tax profits as top executives paid more than £5mMarie Claire and NME publisher Time Inc UK boosted profits to almost £23m last year while paying out more than £5m to staff and top executives at the magazine company.Time Inc UK reported a 6% rise in pre-tax profits... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The FutureBook Awards stand for innovation and achievement They are a reflection of what publishers are working on today but also a foretaste of tomorrow’s publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With his novel, The Invention of the Red Army Faction by a Manic Depressive Teenager in the Summer of 1969, Frank Witzel has won the 2015 German Book Prize. The post Frank Witzel Wins the German Book Prize 2015 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ahead of the Frankfurt Book Fair, Ed Nawotka reflects on the up-and-coming stars, those in the spotlight and behind the scenes, of the publishing world. The post At Frankfurt, It’s Time for the Superheroes of Publishing to Rise appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Held in the South for the first time, crime and mystery fiction's annual convention mixed literary prizes and barbecue with programming focused on everything from traditional hardboiled crime novels to short fiction and international mysteries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Former Apprentice judge Margaret Mountford and singer songwriter Tracey Thorn will be on the panel for 2016's Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2015-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Davies has won the Gordon Burn Prize for In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile (Quercus). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich, 67, has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. The chair of the Swedish Academy, Sara Danius, said her polyphonic writings were "a monument to suffering and courage in our time." Alexievich is recognised for her work chronicalling the lives and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alexievich, a Belarusian journalist and author of the 2005 nonfiction work 'Voices from Chernobyl,' was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV Guide Magazine, once the unrivaled bible for television fans and a powerhouse in the publishing business, has been sold for the third time in less than 10 years. NTVB Media, the Troy, Mich., publisher of the TV listings books Channel Guide and TV Weekly, will announce Wednesday that it has... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Search company unveils Accelerated Mobile Pages in bid to work with publishers, ad companies and rival platforms Google is attempting to counter the threat from ad-blocking and rivals Facebook and Apple by radically improving the loading speed of web pages on smartphones and tablets.Accelerated... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is it me, or you? This morning, The Bookseller reported that Waterstones was taking Kindle devices off most of its shelves due to “pitiful” sales. No great surprise here: the chain’s managing director James Daunt said after Christmas 2014 that device sales, once strong, had tapered off, a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Saudi blogger and activist Raif Badawi will share the 2015 PEN Pinter Prize with British poet, journalist and literary critic James Fenton. Badawi was named the 2015 International Writer of Courage, selected by Fenton from a shortlist of international cases of concern supported by English PEN,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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