International Dublin Literary Award 2018 shortlist announced
Friday, 6 April 2018
The shortlist for the International Dublin Literary Award 2018 has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Baba Dunja’s Last Love (Alina Bronsky, Europa Editions) The Transmigration of Bodies (Yuri Herrera,...
Silber wins 2018 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Thursday, 5 April 2018
In the US, Joan Silber has won the 2018 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for her novel Improvement (Counterpoint), reports the Washington Post. Silber's novel was selected from a shortlist of five...
UK bookstores form Independent Bookshops Alliance
Wednesday, 4 April 2018
A group of around 130 independent booksellers in the UK have formed the Independent Bookshops Alliance to give independent bookstores a louder voice in the industry, reports the Big Issue....
Bernard wins 2018 Ted Hughes Award
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
In the UK, London-born poet Jay Bernard has won the 2018 Ted Hughes Award for their multimedia performance Surge: Side A, reports the Bookseller. Surge: Side A explores the 1981 New Cross fire,...
Quarto’s profits decline by 58% despite children’s sales growth
Tuesday, 3 April 2018
Global illustrated book publisher the Quarto Group has reported its operating profits declined by 58% to US$7.2 million (A$9.4 million) last year, while its sales declined marginally by 1.4% to...
Revenue flat at PRH in 2017
Thursday, 29 March 2018
Penguin Random House (PRH) parent company Bertelsmann has reported revenue at the publisher in 2017 was stable, down a marginal 0.1% to €3.36 billion (A$4.39 billion) compared to €3.4 billion...
Dylan Thomas Prize 2018 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 International Dylan Thomas Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Kumukanda (Kayo Chingonyi, Chatto & Windus) Her Body & Other Parties (Carmen Maria Machado,...
US author Woodson wins Astrid Lindgren Award
Wednesday, 28 March 2018
In Sweden, US author Jacqueline Woodson has been announced as the winner of the five million krona (A$789,920) 2018 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA). Woodson is the author of 30...
Winners of the 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Awards announced
Tuesday, 27 March 2018
The winners of the 2018 Hans Christian Andersen Awards have been announced at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, administered by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY). The...
Irish booksellers contribute €132 million to economy
Monday, 26 March 2018
A report commissioned by Bookselling Ireland has found the bookselling and supply chain sector contributes €132 million (A$211.7 million) to the Irish economy, reports the Irish Times. The report by...
More UK publishers report gender pay gaps
Friday, 23 March 2018
Hachette, HarperCollins and Springer Nature are among the latest UK publishers to report gender pay gaps as part of new government regulations that require companies with 250 or more employees...
UK booksellers accused of selling far-right and anti-Semitic titles
Thursday, 22 March 2018
British anti-racism group Hope Not Hate has accused UK bookselling chains Foyles, Waterstones, WH Smith and Amazon of lending ‘respectability’ to several Holocaust denial books and far-right titles by selling...
London Book Fair moves to March in 2019-2020
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
London Book Fair (LBF) will move its event to March in 2019 and 2020. The 2019 fair will run from 12 to 14 March, less than two weeks before next...
Wellcome Book Prize 2018 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
The shortlist for this year’s Wellcome Book Prize, presented for books about health, medicine and illness, has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Stay with Me (Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, Canongate) The...
Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses winner announced
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
In the UK, Eley Williams’ short-story collection Attrib. and Other Stories (Influx Press) has won the Republic of Consciousness Prize for Small Presses, reports the Bookseller. The £5000 (A$9110) prize...
Pearson UK reports 21% mean gender pay gap
Tuesday, 20 March 2018
In the UK, Pearson has reported an overall median gender pay gap of 15% in 2017, and a mean gap of 21%, reports the Bookseller. Pearson’s median gender pay gap of 15%...
Longlist announced for 2018 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature
Monday, 19 March 2018
The longlist for the 2018 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature has been announced. Considered 'the leading literary award for Caribbean writers', the prize recognises books by Caribbean authors published...
Shortlists announced for 2018 Carnegie, Greenaway medals
Friday, 16 March 2018
In the UK, the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) has announced the shortlists for the 2018 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals. The eight shortlisted titles for the...
Eddo-Lodge wins 2018 Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour
Friday, 16 March 2018
In the UK, Reni Eddo-Lodge has won the 2018 Jhalak Prize for Book of the Year by a Writer of Colour for her novel Why I'm No Longer Talking to...
Hachette sales up in 2017
Thursday, 15 March 2018
Hachette Book Group parent company Lagardère Publishing has released its full-year financial report, with the publisher’s earnings before interest and taxes rising one percent to €210 million (A$329.74 million) in...
BIC criticises ‘confusing’ use of metadata fields for book promotion
Wednesday, 14 March 2018
In the UK, supply chain organisation Book Industry Communication (BIC) has urged publishers to stop using ‘hugely confusing’ blurb material in title and subtitle metadata fields, reports the Bookseller. BIC...
Shakespeare & Co. to open three new stores this year
Tuesday, 13 March 2018
Manhattan-based independent bookstore Shakespeare & Co. will be opening three new stores in the United States this year, reports Publishers Weekly. The first store will open this US summer in...
Man Booker International Prize 2018 longlist announced
Tuesday, 13 March 2018
The longlist for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize has been announced. The longlisted titles are: The 7th Function of Language (Laurent Binet, trans by Sam Taylor, Vintage) The Impostor...
Translated kids’ fiction prize releases shortlist
Friday, 9 March 2018
In the UK, children’s reading charity BookTrust has released the shortlist for its children’s books in translation project, In Other Words. The promotion, which was launched in September 2016, is...
Hay Festival announces #VOTE100BOOKS campaign
Friday, 9 March 2018
In the UK, the Hay Festival has announced a campaign to select 100 books by women from the last 100 years to be celebrated at its festivals in the UK...
Eight authors win 2018 Windham-Campbell prizes
Thursday, 8 March 2018
Eight authors from around the world have received 2018 Windham-Campbell prizes. The recipients in each category are: Fiction Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi (Uganda/UK) John Keene (US) Nonfiction Olivia Laing (UK) Sarah...
Atkins wins 2018 Romantic Novel of the Year
Wednesday, 7 March 2018
In the UK, author Dani Atkins has won the 2018 Goldsboro Books Romantic Novel of the Year award for her novel This Love (S&S). Facilitated by the Romantic Novelists' Association, the Romantic...
Pullman calls out publishers’ ‘damaging’ corporate approach
Tuesday, 6 March 2018
Philip Pullman has called out 'the ecology of the book world', in which profit margins for publishers are rising, while the money authors are paid for their work is decreasing,...
B&N to open five ‘prototype’ stores
Monday, 5 March 2018
Barnes & Noble has announced it will open five ‘prototype stores' after disappointing third-quarter sales, reports Publishers Weekly. The ‘prototype stores' will be 14,000 square feet (1300 square metres) in...
Strout wins 2018 Story Prize
Friday, 2 March 2018
Elizabeth Strout has won the 2018 Story Prize for Anything is Possible (Viking). Chosen from a shortlist of three that also included The King is Always above the People (Daniel...
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