Water Scott Prize 2018 shortlist announced
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
In the UK, the Water Scott Prize 2018 shortlist has been announced. The titles shortlisted for the £25,000 (A$46,000) prize for historical fiction are: Manhattan Beach (Jennifer Egan, Corsair) Sugar Money (Jane...
Greer wins 2018 Pulitzer Prize for fiction
Tuesday, 17 April 2018
In the US, Andrew Sean Greer has won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel, Less (Lee Boudreaux Books). Less is the comic story about the misbegotten adventures...
Educational publishers win multimillion-dollar counterfeit textbook lawsuit
Monday, 16 April 2018
In the US, Book Dog Books—an importer and reseller of counterfeit textbooks—has been found guilty of multiple counts of copyright and trademark infringement, and in breach of a previous cease...
New York Rights Fair partners with BookExpo
Friday, 13 April 2018
BookExpo and the inaugural New York Rights Fair (NYRF) have formed a partnership that will make NYRF the official rights fair of BookExpo. BookExpo will move its rights centre to...
Man Booker International Prize 2018 shortlist announced
Friday, 13 April 2018
The shortlist for the 2018 Man Booker International Prize has been announced. The shortlisted titles are: Vernon Subutex 1 (Virginie Despentes, trans by Frank Wynne, MacLehose Press) The White Book (Han Kang,...
New nonfiction prize launched for books on contemporary India
Thursday, 12 April 2018
The New India Foundation has announced the establishment of the New India Foundation Book Prize for nonfiction books. The annual prize, worth Rs 15 lakhs (A$29,600), will be awarded to...
‘Exit West’ wins inaugural Aspen Words Literary Prize
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
In the US, Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West (Hamish Hamilton), about the turbulent lives of refugees, has won the inaugural US$35,000 (A$45,100) Aspen Words Literary Prize, reports NPR. ‘Exit West is...
Three Nobel Prize judges resign over mishandling of sexual misconduct allegations
Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Three members of the Nobel Prize committee, which selects the winner of the Nobel Prize for literature, have resigned from their positions in protest over how sexual misconduct allegations were...
UK audiobook sales double over past five years; men drive growth
Tuesday, 10 April 2018
Audiobook sales in the UK have doubled over the last five years, reports the Bookseller. While book purchases across all formats in the UK last year fell by three percent...
Nemens appointed editor of ‘The Paris Review’
Monday, 9 April 2018
Writer and illustrator Emily Nemens has been appointed as the editor of the Paris Review, following the resignation of Lorin Stein last year amid allegations of sexual misconduct, reports the...
Egmont UK sales down in 2017; Australian market performed ‘according to plan’
Friday, 6 April 2018
Egmont UK has reported a 1.4% drop in sales to £50 million (A$91.3 million) in 2017, reports the Bookseller. The UK arm of Danish media corporation the Egmont Group said...
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...
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