Bad S-x in Fiction Award 2016 shortlist announced
Monday, 21 November 2016
In the UK, the Literary Review has announced the books shortlisted for the 2016 Bad S-x in Fiction Award. The six shortlisted titles are: A Doubter’s Almanac (Ethan Canin, Bloomsbury),...
Wheatle wins ‘Guardian’ children’s fiction prize
Monday, 21 November 2016
Alex Wheatle has won the 2016 Guardian children’s fiction prize for his YA novel Crongton Knights (Atom Books), the second book in a planned trilogy ‘set on a fictitious inner...
National Book Award 2016 winners announced
Friday, 18 November 2016
In the US, the winners of the 2016 National Book Awards have been announced. Colson Whitehead won the fiction award for The Underground Railroad (Fleet), which traces a slave’s flight...
Bloomsbury launches literary crime and thriller imprint
Friday, 18 November 2016
Bloomsbury has launched a new imprint that specialises in literary crime, thrillers and suspense, called Raven Books. The imprint, led by UK-based editorial director Alison Hennessey, will launch in January...
Sands wins 2016 Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction
Thursday, 17 November 2016
Philippe Sands has won the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction, formerly known as the Samuel Johnson Prize, for East West Street (Weidenfeld & Nicolson). Sands’ investigation into the history...
Hachette UK mentorships target diversity among senior management team
Wednesday, 16 November 2016
In the UK, Hachette is introducing a diverse leaders mentoring scheme to target diversity in its senior management team, reports the Bookseller. The scheme is designed to give ‘up-and-coming stars...
Canadian licensing agency warns educational royalties could drop by 55% in 2017
Tuesday, 15 November 2016
In Canada, the national licensing agency Access Copyright has warned that royalties could fall from C$11m (A$10.75m) in 2016 to C$5m (A$4.88m) in 2017 due to a drop in revenue...
PRH to help employees with student loan repayments
Tuesday, 15 November 2016
In the US, Penguin Random House (PRH) has launched a student loan repayment assistance program, which will contribute up to US$1200 (A$1588) annually towards student loan repayments for employees who...
Single-sentence novel ‘Solar Bones’ wins 2016 Goldsmiths Prize
Thursday, 10 November 2016
In the UK, Irish author Mike McCormack’s Solar Bones (Tramp Press) has won the 2016 Goldsmiths Prize for recognising fiction ‘at its most novel’, reports the Bookseller. Solar Bones is...
Thien wins Canada’s Giller Prize
Wednesday, 9 November 2016
In Canada, Madeleine Thien has won the C$100,000 (A$97,050) Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel Do Not Say We Have Nothing (Granta), chosen from a shortlist of six. The judges...
European Network for Literary Translation launched
Tuesday, 8 November 2016
Twenty-two literary bodies from 19 European countries have come together to launch ENLIT, the European Network for Literary Translation, reports Publishing Perspectives. Launched at the Frankfurt Book Fair, ENLIT will...
‘Kirkus’ Prize 2016 winners announced
Monday, 7 November 2016
US publication Kirkus Reviews has announced the winners of its annual literary prize. The fiction prize was awarded to C E Morgan’s The Sport of Kings (Fourth Estate), an ‘epic...
Amazon introduces illustrated children’s stories app
Friday, 4 November 2016
In the US, Amazon has introduced a new app featuring short, illustrated stories designed to look like text-chat for young readers, reports Publishers Weekly. The app, offered at an introductory price...
US children’s book sales up on back of ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘Pokemon Go’
Thursday, 3 November 2016
US children’s book sales have risen across both fiction and nonfiction, boosted by the release of ‘Harry Potter’ and Pokemon Go titles, reports the Bookseller. The findings, which were presented...
Scribd adds magazines to subscription service
Wednesday, 2 November 2016
In the US, reading subscription service Scribd has expanded its content to include magazines, with subscribers to have full access to Time, New York, Fortune and The Atlantic magazines among others,...
Germany’s Papego named ‘startup of the year’ at Frankfurt
Monday, 31 October 2016
Papego, a ‘mobile reading app designed to bridge the gap between mobile and print books’, has been named ‘startup of the year’ at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, reports Publishing...
‘More of Me’ the first YA book to win Edinburgh First Book Award
Friday, 28 October 2016
UK author Kathryn Evans has won the 2016 Edinburgh International Book Festival First Book Award for her YA novel More of Me (Usborne), reports the Bookseller. Evans’ book is the...
Oneworld orders 120k UK reprint of ‘The Sellout’; 40k for Australia
Thursday, 27 October 2016
In the UK, Oneworld has ordered a 120,000 reprint of Paul Beatty’s novel The Sellout following its Man Booker Prize win, reports the Bookseller. A further 40,000 copies have been...
Beatty wins 2016 Man Booker Prize
Wednesday, 26 October 2016
US author Paul Beatty has become the first American to win the Man Booker Prize for his satirical novel The Sellout (Oneworld). Beatty’s novel follows the Supreme Court trial of the...
‘The Summer that Melted Everything’ wins 2016 Not the Booker Prize
Tuesday, 25 October 2016
US author Tiffany McDaniel’s debut novel The Summer that Melted Everything (Scribe) has won this year’s Not the Booker Prize, which is run by the Guardian in the UK and...
New literary prize offers US$100,000 book deal
Monday, 24 October 2016
A new literary prize has been launched that comes with a US$100,000 (A$131,480) publishing deal with Cambridge University Press, reports the Guardian. The biennial Nine Dots Prize, which is funded...
European authors’ average earnings at €17,500, report finds
Friday, 21 October 2016
A newly released European Commission report has found that authors in Europe earned on average €17,500 (A$24,986) per year, reports the Bookseller. The findings, based on data collected in 2015,...
Virtual reality rights sold for YA trilogy in ‘world first’ deal
Thursday, 20 October 2016
Virtual reality rights to a YA trilogy have been sold to an ‘interactive entertainment company’ in what is being described as a ‘world first’ deal, reports the Bookseller. ‘The Fallow...
Book sales up, losses reduced at Atlantic
Wednesday, 19 October 2016
UK publisher Atlantic Books has recorded a 21% increase in sales last year, from £5m (A$8m) in 2014 to £6m (A$9.6m) in 2015, while overall losses dropped from £405,000 (A$649,300)...
Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction 2016 shortlist announced
Tuesday, 18 October 2016
In the UK, the shortlist for the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction, formerly the Samuel Johnson Prize, has been announced. The shortlisted titles, chosen from a longlist of 10,...
Hachette UK to introduce more transparent royalty statement
Monday, 17 October 2016
In the UK, Hachette has used its annual end-of-year letter to authors to announce a new more regular, clearer and detailed royalty system following consultation with agents, reports the Bookseller....
Dylan wins 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature
Friday, 14 October 2016
US singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature ‘for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition’. Dylan was announced as the winner...
HarperCollins UK launches ‘publisher agnostic’ events website
Thursday, 13 October 2016
In the UK, HarperCollins has launched an online events platform that is open to all publishers and events organisers, reports the Bookseller. Events featured on the BookGig site are from across...
Publisher draws criticism from Publishing Ireland for charging submission fees
Wednesday, 12 October 2016
In Ireland, a publisher’s decision to charge writers €100 (A$147) per manuscript submission, except those received from a recognised literary agent, has drawn criticism from industry association Publishing Ireland, reports...
Sarah Jessica Parker imprint to begin publishing in 2018
Tuesday, 11 October 2016
US actress Sarah Jessica Parker will head up a new imprint at Penguin Random House’s Hogarth Press, called SJP for Hogarth. PRH said in a statement that the imprint will...
« Previous page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Next page »
