The Madrid-based Desperate Literature program and the BBC National Short Story Award open submissions and name their 2021 jurors.
Costa Book Awards Names Its Three Short Story Finalists
Three writers who work in literature and screenwriting are behind the shortlisted trio of works in the Costa honors’ 2020 cycle.
UK: The 49th Costa Book Awards Name Category Winners
The five category winners of the 2020 Costa Book Awards are announced, with the ‘book of the year’ honor to come later this month.
In Jamaica, Rebel Women Lit Launches the Caribbean Readers’ Awards
Book club and literary community Rebel Women Lit aims to ‘showcase the amazing range’ of Caribbean literature with the newly launched Caribbean Readers’ Awards.
AAP’s 2020 Freedom to Publish Award: Bangladesh’s Jagriti Publishing House
The Jagriti Publishing House and its bookstore are Razia Rahman Joly’s memorial to her slain husband, publisher Faisal Arefin Dipan.
Sheikh Zayed Book Award Opens Translation Funding For All Shortlisted Works in 2021
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award announces six new translations from Arabic and offers translation grants for all its shortlisted titles.
South Africa’s Snapplify Foundation Wins Bett MEA Award for Inclusion
The new Snapplify Foundation is the winner of a 2020 Bett MEA award for its work in expanding ed-tech services’ availability in Africa.
The British Book Awards Add New Categories for 2021
Even the awards win awards in the UK, as the British Book Awards is named Event of the Year at the 2020 Independent Publisher Awards.
Sheikh Zayed Book Award Announces Arabic Conference With Columbia University
‘The Foundations and Transformations of Arabic Literary Theory’ will examine Arabic literary theoretical frameworks, in June and October.
Sarah Frier Wins the 2020 Business Book of the Year Award
Sarah Frier’s ‘No Filter’ takes the £30,000 Business Book of the Year honor, in a strong shortlist from the FT and McKinsey & Company.