‘It’s so easy now to turn the past into myth,’ says Pulitzer Prize -winning Cundill juror Anne Applebaum. She and her colleagues flag historical analysis amid a pathogen’s assault and leadership failures.
British Book Awards Name 2021 Jurors for 28 Prize Categories
The 28-category British Book Awards program has 41 jurors in place for the 2021 cycle, with an awards program on May 13.
Craig Brown’s ‘The Beatles in Time’ Wins the Baillie Gifford Prize
Taking home a £50,000 purse, the journalist and author of ‘Ma’am Darling’ wins the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize, focused on nonfiction.
The UAE’s Sheikh Zayed Book Award Opens Submissions for 2021 Prize Cycle
Now in its 15th year of prizes, the Sheikh Zayed Book Award leadership is looking to surpass last year’s record level of submissions.
The Cundill Prize’s Peter Frankopan: ‘The Rise of New Powers’
The new jury chair of the Cundill History Prize, Peter Frankopan, on why history books and writing are important in this time of ‘shifting geopolitical sands.’
UK’s £50,000 Baillie Gifford Prizewinner Will Be Announced Tonight
Tonight’s winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction will walk away with a larger purse than last year’s. Six works are in contention.
Canada’s Cundill Prize Names Fulbrook, Lepore, Lovell as 2019 Finalists
Three female authors and historians have been selected as the 2019 finalists for the US$75,000 Cundill History Prize, the winner to be named in November.
Industry Notes: Wolff Translator’s Shortlist; Cundill Submission Deadline
As the deadline arrives today (April 15) for submissions to Canada’s Cundill History Prize, the Goethe-Institut names its Wolff Translator’s shortlist.
Man and the Prize: Reactions to the Booker Losing a Sponsor
The Man Group is ending its sponsorship of the UK’s most prestigious literary prize, the Man Booker Prize, and complaints and criticism are now following.
Canada’s $75,000 Cundill Prize 2018 Jurors: Five Historians in Search of Contemporary Insights
The five-person jury of history experts on why history writing is important and how they will choose this year’s winner of the Cundill History Prize.