The annual presentation of literary awards and career achievement honors was produced digitally for a second year.
The ‘GLLI’ Translated YA Book Prize Announces 2021 Brazilian Co-Winners
The Global Literature in Libraries Initiative names two winners for 2021, both translated from Brazilian Portuguese by Larissa Helena.
PEN America To Honor Five Career Achievement Prize Recipients
In Thursday’s program, special honorees are George C. Wolfe, Anne Carson, Daniel Alexander Jones, Kwame Dawes, and Pierre Joris.
China Bestsellers for February: The Year of the Ox
Even as school reading lists and classics held sway on the charts, some ‘online literature’ also showed its popularity on February’s lists.
International Booker Prize Announces 2021 Longlist
This year’s longlist for the International Booker Prize includes its first self-translating author, Kenya’s Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o.
In France, a ‘Stop Marketing’ Agreement for Authors Whose Rights Revert
Authors in France who retrieve their rights but find that their books still are being marketed now have an avenue to appeal.
Wales’ Dylan Thomas Prize Names Its 2021 Shortlist, Reduces Prize Money
Now offering a still-substantial purse of £20,000 for the winner, the Dylan Thomas Prize names its 2021 shortlist of ‘bold, inventive’ novels.
British Book Award Issues Its 2021 ‘Book of the Year’ Shortlists
This British Book Awards’ new ‘page-turner’ category is included in the ‘book of the year’ shortlists, with an awards event planned on May 13.
In London, Nielsen Announces Its 2021 Bestseller Awards
UK book sales tracked by the Nielsen Bestseller Awards in 2020 produced eight new platinum-sellers, bringing the total since 2000 to 149.
Nibbies 2021: Bookstore, Small Press Regional and Country Winners
Eight retailers and nine small presses now are in the running for the British Book Awards’ top winners’ list, coming in May.