With its Authors’ Awards not only for younger writers but also one for a first-time novelist older than 40, the Society of Authors releases shortlists for more than £98,000 in literary awards.
US Authors Guild Opens First Regional Chapters and Amazon Author-Complaint Resolution
Following its deployment of a traveling team of workshop leaders, the Authors Guild opens a round of regional chapters. It also has just opened a new author-complaint resolution service in direct cooperation with Amazon.com.
Kamila Shamsie Wins £30,000 Women’s Prize for Fiction
In the year that Kamila Shamsie once proposed as a ‘Year of Publishing Women,’ the Pakistani-British author has won the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2018 for ‘Home Fire’ in London.
University of Warwick’s Peter Marshall Wins £40,000 Wolfson History Prize
With its hallmark requirement that expert academic works be readable by ordinary citizens, the 46-year-old Wolfson History Prize this year goes to a book on faith.
Trademark Case: Authors Guild Wins ‘CockyGate’ Court Ruling
In the ‘Cockygate’ court case mounted with the Romance Writers of America, the Authors Guild has prevailed against Faleena Hopkins: The guild says authors can use the word ‘cocky’ in titles.
Industry Notes: China Literature at Rights Fair; Amazon Publishing Signs Patricia Cornwell Series
China Literature is at New York Rights Fair this week to bring more Chinese literature to the American market. And Amazon Publishing announces a two-book deal with Patricia Cornwell.
Authors Guild Honors VIDA, Announces ‘Boot Camps’ for Authors Outside New York
US-based Authors Guild announced a series of traveling workshops for writers around the country and honored ‘VIDA: Women in Literary Arts’ with its most prestigious award.
The European Union Prize for Literature Launches Its 10th Anniversary Short Fiction Anthology
A trend toward public reading-engagement projects continues, this time as the European Union Prize for Literature’s 10th-anniversary short-fiction competition opens for reads and votes on newly created ‘European stories.’
When Rights Are Alleged To Be ‘Trampled’: Authors Sue Education Publisher Cengage
How are authors’ contractual rights with a publisher best handled when the house rolls out a digital subscription offer and promises that its entire content library will be on offer that way? An authors’ lawsuit of Cengage is calling the question.
UK’s CrimeFest Conference Confers Its 10th Annual Awards
Both the CrimeFest event and its awards program have turned 10 years old this year, its four-day convention set this year in the West Country, in Bristol.