Paul Murray, who was shortlisted for the Booker Prize this year, wins the An Post Irish Book of the Year for ‘The Bee Sting.’
Amy Edmondson’s ‘Fail’ is a Win: England’s Business Book of the Year
‘Right Kind of Wrong’ by Amy Edmondson wins this year’s £30,000 Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year.
Dublin’s An Post Irish Book Awards: The 2023 Shortlist
The An Post Irish Book Awards are to name their top prize-winner on December 6, having chosen 20 category winners for 2023.
18th Sheikh Zayed Book Award Longlists: Translation, Criticism, Development
More longlists in the 18th cycle of the Sheikh Zayed Book Awards: Translation, Criticism, Development of Nations.
UK: Ed Yong’s ‘Immense World’ Wins the Royal Society Prize
‘We could all use a little more empathy in the world,’ the 2023 Royal Society Prize laureate Ed Yong says.
Ireland’s Paul Lynch Wins the 2023 Booker Prize for Fiction
‘Prophet Song,’ Irish author Paul Lynch’s fifth novel, is a study in contemporary literary intensity, winning the Booker Prize for Fiction.
Halik Kochanski’s ‘Resistance’ Wins the Wolfson History Prize in England
The UK’s Wolfson History Prize gives its top honor this year to Halik Kochanski’s ‘Resistance,’ on the World War II underground.
Abu Dhabi’s 18th Sheikh Zayed Book Award Cycle: Four Longlists
The 18th round of the Sheikh Zayed Book Awards’ nominees totals 4,240, a new record for an award with a new category: Editing of Arabic.
John Vaillant’s ‘Fire Weather’ Wins the Baillie Gifford Prize
John Vaillant’s ‘Fire Weather’ about fossil fuels, climate science, and disaster wins the 2023 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction in London.
The US National Book Awards: Unity in a Season of Division
The US National Book Awards’ ceremony in New York City concludes with an earnest, respectful appeal for a ‘humanitarian cease-fire’ in Gaza.