Author Hallie Rubenhold wins the 2019 Baillie Gifford Prize for his book, ‘The Five,’ which seeks to restore the reputations of the 1888 victims of Jack the Ripper.
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.
The US National Book Awards’ Lisa Lucas: ‘The Times We Live In’
Lisa Lucas, executive director of the National Book Foundation talks about this year’s National Book Awards and its 70th anniversary.
Aspen Institute Names Its 2020 Aspen Words Literary Prize Longlist
Unusual for its focus on socially relevant fiction, the Aspen Words Literary Prize has six debuts among its 16 longlisted titles for 2020, is third year.
East of England: A Call for Under-Represented Writers
Norwich’s National Centre for Writing opens applications for its 2020 Escalator Talent Development Scheme for fiction writers in eastern England.
‘Maoism’ Author Julia Lovell Wins Canada’s $75,000 Cundill History Prize
Said to ’embody everything the Cundill History Prize is here to celebrate,’ Julia Lovell’s ‘Maoism’ becomes the 11th winner of the award.
International Publishers Association Opens 2020 Prix Voltaire Nominations
The IPA’s Prix Voltaire awards valor amid challenges to the freedom to publish. Its 2020 winner will be named at the IPA congress in Norway.
The UK’s CILIP 2020 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals: Diversity Aware
With 162 nominations, the library-based CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway programs are operating on diversity guidance from a survey of past selections.
ALTA Names Its 2019 US National Translation Award Winners
A total US$15,000 is being dispersed to winners of this year’s National Translation Awards from the American Literary Translators Association.
Industry Notes: Hay Festival’s Cristina Fuentes La Roche Awarded the OBE in Peru
The director of the Hay Festival’s international events, Cristina Fuentes La Roche, has been recognized particularly for her Latin American programming.