The $75,000 (CAD) award is the largest prize for nonfiction in Canada, and honors “the career achievement of an international author for an outstanding body of work in literary nonfiction.”
Winner Announced for New Chinese/English Literary Translation Prize
The new award seeks to champion ‘translators as vital cultural connectors,’ and to bring ‘contemporary Chinese literature into sharper focus for English-language readers worldwide.’
Scotland: Shortlist Announced for the Highland Book Prize; Publishing Scotland Seeks Applications for Translation Fund
The Highland Book Prize winner will be announced at the end of the month, while international publishers seeking financial support to translate Scottish writers have until August 28 to apply.
Submissions Open for Digital Publishing Award 2026
The digital publishing awards focuses on innovations in the field of digital publishing. This is the second year including international companies, innovators, and products.
‘The Correspondent’ and ‘The Finest Hotel in Kabul’ Win The Women’s Prize
‘Remarkable’ and ‘perfect’ debut books took the top prize for this year’s award which champions women writers.
Shortlist Announced for New Chinese/English Literary Translation Prize
The winner of the inaugural “Voices of Today Literary Translation Award,” which seeks to bring contemporary Chinese literature into sharper focus for English language readers worldwide, will be announced at the Beijing International Book Fair later this month.
‘Intuitive, Sure-Footed, and High Quality’ Define the Winners of Translation Prizes
This week, the winners of The Goethe-Institut New York Wolff and Gutekunst Prizes and the UK’s Comma Press Emerging Translation Prize were announced.
Winners of the 2026 Pulitzer Prizes Announced
Yesterday, the Pulitzer Prize Board announced the winners for journalism, criticism, photography, drama, music, and books.
RCW’s Laurence Laluyaux Wins the 2026 Ottaway Award for the Promotion of International Literature
“The fact is that Laurence Laluyaux is an angel,” said László Krasznahorkai, the winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature, in a statement. “The Ottaway Award could not find a more deserving recipient.”
Two U.K. Awards Seek to Encourage Reading for Pleasure in Children and Adults
The Booker Prize Foundation launches The Children’s Booker Prize. The Jhalak Prize celebrates its 10th anniversary and announces shortlists for the three award categories.