From a pool of 254 initial submissions, the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize jury names six 2025 shortlistees in Edinburgh.
UK: Isabella Hammad Wins the Royal Society’s 2024 Encore Award
The winner of the RSL’s Encore award, Isabella Hammad, says that it’s in writing a second novel that ‘a writer really becomes a writer.’
The UK’s Royal Society of Literature Names an ‘Encore’ Shortlist
The ‘Encore’ contest for second novels has been administered by the United Kingdom’s Royal Society of Literature since 2016.
UAE: Sharjah Book Authority’s New Awards Honor Rights Professionals
During this year’s Sharjah International Book Fair Publishers Conference, rights professionals will win two new awards.
Frankfurt Fellow: Helena Gonda ‘Getting Under the Skin of Stories’ at Scotland’s Canongate
Canongate’s Helena Gonda specializes in acquiring narrative nonfiction that might ‘help us understand ourselves or the world.’
London Book Fair Announces Three-Week Format in June
Today naming themes set for six days in the latter part of June, London Book Fair also announces four conferences before Bologna.
The UK’s Booker Prize for Fiction Announces Its 2020 Shortlist
The six-title Booker Prize for Fiction shortlist carries forward four of the eight debuts that were included in its late-July longlist.
Coronavirus: Leipzig Book Fair Is Canceled; London Still On, Pan Mac Now Out with Hachette Livre
Developing story: Leipzig Book Fair shutters its planned March 12 to 15 show; London Book Fair still hanging fire amid more cancellations.
The €100,000 International Dublin Award Highlights Ireland’s Tramp Press
Tramp Press, a small publisher in Ireland, found a winner with Mike McCormack’s ‘Solar Bones’. The book, passed over by larger publishers, has won the International Dublin Award.
Christmas In October: UK Rights Rustler Matt Haig Sleighs to Frankfurt Book Fair
Canongate flies in author Matt Haig to meet his international publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Haig’s previous titles sold into 22 countries.
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