Honoring both a debut author and his or her editor, England’s Branford Boase Award goes this year to Christine Pillainayagam and Leah Thaxton.
Accessibility in Books: Australia’s New Publishing Guide
The Institute of Professional Editors in Australia has produced an end-to-end guide on accessible publishing two years in the making.
In England: The Branford Boase Award Names Its 2023 Shortlist
The UK’s Branford Boase Award honors debut efforts in children’s books and the editors as well as authors behind them.
British Book Awards: Trade and ‘Book of the Year’ Shortlists
The British Book Awards contenders for Book Trade and Book of the Year are announced, with the shortlists consisting of 29 categories.
Maisie Chan and Editor Georgia Murray Win the UK’s Branford Boase
Maisie Chan’s ‘Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths’—with Georgia Murray’s editing—wins the Branford Boase Award in debut children’s writing.
The ‘Nibbies’: The British Book Awards Name Their 2022 Winners
The ‘Book of the Year’ series of 14 content-related British Book Awards includes work from many familiar publishers.
Children’s Books Edition: The UK’s Branford Boase Award 2022 Shortlist
The Branford Boase program annually awards a debut novel for children–and the winning author’s editor is honored, too.
London Book Fair Exhibitor: Publishing Scotland, ‘Facilitating Rights Sales’
‘Channels for voices in Scottish literature,’ says Alan Bett, are enhanced by Publishing Scotland’s international fellowship.
Frankfurter Buchmesse Applications Open: Fellowships and Grant Program
Three fellowships and a grant program for small publishers are taking submissions now for the 2022 Frankfurter Buchmesse.
Scotland Opens ‘A Year of Stories,’ Publishing Scotland Aligns Its Programming
The Visit Scotland tourism theme ‘Year of Stories” is to be coupled with Publishing Scotland’s ‘Shaping Scottish Stories’ program.