The Man Booker Prize is now open to Irish books. The Booker Prize Foundation says the aim is to recognize Irish independent publishers as readily as those in the UK.
Costa Book Award: Five Category Winners in the UK, One To Win Book of the Year
Now in line for the overall Costa Book of the Year award–to be announced January 30–the five Costa category winners include three titles from HarperCollins UK imprints.
The UK’s Man Booker Prize for Fiction Observes Its 50th Anniversary in 2018
Ahead of special events for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction’s half-century anniversary, the foundation releases a desk diary with covers of winning titles.
Arts Council England’s Alarm for Literary Fiction: ‘The Problem Is a Real One’
‘Overall the books selling well’ in the UK ‘are not literary,’ Arts Council England’s commissioned report from the Canelo team announces.
Helsinki Literary Agency Authors Win Finlandia Prize for Both Adult and Children’s Books
Authors with the Helsinki Literary Agency, formed by three Finnish publishers, has captured the 2017 Finlandia Prize for both adult and children’s books.
Industry Notes: Europeana’s Migration Collection; Man Booker’s Nonfiction Fiction Chair
Europeana’s contribution to the European Year of Culture is a collection on migration. And the Fiction Man Booker names Kwame Anthony Appiah as chair.
Leading Canadian Writers: 2017 Winners of the Governor General’s Literary Awards are Announced
Authors, poets, illustrators and actors are among the winners of the 2017 Governor General’s Literary Awards for Canadian writing in French and English.
The Sunday Times Prize Jury Names Five Young Writers to Shortlist
Two Faber & Faber releases are among the expanded shortlist announced this weekend (October 29) for the Irish and UK author 35 or younger.
Literary Life Outside London: The UK’s Northern Fiction Alliance
‘So much of the publishing industry revolves around London’ in the UK, says publisher Ra Page. The Northern Fiction Alliance collective is a response.
George Saunders Wins the Man Booker Prize for Fiction for ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’
The second American to win the UK’s coveted Man Booker Prize for Fiction, George Saunders takes the £50,000 purse for his novel ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’.