Work from Australia, Nigeria, the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Somalia is on the Dylan Thomas Prize 2023 shortlist. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘Hugely Different in Style, Subject, and Genre’ arlier this month, the Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year reported its winner, the author of Oxblood (Bloomsbury Publishing). As we’ve written in the …
England’s Rathbones Folio Prize Announces 2023 Shortlists
Drawn from an international field of writers working in English, the Rathbones Folio Prize shortlists add up to 15 titles.
German Printing Association: New Warnings About Paper Prices
Alarms raised in many parts of the publishing value change–and from many markets–tell of a deepening crisis.
Translator Frank Wynne Responds to Richard Charkin’s Column
Following the publisher Richard Charkin’s column for us on translators and translation, Frank Wynne offers his considered reaction.
In England, Costa Book Awards Is Closing After 50 Years
Taking many in the British publishing community by surprise, Costa Book Awards is discontinuing its long-running program.
Colm Tóibín Wins the £30,000 Rathbones Folio Prize for ‘The Magician’
The Irish author of ‘Nora Webster’ and ‘The Master,’ Colm Tóibín, wins the 2022 Rathbones Folio Prize.
Denmark’s Saga Egmont Producing Audiobooks for Irish and UK Publishers
The Copenhagen-based Saga Egmont division of Lindhard & Ringhof is making English-language audiobooks for four new partner presses.
Awards: The UK’s Rathbones Folio Prize 2022 Shortlist
The 2022 Rathbones Folio Prize names eight works of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction to its shortlist, a winner expected March 23.
Awards: In London, Poet Hannah Lowe Wins the Costa Book of the Year Award
The 50-year-old Costa Book Awards’ 2021 cycle has chosen a book of sonnets called ‘The Kids’ by Hannah Lowe as its top honor.
In London, Hachette UK Announces Its Acquisition of Paperblanks
Hachette UK has acquired the Canadian- and Irish-based stationery company Paperblanks, with Graham Conway to be its CEO.