Issue-driven nonfiction brings cultural and science topics into the business context in the 16th Business Book of the Year Award shortlist.
Canada’s $75,000 Cundill History Prize Announces Its 2021 Shortlist
With its finalists to be named from Frankfurter Buchmesse, the Cundill History Prize releases its shortlist.
South Africa: SA Book Awards Announces 2021 Shortlists
The 21st edition of the SA Book Awards has a three-category shortlist of four titles each, bestsellers voted on by the market’s booksellers.
US National Book Awards 2021 Longlist: Nonfiction
The timeliness and relevance of issue-driven literature is captured in the 10-book longlist for nonfiction from the US National Book Awards.
Rights Roundup: Quick Sales for a Vietnamese Conservationist and Her Sun Bear
Environmental activist Trang Nguyen is releasing her first book for young readers. She and Sorya the sun bear are making rights sales.
University Presses Review the ‘Books for Understanding’ Prompted by 9/11
The 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks in the United States prompts AUPresses to highlight its ‘Books for Understanding’ resource.
Nonfiction: The UK’s £50,000 Baillie Gifford Prize 2021 Longlist
The 13-title longlist for this year’s Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction includes two translations. A shortlist is due October 15.
British Academy Book Prize Announces Its 2021 Shortlist
Following the Al-Rodhan partnership’s seed funding, the British Academy now carries this nonfiction prize forward.
Rights Roundup: Thrillers by Women, and Garden Travels
This Rights Roundup features work from France, Finland, India, the United States, Denmark, and Italy, starting with a thriller from Helsinki.
NPD BookScan: Mystery Solved on US Thriller Sales’ Lag?
There may be clues in the metadata behind an apparent yearlong downturn in US thriller and suspense sales, even as women authors rise in the category.