The paleontologist and evolutionary biologist Henry Gee wins the 2022 Royal Society Science Book Prize sponsored by Insight Investment.
Rights Roundup: On the Other Side of Frankfurt
As the year wends its way toward its exit, we have new rights action reported to us for today’, in this chilly post-Frankfurt autumn.
The US National Book Awards: Celebrating the Winners
The 2022 National Book Awards fundraising gala was a boisterous and profound coming-back-together after two years of digital editions.
Scotland’s National Book Awards: The 2022 Shortlists
For more than 80 years, the Saltire Society and its awards have ‘inspired culture and provoked responsible debate.’
China Bestsellers in September: ‘Humor and Wisdom’
Writerly craft, online serialization, television appearances, and studies of loneliness propelled titles onto the September bestseller lists in China.
NPD BookScan: The US Market, Early 2022 Holidays
In a trend reflecting reader behavior more than supply-chain issues, the American book market heads downward in NPD’s BookScan data.
German Nonfiction Prize: Submissions Are Open, Jurors Named
The €42,500 German Nonfiction Prize has selected a jury as the 2023 award cycle gets underway.
‘When Women Kill’ Wins the 2022 British Academy Book Prize
Commended for revealing ‘attitudes to female homicides,’ Alia Trabucco Zerán’s work of research wins the British Academy’s £25,000 award.
Canada’s $75,000 Cundill History Prize Names Its 2022 Finalists
Ada Ferrer, Tiya Miles, and Vladislav Zubok are this year’s finalists in the Cundill History Prize, a winner to be named December 1.
The UK’s £50,000 Baillie Gifford Prize Releases Its 2022 Shortlist
The Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction will award £50,000 to its winner in November, and now has produced a six-title set of finalists.