Not the best-known of UK awards, the decade-old Wainwright honors nature and conservation writing for adults and young readers.
In London, Schroders Backs the Business Book of the Year Award
The Financial Times is joined this year by Schroders, with added support from Nikkei, in the £30,000 Business Book of the Year award.
Masha Gessen Wins Germany’s Hannah Arendt Prize
The Russian-American journalist, essayist, and author Masha Gessen has won the €10,000 Hannah Arendt Prize based in Bremen.
Rights Roundup: Summer’s International Rights Sales
Our July rights roundup has deal news from Taiwan, Czech Republic, South Africa, Finland, the United States, Germany, and Sweden.
Winners Honored in the Society of Authors’ 2023 Awards
Thirty writers, poets, and illustrators have been named in this year’s Society of Author awards program at Southwark Cathedral.
CLMP’s Ninth Annual ‘Firecracker Awards’: Five Categories in 2023
The 2023 ‘Firecracker Awards’ announced this month by CLMP include fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and literary magazines.
Canada’s New Weston International Award Goes to Robert MacFarlane
The CA$75,000 Weston International Award honors author Robert MacFarlane for career achievement in nonfiction.
Rights Roundup: Mind Your Metadata
The titles featured in this edition of our Rights Roundup are from Australia, Sweden, Norway, England, and France.
China Bestsellers in April: Adaptations and Tours
Three editions of one 2008 book were on OpenBook’s April bestseller fiction lists in China, powered by a new, touring stage adaptation.
Jennifer Homans Wins Biographers International’s Plutarch Award
The Biographers International Organization’s 2023 Plutarch Award goes to Jennifer Homans’ biography of modern ballet icon George Balanchine.