The London Book and Screen Week’s CAMEO Awards get their first outing in New York City with an award for a US audiobook adaptation during BookExpo.
Oman’s Jokha Alharthi and Translator Marilyn Booth Win the 2019 Man Booker International Prize
The Man Booker International has its first Arabic-language winner. Oman’s Jokha Alharthi and Boston-born translator Marilyn Booth split the £50,000 award.
The International UNESCO Cities of Literature Meet in Two English Towns
Representatives of the 28 international UNESCO Cities of Literature are in Norwich and Nottingham this week for the first such gathering held in England.
Guy Gunaratne Wins the 2019 Dylan Thomas Prize for ‘Mad and Furious City’
The acclaimed debut novelist talks of his fellow-feeling for ‘aspiring writers, who are writing from a place similar to where I began.’ Gunaratne divides his time between London and Malmö.
British Book Awards’ Top 2019 Prize Goes to Ireland’s Sally Rooney
The annual ‘Nibbies,’ as the British Book Awards are known, this year are led by the acclaimed Irish author, Sally Rooney, who calls herself ‘astonishingly lucky.’
The UK’s CrimeFest 2019 Honors Shukla, Lippman, Rowling
Led by Nikla Shukla’s contemporary story of young people trying to work out corruption in an inner city housing scam, the CrimeFest awards are announced in Bristol.
New Agency for African Middle Grade and YA Fiction: Accord Literary
Sarah Odedina and Deborah Ahenkorah have launched a literary agency specialized in mentoring and promoting African middle-grade and teen fiction.
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize Announces Its Regional Winners
An all-female group of five geographical regional winners are named today (May 9 ) in this year’s Commonwealth Short Story Prize program.
Richard Charkin: Hardy Perennials
‘What can we deduce from these hardy perennials?’ asks Richard Charkin. He looks at some of the leading reference works for clues to lasting sales success.
Bollinger Everyman Names Nibbe’s Book a Two-Pig Success
Having gone to no winner last year, one of publishing’s most intoxicating awards is given this year to British writer Nina Stibbe for her trilogy-closing comic fiction.