Black authors take top two prizes at British Book Awards

Posted on 06/30/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Two authors made history at the British Book Awards last night. Candice Carty-Williams became the first Black author to take...

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Tagged As: Awards, Diversity, The Bookseller, The Guardian

Booker Prize Foundation eliminates honorary titles and roles

Posted on 06/24/2020 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

UPDATE: The Booker Prize Foundation announced today that it was eliminating all honorary roles and titles, based on public criticism...

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Awards roundup: Lambda Literary Award winners, Desmond Elliott prize shortlist

Posted on 06/03/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Lambda Literary has revealed the winners of its annual literary awards. The “Lammies” honor the best in LGBTQ books in...

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Poetry news: Prizes and pandemic haikus

Posted on 05/28/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Academy of American Poets has revealed the twenty-three recipients of its Poets Laureate Fellowships. Each recipient gets a $50,000...

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Tagged As: Awards, coronavirus / COVID-19, Poetry

Romance Writers of America retires old awards, adds the Vivian instead

Posted on 05/23/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Romance Writers of America has replaced its annual awards with a new prize in hopes of moving past a...

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Tagged As: Awards, Diversity, Romance, Romance Writers of America, Scandal, The Guardian

Children's book makes history, wins Australia Book of the Year award

Posted on 05/20/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Our Australian fans who have small kids won’t be surprised by this news at all. But the rest of us...

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Tagged As: Awards, Children's literature

Meet the 2020 Pulitzer Prize winners

Posted on 05/05/2020 at 08:15 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize! You can browse a complete list on the prize website, but...

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Here's the 2020 Women's Prize for Fiction shortlist

Posted on 04/22/2020 at 08:17 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Women's Prize for Fiction won't be awarded until the fall, rather than in June, but the shortlist was revealed...

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International Booker Prize announcement has been postponed

Posted on 04/20/2020 at 08:53 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The organizers of the International Booker Prize have decided to delay the announcement of the winner, because (of course) of...

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Awards updates: Hugo finalists announced; Pulitzers pushed back

Posted on 04/09/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The finalists for the 2020 Hugo Awards have been announced. Congratulations to the following contenders for best novel: The City...

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