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Arrest of booksellers sparks international condemnation

Wednesday, 12 February 2025
Mahmoud Muna and Ahmad Muna, the Palestinian uncle and nephew co-owners of the Educational Bookshop in East Jerusalem, were released by police on Tuesday, 11 February, but remain under a...

2024 Chytomo Award winners announced

Chytomo logo, a black and orange graphic Wednesday, 5 February 2025
In Ukraine, the 2024 winners of the Chytomo Awards have been announced, reports Publishing Perspectives. The Chytomo Awards celebrate achievements in Ukrainian publishing across three categories, highlighting innovations in digital publishing,...

Gizzi wins 2024 TS Eliot Prize

Cover of Fierce Elegy Wednesday, 15 January 2025
In the UK, Peter Gizzi has won the 2024 TS Eliot Prize, worth £25,000 (A$49,319), for Fierce Elegy (Penguin), reports Book Brunch. Fierce Elegy was chosen from a shortlist of...

Polari Prizes 2024 winners announced

Wednesday, 4 December 2024
In the UK, the winners of the 2024 Polari Prizes have been announced. The winners in each category are: Polari Book Prize (£2000; A$3908) The Gallopers (Jon Ransom, Muswell Press),...

Harvey wins 2024 Booker Prize for ‘Orbital’

Cover of Orbital Wednesday, 13 November 2024
In the UK, Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize, worth £50,000 (A$97,635), for Orbital (Vintage). Orbital takes place over a single day in the life of six astronauts...

‘Language City’ wins 2024 British Academy Book Prize

Cover of Language City Wednesday, 23 October 2024
In the UK, US author writer Ross Perlin has won the £25,000 (A$48,543) British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding for Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother...

US audiobook fiction up 61.8% in July

Wednesday, 9 October 2024
In the US, Publishers Weekly (PW) reports that digital audio sales jumped significantly in the month of July, compared to the same time the previous year, based on total sales...

FT Business Book of the Year shortlist announced

Wednesday, 2 October 2024
In the UK, the shortlist has been announced for the 2024 Financial Times (FT) Business Book of the Year. The shortlisted titles are: The Corporation in the Twenty-First Century: Why (Almost)...

Winter wins 2024 Klaus Flugge Prize

Wednesday, 18 September 2024
In the UK, Kate Winter has won the £5000 (A$9736) Klaus Flugge Prize for the book The Fossil Hunter (Puffin). Featuring panoramic fold-out pages and illustrated in watercolour, The Fossil...

‘In Ascension’ wins 2024 Arthur C Clarke Award

Wednesday, 7 August 2024
In the UK, Scottish writer Martin MacInnes has won this year’s Arthur C Clarke award for In Ascension (Atlantic), reports the Guardian. MacInnes’s third novel, In Ascension follows marine biologist...

Taylor wins 2024 Ackerley Prize

Wednesday, 31 July 2024
In the UK, journalist and author Catherine Taylor has won the 2024 TLS Ackerley Prize 2024 for The Stirrings (Weidenfeld & Nicolson), reports the Bookseller. Taylor receives £4000 (A$7852). Also shortlisted for...

Foot traffic up at Barnes & Noble

Wednesday, 10 July 2024
In the US, location analytics company Placer.ai has reported that, between November 2023 and May 2024, foot traffic to Barnes & Noble (B&N) stores has increased every month except January,...

2024 Prix Voltaire shortlist announced

Wednesday, 12 June 2024
The International Publishers Association (IPA) has announced the 2024 shortlist for the Prix Voltaire. This year’s shortlist, announced at the World Expression Forum, includes: Osman Kavala, Türkiye Dušan Gojkov, Balkan...

Headline launches new ‘serious’ nonfiction imprint

Wednesday, 29 May 2024
In the UK, Headline Publishing Group is launching Headline Press, a new ‘serious’ nonfiction imprint, reports the Bookseller. Headline said the new imprint, to be led by publisher Martin Redfern,...

‘Brotherless Night’ wins 2024 Carol Shields Prize

Wednesday, 15 May 2024
Brotherless Night by V V Ganeshananthan (Penguin) has won the 2024 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, worth US$150,000 (A$226,385). The judging jury—made up of Jen Sookfong Lee (chair), Laila Lalami,...

Pulitzer Prize 2024 winners announced

Wednesday, 8 May 2024
In the US, the winners of the 2024 Pulitzer Prizes have been announced. The winners in the book categories were: Fiction Night Watch (Jayne Anne Phillips, Fleet) Nonfiction A Day...

PEN America cancels 2024 Literary Awards ceremony

Wednesday, 24 April 2024
In the US, PEN America has cancelled its 2024 Literary Awards ceremony, which was to be held on 29 April, reports Publishers Weekly. It comes after 28 authors withdrew books...

Remaining big five publishers join PRH in Iowa lawsuit

Wednesday, 17 April 2024
In the US, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Simon & Schuster, along with Sourcebooks, have joined Penguin Random House (PRH) as plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Iowa to block the book...