Nationality debates tilts an already uneven Booker Prize playing field
In other words, an author of immense talent who chooses to go direct to the consumer has zero...
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Category: Awards
Congratulations to Storytel and B-Reel, both shortlisted for the One Show and Webby Awards
Books – in whatever format – need to get noticed to sell, and audiobooks, which tend...
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TNPS on LinkedIn – Round-up #5
With so much publishing industry news and debate, there’s never time for TNPS to cover it all. But...
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Storytel Awards attract 200,000 votes as audiobook fan engagement soars to record levels
Happening since 2015, the Storytel Awards grow in stature each year. Beyond the invaluable...
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TNPS on LinkedIn – a round-up
With so much publishing industry news and debate, there’s never time for TNPS to cover it...
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India – JCB Prize for Literature announces 2022’s longlist
Titles in Urdu, Hindi, and Nepali have been featured in the longlist for the first time....
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French-Moroccan novelist Leïla Slimani will chair 2023 International Booker Prize
At a time when many literary awards seems to be endangered species, it’s great to see the...
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The classic chicken and egg publishing problem the Nordics know the solution to
It wasn’t so very long ago when there was no audiobook market in the Nordics. The reason was...
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Ayobami Adebayo’s “Reste Avec Moi” is Prix Les Afriques 2020 winner
The winning novel, Reste Avec Moi, was first published in English under the title Stay with me...
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The 2020 Saif Ghobash Banipal Prize for Arabic Translation announces shortlist
The five-book shortlist “covers the full span of the Arab world, from Morocco to Iraq” and a “a...
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Shortlist announced for 12th Etisalat Award for Arabic Children’s Literature
With 221 submissions from 22 countries, the judging panel for 12th edition of the Etisalat Award...
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Shortlist announced for the 2020 African Writers Awards and the Wakini Kuria Award for Children’s Literature
The African Writers Development Trust is an NGO that provides publishing grants, educational...
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