Category: Awards
Authors from Egypt, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Syria make the shortlist for the 2020 ArabLit Story Prize
The Arabic Literature in English site ArabLit has revealed its short list of five blind-selected...
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Singapore Book Awards 2020 held online. Dedicated awards for Best Ebook, Best Audiobook and Best Digital Marketing. Cookery book takes the main prize
A cookery book takes the big prize at this year’s Singapore Book Awards, held online this year...
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The StreetLib-TNPS global-perspectives newsletter Publish MENA #9 is now available
The free StreetLib-TNPS B2B global-perspectives newsletter for Middle East North Africa authors...
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Middle East Monitor Palestine Book Awards 2020 shortlist announced
The Middle East Monitor (MEMO) has announced its shortlist of authors in line for the 9th...
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Debut children’s author from Qatar makes shortlist for international indie book award
Published by Qatar’s Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) and written by debut author...
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South Sudanese novel wins PEN Translates Award. Almost two thirds of awarded books by women writers, over half translated by women
When we think MENA literature we often don’t get past a handful of key North African and Middle...
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2021 Sheikh Zayed Book Award is open for submissions
The Sheikh Zayed Book Award, often called the Arab Nobel Prize, is actually nine awards, each...
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The latest edition of Publish Africa, the StreetLib-TNPS newsletter for Africa’s publishers, is now live
On hold during the early stages of the pandemic, the StreetLib-TNPS newsletter Publish Africa is...
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Mapping the New Normal: Children’s book wins Australia Book of the Year award for first time. Ceremony streamed, of course. This is 2020
The Australian Book Industry awards, affectionately known as Abias, is hosted by the Australian...
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Sheikh Zayed Book Award winners announced. Will receive their awards via livestream April 16
Literary awards don’t get much bigger than the Sheikh Zayed Book Award. Each winner will collect...
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Industry News Round-Up 26 March 2020
A round-up of key industry news in these challenging times. Apologies if the linked reports for...
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Sheikh Zayed Book Award winners to be announced next month despite cancellation of the Abu Dhabi Book Fair
If we needed proof that the coronavirus crisis will not fade simply because of summer’s warmer...
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