Ghana’s Deborah Ahenkorah wins the Global Centre for Pluralism Award
Buried in the tsunami of publishing news from the Frankfurt Book Fair, this story of a Ghanaian...
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Category: Awards
Publish Global, the StreetLib-TNPS B2B newsletter for self-publishers, is hitting inboxes this weekend
The first issue of the new B2B newsletter for self-publishers, Publish Global – serious...
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Déjà vu. Once again self-published authors are not welcome at the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award
Last year the Wall Street Journal noted how Jeff Bezos had proudly told us how thousands of...
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RH Business Relaunch; VAT on Russian ebooks; Amazon’s Kindle for Kids; Brexit fears; Random House Graphic; Ebooks and Libraries; Nobel Prize Controversy
Industry News Round-Up is a selection of some of the most interesting stories emerging from the...
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Iran’s Association of Islamic Revolution Publishers’ Seyyed Ali Andarzgu Literary Awards seeks to keep history in line with state policy
The Seyyed Ali Andarzgu Literary Awards were launched this week by Iran’s Association of Islamic...
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A commercial fiction prize worth AU$ 10k launched by HarperCollins and Australian Society of Authors
The Australian Society of Authors and the HQ imprint of HarperCollins Australia have launched a...
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Romania’s Eurocon nominations offers an insight into Romania’s vibrant sci-fi scene
Eurocon, the convention of the European Science Fiction Society, is being held in Belfast,...
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Malta Book Festival programme will be delivered to every household in Malta and Gozo
Malta’s National Book Council has announced that the 2019 Malta Book Festival will take place 6-10...
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A dystopian short story wins the 2019 Caine Prize
Nigerian-American author Lesley Nneka Arimah has won the 20th edition of the Caine Prize for...
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Submissions opened for the Sharjah International Book Fair Awards. Deadline September 1
With Sharjah the World Book Capital this year (check out this interview with Bodour Al Qasimi to...
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Iceland’s Bókmenntahátíð í Reykjavík kicks off next week with the inaugural Halldór Laxness Award among many attractions
If it’s 2019, it must be time for the bi-annual Bókmenntahátíð í Reykjavík which this year has a...
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Dubai’s Booklava wins The Bookseller’s AudioBook Publisher of the Year Award
Unsurprisingly, audiobooks have been a hot topic at the London Book Fair, which finishes today,...
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