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2015 NBA Longlist for Young People's Literature Announced
The longlist was announced on Monday for the 2015 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. The finalists will be named on October 14; the winners will be announced at a ceremony in New York City on November 18.
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International Flavor for 2015 Man Booker Shortlist
The shortlisted authors each receive £2,500, and the winner will receive a further £50,000.
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Four Questions for...Immigrant Writing Prize Creator Ilan Stavans
The Restless Books publisher, and creator of the just-announced Prize for New Immigrant Writing, said he hopes the literary honor will help dispel negative stereotypes of immigrants.
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Clegg, Yanagihara Make 2015 Man Booker Longlist
Marilynne Robinson, Anne Tyler, Hanya Yanagihara, and literary agent Bill Clegg are among the U.S. writers longlisted for this year's Man Booker Prize.
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Man Booker Launches Podcast
Hosted by Joe Haddow, producer of the BBC's Radio 2 Book Club, the episodes will go live alternate Friday mornings from July 24 through to the winner announcement in October.
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Is This the Greatest Book Award Acceptance Speech Ever?
Bryan Stevenson took home the Carnegie Medal for 'Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption' and gave a riveting speech that left the audience buzzing.
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‘This One Summer’ Wins Eisner for Best Graphic Novel
Cousins Jillian and Mariko Tamaki snagged the best book award on a night when quite a few women creators took home Eisner book awards.
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Rosie Rowell Wins 2015 Branford Boase Award
Debut author Rosie Rowell and her editor Emily Thomas were announced as the winners of the 2015 Branford Boase Award for 'Leopold Blue' at an award ceremony July 9 at Walker Books in London.
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Man Booker, Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Combine
In 2016, the new prize will transition to an annual award recognizing a work translated into English.
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ALA 2015: Doerr, Stevenson Win Carnegie Medals
Doerr won for his book All The Light We Cannot See (which also received the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction), while Bryan Stevenson won for Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption.
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Landman, Grill Win 2015 Carnegie, Greenaway Medals in U.K.
The winners of the 2015 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals were announced in London on Monday, June 22.
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Twenty-Five Years Of Discovery
On May 12, nearly 300 people gathered at the Standard Hotel in New York City’s Meatpacking District to celebrate 25 years of Barnes & Noble’s Discover Great New Writers Program.
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PW Launches 'Publishing Luminaries' Awards
The awards will identify and celebrate talented young members of the U.S. publishing community, and bring recognition to them on a global stage.
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National Book Foundation Announces Innovations in Reading Prize
The National Book Foundation has awarded $10,000 to Reach Incorporated for its annual Innovations in Reading Prize.
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Zondervan Wins Big at Christian Book Awards
Zondervan, part of the HarperCollins Christian Publishing family, swept five of the eight highest honors Tuesday night.
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Alice Notley Wins $100,000 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize
The Poetry Foundation has awarded Alice Notley the 2015 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, which recognizes the outstanding lifetime achievement of a living U.S. poet.
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The 2015 Edgar Awards: Another Crown for A King
Stephen King, Chris Albani and Gillian Flynn were among the winners at Wednesday night's 69th Annual Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Awards, held in New York City at the Grand Hyatt.
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Doerr, Kertzer Win 2015 Pulitzer Book Prizes
Anthony Doerr (fiction), David I. Kertzer (biography) and Gregory Pardlo (poetry) were among the winners of the 2015 Pulitzer Prizes for Books.
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Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Winners Announced
Siri Hustvedt, Claudia Rankine, and Elizabeth Kolbert were among the winners.
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ABA Announces 2015 Indies Choice & E.B. White Award Winners
Independent booksellers name their favorite handsells, as well as "indie champions," Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer.