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Next Amazon Novel Winners Will be Published by Amazon
Amazon’ s newest Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award will include a number of changes the most notable being that rather than the winners being published by Penguin, they will now be published by Amazon Publishing.
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Follett, Maron Named 2013 MWA Grand Masters
Ken Follett and Margaret Maron have been chosen as this year's Grand Masters by the Mystery Writers of America and will be presented with their awards at the Edgar Awards Banquet in New York on May 2, 2013.
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Quebec Writers' Federation Honors the Best
The Quebec Writers’ Federation (QWF) celebrated the best in Quebec English-language literature at its annual gala November 20.
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Erdrich, Boo Headline 2012 Winners
The 2012 National Book Awards were held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York on November 14, with prizes going to William Alexander for Goblin Secrets (Young People’s Literature), David Ferry for Bewilderment (Poetry), Katherine Boo for Behind the Beautiful Forevers (Nonfiction), and Louise Erdrich for The Round House (Fiction).
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PW Talks with NBA Medalist William Alexander
Rubbing elbows with the likes of Louise Erdrich and Dave Eggers came as a bit of a shock to author William Alexander, who received the NBA for Young People's Literature for his first novel, Goblin Secrets.
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2012 National Book Award Winners Go Back to Press
The publishers of the four National Book Awards winners are all going back to press following their victories.
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2012 National Book Awards Go to Erdrich, Boo, Ferry, Alexander
The big winners at the 2012 National Book Awards ceremony were Louise Erdrich, Katherine Boo, David Ferry, and William Alexander.
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Canadian Governor General’s Literary Award Winners Named
Winners of Canada's Governor General's Literary Awards were announced yesterday.
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Canadian Nabs Top British Nonfiction Award
A Canadian author has won one of England's best regarded literary awards.
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Candace Savage Wins Canada’s Largest Non-fiction Prize
Author Candace Savage's prairie history Geography of Blood has won Canada's newest and largest prize for non-fiction.
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Shipstead Wins 2012 Dylan Thomas Prize
Maggie Shipstead has won the £30,000 University of Wales Dylan Thomas Prize for her debut novel, Seating Arrangements, published in June by Knopf. The book is a satirical look at the pretentions of New England society.
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World Book Night Names Titles for 2013 Event
World Book Night has announced its list of picks for its 2013 World Book Night U.S., as well its new honorary chairpeople, Ann Patchett and James Patterson.
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In Wake of Sandy, AAP Extends PROSE Award Deadline to November 9
The Association of American Publishers today announced that the entry deadline for the 2012 PROSE Awards has been extended to Friday, November 9 to accommodate those affected by Sandy. The original deadline was October 31. Complete entry information is available on the PROSE Awards Web site.
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Will Ferguson Takes Home Canada’s Biggest Fiction Prize
Will Ferguson wins Canada's $50,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
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Mantel Wins Booker Prize
Hilary Mantel has won the 2012 Man Booker prize for Bring Up the Bodies. The author, who is published in the U.S. by Macmillan, is now only the third writer in the prize's history (after J.M. Coetzee and Peter Carey) to win the award twice.
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Mo Yan Wins Nobel for Literature
Chinese writer Mo Yan was awarded the prize for his works of "hallucinatory realism." PW has called him "one of China's most important contemporary writers." Read our reviews of his books.
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NBA Finalists in Young People’s Literature Announced for 2012
On Wednesday, the National Book Foundation announced the finalists for the 2012 National Book Award in Young People’s Literature.
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2012 National Book Awards Finalists Revealed
Of the 20 finalists, six were published by small, independent, or university presses.
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Shortlist for Canada's Big Fiction Prize Announced
The Scotiabank Giller Prize announced the five finalists for its annual C$50,000 prize today in Toronto.