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Thursday 13th October – Sunday 16th October 2016 The Blenheim Palace Festival of Liter..

Paul Beatty, Deborah Levy, Graeme Macrae Burnet, Ottessa Moshfegh, David Szalay and Madeleine Th..

September, 2016 (Toronto, ON) – The Scotiabank Giller Prize has announced its longlist for..

Saturday 5th November 2016 10 - 4pm St Alphege Building The University of Winchester Cost: &p..;

NEW YORK, Sept 4 — The Brooklyn Book Festival (September 12-18), hosted at the MetroTech Commons in ..

KLFchalo - The 2016 Edition of Kumaon Literary Festival 2016 will be held from 11th to 13th October ..

August has been a busy month for the Wakefield Lit Fest team, we've been out and about sharing a lit..

The line-up for this year’s Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival, taking place from 15th-1..

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American Ambassador Matthew Barzun, Oliver Stone, Karl Ove Knausgaard (below left - photo Ian Ba..

Wakefield Lit Fest is back for 2016 and celebrates its..

Entries are invited for the 2016 TRALEE HUMOROUS VERSE COMPETITION 1st prize - &euro..;

Bloomsbury have signed a deal with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to create and publish branded titl..

Sara O'Keeffe, Editorial Director at Corvus, has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights excluding Canad..

Scottish Book Trust has announced the creation of a brand new award intended to recognise and celebr..

The shortlist for the Gordon Burn Prize 2016 is: A Woman on the Edge of Time: A Son’s ..

About the prize Founded in 1988 (and previously known under various banners includ..

English PEN condemns detention of reader under Terrorism Act ..

The Trustees of Guildford Book Festival today announced four new appointments. Alex Andrews and..

The longlist, or ‘Man Booker Dozen’, for the £50,000 Man Booker Prize is announced today. This ..

News release - Suffolk Libraries Bookfest returns! Suffolk Libraries have announced the dates o..

Now in its third year, the Royal Automobile Club's Motoring Book of the Year Award for 2016 is looki..

Liber, the largest international fair for books in Spanish, taking place on 12-14 October at Barcelo..

Mansio Talks and Workshops : Borders & Frontiers Just a reminder about our associated prog..

Alice Jolly has been announced as the winner of the 2016 PEN Ackerley Prize for her memoir Dead ..

The very first Liverpool Literary Festival (http://www.liverpool.ac.uk/literary-festival/) opens..

PEN America has announced their newest literary award, the PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize f..

Some of the speakers for this fall’s 2016 Texas Book Festival weekend have been announced. ..

"NATURAL EVOLUTION" FOR RICHARD JEFFERIES SOCIETY WRITERS' PRIZE AS WHITE HORSE BOOKSHOP BECOMES..

The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize is awarded to the best debut novel published between Ja..

Publisher Frances Lincoln, in association with the National Trust, has announced the shortlist for ..

Over 100 events in 9 days featuring the best children/teen authors, illustrators, character..

In April Dead Good Books launched the second Dead Good Reader Awards – six bespoke awards, nom..

The Royal Society has today (17th June) announced that it has secured a new sponsor for its Book Pri..

Nicki Thornton's "magical murder mystery" The Firefly Cage will be published by Chicken House in 201..

Edinburgh International Book Festival Announces 2016 Programme In a world of global uncertainty..

Polari First Book Prize Reveals 2016 Longlist Posted at 9:43AM Thursday 02 Jun 2016 The lo..

The PA is relaunching its Publishers Green Network on Thursday 26th May 2016. The Network aims to he..

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The shortlist for Australia's prestigious 2016 Miles Franklin Literary Award, has been announce..

South Korean author Han Kang became the first Korean to win the prestigious Man Booker Internati..

TORONTO, - Six English and five French books have been shortlisted for the 2016 Trillium Book A..

Sydney (May 24, 2016). Allen & Unwin has won Publisher of the Year for the thirteenth time in th..

In a prestigious ceremony held at Swansea Central Library tonight as part of the CILIP Wales confere..

The biggest-selling children's picture book of 2015 won two awards at this years 2016 CBI Book of th..

The inaugural BooksEast Festival which took place in Ipswich (UK) from 9 to 15 May 2016 has been..

Michael Gambon in conversation with Michael Colgan A legend of stage and screen, the b..

ABU DHABI // Nominations have opened for the Sheikh Zayed Book Awards for 2016-2017. Now in ..

Author salutes 'golden age of Scandinavian crime literature' Norwegian crime writer Jorn Lier Ho..

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS), the nation’s largest retail bookseller and a lea..

Volunteer Callout Reminder - Byron Writers Festival Application c..

READ Regional is working with North Yorkshire libraries to celebrate new writing in t..

2016: This year’s judges are Valentina Gosetti, Jonathan Katz, Graham Nelson, an..

The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) today announced the Short List for..

Stephen Barr, President of SAGE International, has been elected as the new President of The Publishe..

[London, UK – Audible Originals], a production arm of Audible.com, won the ‘Excellen..

Pan Macmillan is thrilled to announce the acquisition of Formula One legend Damon Hill's autobiograp..

The government’s plans to tackle extremism through a ‘new civil order regime’ ..

Orenda Books, Arc Publi..

The five-writer shortlist for the 2016 Caine Prize for African Writing has been announced by Chair o..

New figures released last week by the Publishers Association shows that the UK publishing industry i..

The longlists for 2016's Gemmell Awards have been revealed and are now open for voting at on th..

The fund, administered by Publishing Scotland, is designed to encourage international publishers to ..

Grief is the Thing with Feathers by Max Porter is today, Saturday 14 May, named as the winner of the..

The International Dylan Thomas Prize is one of the most prestigious awards for writers aged 39 a..

The Wollongong Writers Festival Inc. is thrilled to announce its first In Conversation event ahead o..

On Monday 16th May, the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction will open its first-ever pop-up Baileys Pr..

Organisers of the Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2016 have unveiled the shortlist for the annual award ..

A fascinating blend of books by debut and award winning authors forms the shortlist of Britain's old..

The Desmond Elliott Prize 2016 has announced a shortlist of three books in the running to take h..

Ottawa’s favourite open-air Literary Festival and Book Fair, Prose in the Park, will take ..

Prison sentences imposed on Cumhuriyet journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül after thei..

Penguin Random House Enterprises, in collaboration with Penguin Random House Children's UK, is worki..

WALLS COME TUMBLING DOWN the music and politics of Rock Against Racism, 2 Tone and Red..

The Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) has released the ABIA 2016 Book Awards shortlist an..

THE 2016 UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA VICE-CHANCELLOR’S INTERNATIONAL POETRY PRIZE N..

Consultant neurologist Suzanne O'Sullivan has been awarded the Wellcome Book Prize 2016 for It's All..

The Folio Prize Foundation and the British Library are pleased to announce The Folio Academy Session..

The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) has announced the list of Notable Books (a..

Since 2011 The Cowbridge Book Festival has been pleased to offer followers of the Festival a var..

Australian authors, poets, illustrators and historians could share in a total of $600,000 in tax..

The winner of the 2016 Stella Prize is Charlotte Wood for her novel The Natural Way of Things. ..

Southwold Library will again be running the ‘Slaughter in Southwold’ festival this s..

The Miles Franklin Literary Award is Australia’s most prestigious literature prize. Establishe..

The Storylines Children’s Literature Trust of New Zealand has announced the 2016 winners of..

Samuel West & Gulwali Passarlay Monday 25 April, 7pm Wimbledon Odeon In Par..

The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award is for poems written by any young poet aged 11-17. Since..

new literary contest open to previously unpublished and independently published novelists J..

Gary Pulsifer was the founder of Arcadia Books. For nearly 20 years he specialised in publishing con..

Next Saturday 9th April is the first BOOKS BY THE BEACH FOR NIPPERS! It's a fun filled pr..

London Is The Place For Me 2016 By the end of the year, Guyana, Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad ..

Festival’s first full weekend of children’s events – in association wi..

History prize awarded to 'elegant and eloquent' account of ord..

The Philippine International Literary Festival (PILF) is a landmark project of the National Book Dev..

The Australian Independent Booksellers, have announced The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wo..

FOWEY FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND LITERATURE 2016 6-14TH MAY 2016 The 2016 programme f..

A one-to-one at the Winchester Writers’ Festival allows you to meet publishing professiona..

The Festival, which runs from Saturday 2nd April – Sunday 10th April, will be celebrating ..

Narrative Witness: Indigenous Peoples, Australia-United States (http://www.iwpcollections.org/nw..

The shortlist for the International Dylan Thomas Prize, in partnership with Swansea University, ..

Penguin Random House and the Daily Mail have launched a “major” competition which will o..

Booker and Pulitzer Prize-winning authors, a British knight of the realm, feminist icons, l..

Chiddingstone Castle Literary Festival is a NEW festival for story-lovers of all ages; set to take p..

Chipping Norton Literary Festival 21 – 24 April 2016 has announced the line-up of suthors ..

Now a significant date in Dublin’s annual literary calendar The Franco-Irish Literary..

From 9 to 15 May 2016, East Anglia’s newest book festival, BooksEast, brings a range ..

The Stella Prize has announced the six shortlisted books in the 2016 Stella Prize...

The Brunel University African Poetry Prize in partnership with Commonwealth Writers ..

A Wellington writer’s first novel is a finalist in the country..

The Longlist for the Orwell Prize for Books 2016 was announced on Monday 7th March 2016. ..

Simon Puttock, Ross MacKenzie and Danny Weston have been announced as the winners o..

Exchanging experiences, professionalising the industry, making publishing more international –..

LOOK!' – That is Germany's message when it presents itself as Guest of Honour at the ..

Sir John Lister-Kaye has been awarded the inaugural Writers' Prize by the Richard Jefferies Society ..

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), America's largest retail bookseller and a leading retailer..

With its 10th annual competition now complete, the Florida Book Awards has announced winners for..

NEW YORK—PEN America has announced the winners for the 2016 PEN Literary Aw..

Kim Bockius-Suwyn has been named executive director of The Savannah Book Festival. Bockius-Suwyn..

The five-day Sharjah Used Book Festival has raised AED 383,000. According to national news agenc..

Just as the cherry blossoms hit full bloom, The Malahat Review will host its annual..

Terrific to see so many films derived from books, and one from great investigative reporting, do..

The longlist for the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction has been announced, wit..

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Kentucky Women’s Book Festival is celebrating its 10-year annivers..

Writers from six countries and across four continents make up the 12-strong longlist for the 2016 Su..

In a new achievement for the publishing industry in the UAE, Tongue Twists (Lisanak Hisanak), b..

New Writing North is delighted to open the call for submissions for books to be considered for the 2..

Britain’s best known classicist Professor Mary Beard (http://oxfordliteraryfestival.org/litera..

Our thanks to Dystopian Stories (http://www.dystopianstories.com/.) who compiled the curate..

The full programme for the 50th Brighton Festival (7-29 May 2016) - the largest and most established..

The longlisted for the 2016 CILIP Carnegie Medal: Book by John Agard (Walker Books) A So..

The FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival has this week announced that more renowned international..

With an impressive line-up of historical authors participating in Alderney’s firs..

Winning Writers has announced the results from its first annual North Street Book Prize competit..

The 2016 Saskatchewan Book Awards shortlist have been released Saskatchewan Book Awards 2016 S..

CHESTER and MIDLOTHIAN, Va. – Whether spoken or read, on paper or on a screen, full of vib..

Tickets are on sale now for the New Zealand's newest, and quirkiest, writers festival, to be held in..

5 March – 2 April 2016 It is a town known for its airport and its football club, ..

The Stella Prize is delighted to announce the 2016 Stella Prize longlist. The Stella P..

Dates for your Diary From Wigtown Book Festival ..

The Laugharne Weekend 2016 - April 1-3 We're down to the final handful of weekend tickets - you'..

Friday 17 June offers a choice of nine different all-day master courses: The Shape of Your..

One of the greatest chess players of all time and leading pro-democracy Russian campaigner Garr..

NZ Festival announces distinguished Writers Week line-up Some of the world’s m..

The Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec (AELAQ) presents: How Literary Fe..

Submissions are now open! 'The friendliest of Litfests' in 2014; 'friendlier than ever' in 2015, acc..

The Barnes Children's Literature Festival will be returning to southwest London for its second year ..

2016 open opportunities for artists at the Riverside Gallery, Richmond run by Orleans House Gallery,..

A book shop manager, two posties, a journalist and a library assistant are among the 11 recipients o..

The ninth edition of Zee Jaipur Literature Festival (ZeeJLF) ended in Jaipur on Monday 25th January,..

THE LIE TREE BY FRANCES HARDINGE NAMED 2015 COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR Costa Short S..

The Dundee International Book Prize, one of Scotland's leading prizes for unpublished authors, has i..

One of the greatest chess players of all time and leading pro-democracy Russian campaigner Garry Kas..

The UK's first food literary festival – 29 April - 1 May 2016 - The first of its kind, H..

Workshops at the 2016 West Cork Literary Festival Appearing in Bantry this summer ..

Entries for the 2016 Royal Society Science Books Prize, the world's leading science books prize, are..

As it celebrates its 10th year, the 2016 Huddersfield Literature Festival promises to be the best ye..

The International Board on Books for Young People has announced the shortlist for the 2016 Hans ..

With the culmination of the 2015 Costa Book Awards just days away, the latest odds f..

India’s Anuradha Roy has won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2016 for her novel, Slee..

CHICAGO – The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), an affiliate of the Am..

The International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) has revealed the longlist of 16 novels in cont..

New York, January 13, 2016​– Jewish Book Council has announced the winners of the2015 ..

2016 Climate Fiction Short Story Contest Speculative fiction stories have the power..

Submissions are invited for the £10,000 award for best original new theatre play Run b..

The 12th Annual Dahlonega Literary Festival will occur March 12 & 13, 2016 in historic downt..

The American Journal of Nursing (AJN) recognized the best nursing and health care publications of 20..

This year’s shortlists include novelists Kate Atkinson and Anne Enright, psychological thr..

2015 began with the mega annual event - the Jaipur Literature Festival where Nobel winner V S Naipau..

Camperdown’s Robert Burns Festival is gaining an international reputation amon..

The Winternachten international literature festival takes place in The Hague from 14 to 17 January 2..

Dulwich Books has announced its live events programme for 2016, featuring international bestselling ..

The Gold Medal for Poetry for 2015 has been awarded to Scottish writer, poet and playwright Liz ..

As the largest FREE literary festival on earth, the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival brings togeth..

The jury of the 'Goncourt List: The Choice of Tunisia' award voted to give prize to Tobie Nathan..

On Monday 14 December 2015 Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Minister for..

Tickets are now on sale for the University of East Anglia’s 24th Spring litera..

Charlottesville, Va.—The Virginia Festival of the Book (http://vabook.org/) has confirmed ..

The statement below comes from Amnesty International UK Ashraf, a 35-year-old poet and art..

The world's literati gathered at the renowned London School of Economics and Political Science on Th..

IglooBooks will publish a new range of parenting guides from famous television doctor Dr Pixie McKen..

"Words, first spoken, then delivered by script, print and now digital media, remain the principal me..

Voting has opened today for the 2015 Costa Short Story Award, an Award launched in 2012 for a single..

The Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction has today announced that Edinburgh-based investment managem..

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Minister for the Arts Mitch Fifield have ann..

English PEN, PEN American Center and PEN International have strongly condemned the Saudi Arabian aut..

Independent retailer The Nairn Bookshop is moving to new, larger premises in a more prominent lo..

Children’s books from the UK, USA and France scooped prizes at a ceremony at the Chen Boch..

LitFest International Literature Festival runs 26 – 28 November 2015 LitFest Harare, the inter..

The list and text below is from www.frenchculture.org (http://www.frenchculture.org) which is a..

160 titles that have been nominated by libraries worldwide for the €100,000 Internatio..

The Walkley Foundation today announced the shortlist for the Walkley Book Award, part of Australia&r..;

The Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards 2015 shortlist announced today features a diverse arra..

FROM ALDEBURGH POETRY FESTIVAL NEWSLETTER It’s nearly here! We’re nearly there! And ..

The New Zealand Book Awards Trust has today signed a contract with the New Zealand Book Council to a..

Rebecca Gray, Commissioning Editor at Serpent's Tail has bought world rights (excluding audio) to th..

Random House is one a number of publishers to acquire rights to the first boo..

Han Kang, Karmele Jaio and Lydie Salvayre are among the eight women writers whose books have bee..

The Bangladesh government is abjectly failing in its obligation to protect secular writers and their..

Saqi Books has acquired the rights to The Battle for British Islam by human rights campaigner Sara K..

Amina Shah has been announced as Scottish Book Trust's new Director of Programme. The Director o..

Cecelia Ahern is delighted with the news that Warner Bros have optioned movie rights for her forthco..

More than 50 leading international media editors have written an open letter to President Recep T..

English PEN today announces the judging panel for the 2016 PEN Hessell-Til..

Scottish author Colin MacIntyre was today announced as the winner of the 2015 Edinburgh Internationa..

ORGANISERS say the first ever Dorchester Literary Festival has exceeded all expectations after hundr..

The shortlists for all six Saltire Book Awards were announced on October 22nd at events hosted s..

The prize is for new interactive fiction or non-fiction written specifically for digital delivery an..

The shortlist for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award – the richest and longest-run..

Chatto & Windus is pleased to announce the acquisition of STOPPING PLACES: Tracing the Old Gypsy..

NORMAN, OKLA. World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma's award-winning magazine of int..

On 7 November, WAHACA'S DAY OF THE DEAD festival, which takes place at London's Tobacco Dock, will s..

PEN International has issued the following statement regarding the decision of Indonesian author..

This year, the Frankfurt Book Fair's prize for Best International Literary Adaptation goes to the US..

Karen Sullivan, publisher of Orenda Books, is delighted to announce the acquisition of World English..

The American Library Association (ALA) today announced the six books shortlisted for the esteeme..

In its new strategy, the UK government is proposing measures that may criminalise legitimate spe..

Eleven books have made the longlist for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2016, organizers an..

Next year 215 candidates from 59 countries will be in the running for the world's largest children's..

Facts and figures have been released after The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature ..

Winners in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature to be announced..

A school teacher who won last year's Blue Peter Best Story Award will join a brilliant panel of ..

The London Book Fair (LBF), in association with The UK Publishers Association (The PA), has launched..

Scholastic has announced the launch of a new book prize to celebrate the best funny books in childre..

WORLD BOOK DAY AWARD 2016 LAUNCHES - SCHOOL TO WIN £10k LIBRARY FUNDED BY BESTSELL..

Atlantic Books acquires a debut literary novel that booms with ideas and originality, from a young, ..

The full programme for Scotland's fourth national celebration of books and reading was announced tod..

The Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction is the UK's most prestigious annual book award for fiction wri..

Kirstin Innes's acclaimed debut novel about sex workers in Scotland, published by Glasgow-based inde..

LONDON CHINA BOOK FESTIVAL will be launched on 19 October 2015 to celebrate the visit of the Preside..

Journalist Kerry McKay will be popping champagne corks today as she celebrates her first ever book d..

A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James has been named as the winner of the 2015 Man B..

Chi-chi literature festival that always attracts prominent writers and journalists. Big events i..

TOP authors will be speaking at Yeovil Library for the third annual Yeovil Literary Festival later t..

The judges of the 2015 Goldsmiths Prize present a shortlist of six novels, embodying the Prize&rsquo..;

THE ninth annual Lichfield Literature Festival takes place across the city from October 3 to 11. ..

Independent publishers in the Midwest are invited to submit entries to the 26th annual Midwest B..

Acclaimed author, journalist and broadcaster, Baroness Joan Bakewell DBE, will chair an eminent pane..

The Crime Writers’ Association have presented their final 2015 CWA Dagger Awards to authors Sm..

Six authors have made the short list for the lucrative Cundill Prize in Historical Literature at McG..

The Dromineer Literary Festival is now underway and running from October 1st-4th. The fi..

William Hill has announced its 12 long-list nominations for its inaugural “William Hill Austra..

The longlist for the UK's non-fiction Samuel Johnson Prize 2015 has been announced. It’s b..

The shortlists for the 2nd year of the Kirkus Prizes, worth US$50,000 a pop, have been announce..

The 5 Under 35 program, now in its tenth year, honors five young fiction writers selected by past Na..

Cardiff Children to have an ‘Absolutely Fantastic’ Insight into ‘The Brilliant..

Autumn Events - Stratford Literary Festival Plus At Stratford Artshouse, Rother Street CV37 ..

English PEN, PEN American Center, PEN International and Index on Censorship are relieved that VICE N..

AUSTRALIA’S PREMIER CHILDREN’S LITERARY AWARDS ANNOUNCED On Friday 21 August the Ch..

The First Novel Prize is awarded to the best debut novel published between January 1 and Decembe..

As the literary world celebrates Agatha Christie’s 125th anniversary, this year’s Bloody..

In what is a major coup for a literary festival of its size, Bewdley Book Week has secured an appear..

Thursday 17th – Sunday 20th September 2015 This year’s festival reveals a..

The line up has been revealed for The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival ..

CHICAGO, Aug., 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Salman Rushdie, an award-winning British Indian novelist and ess..

LEADING British public figures, award-winning international writers and big screen legends are in th..

Shortlist for the UK-based Gordon Burn Prize 2015, which champions a fresh, undaunted approach t..

English PEN and PEN International has warmly welcomed the release of Mazen Darwish, Syrian activ..

The longlist, or ‘Man Booker Dozen’, for the £50,000 Man Booker Prize was anno..

TWO WEEKS OF BOOK FEVER IN SEVENOAKS Newly elected Oxford Professor Poetry Simon Armi..

Previously known as 'Woodstock' then the Blenheim Palace Literary Festival at Woodstock, t..

Even the most intelligent, motivated and good-humoured souls would find it difficult to solve gender..

English PEN is delighted that the Secretary of State for Justice has relaxed all restrictions preven..

The £25,000 biennial literary prize, run by the University of Warwick, is an international..

Fresh insights into the life, literature and legacy of the world’s best-selling author are..

‘Aldeburgh Eight’ is an eight day course linked to the international Aldeburgh Poetr..

Perpetual, as Trustee of the Miles Franklin Literary Award have announced the 2015 Miles Franklin Aw..

Tanya Landman’s Carnegie winner, Buffalo Soldier, inspired by female African American slave wh..

A new award recognising the best in Irish sports writing has been announced by Setanta Sports. S..

Festival Director Rosalind Turner has kindly provided a progress report on the 2015 Shoreham Wo..

Four Ontario Authors Receive Province's Top Literary Award -Winners of Ontario's foremo..

English PEN has announced the shortlist for the 2015 PEN Ackerley Prize for memoir and life writ..

English PEN, PEN Turkey and PEN International are seriously concerned for Can Dündar, editor-in..

The Gedling Book Festival will take place from Friday 12 June until Sunday 14 June at Arnot Hill Hou..

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America have announce the winners of the 2014 Nebula ..

The second annual Morristown Festival of Books will feature 30 noted authors, including four Pul..

English PEN is deeply disturbed by the news that the Saudi Arabia Supreme Court has upheld the draco..

TORONTO – Thursday, June 4, 2015 – The Stairwell by Michael Longley and Blue Sonoma ..

The troubled life stories of two gay sportsmen have triumphed at the CROSS British Sports Book Award..

Patrick McGuiness has won the main English-language prize at Wales Book of the Year 2015 awards,..

The winner of the 2015 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction is British novelist Ali Smith for..

Amazon has released a list of the most well-read cities in the nation, and Seattle, Washington i..

The shortlists for this year’s Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards have been announced. ..

The Audio Publishers Association (APA) has revealed the winners of the best audiobooks of the ye..

It was an emotional moment when Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA) was presented to the South..

Guardian Faber are delighted to have acquired Jane Bown: A Lifetime of Looking, edited by Luke Dodd,..

Hay Festival (Thursday 21 to Sunday 31 May, 2015) has announced the full list of recipients of this ..

In memory of Carole Seymour-Jones - former Deputy President and Chair of the Writers in Prison Commi..

Organisers of Bloody Scotland Festival today announced details of their annual crime writing short s..

Entries are invited for the world's longest established and most valuable literary sports writing pr..

Neustadt Prize is known as “America’s Nobel” for literature; finalists are selecte..

Established writers dominate the short list of English-language finalists for Canada's $20,000 T..

John McGovern, Irma Kurtz, Peter ‘DCI Banks’ Robinson and Julie Summers are among the na..

The eighth annual Best Translated Book Awards were announced at BookExpo America on May 27th, 20..

Showcasing some of the biggest names in the literary world, the fifth Belfast Book Festival is s..

From Perth, Scotland, to Perth, Australia and taking in Texas, Tennessee, Singapore and the sout..

The End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated from German by Susan Bernofsky and published by Porto..

With the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction only five days away, the latest odds from bookmakers Will..

The full line-up for a major new literary festival has been announced, with a cast of more than ..

More than 150 writers from around the world, including Margaret Atwood, Amitav Ghosh, Karl Ove Knaus..

An English author, Nick Bunker, has won a $50,000 prize for a book detailing the tensions in Gre..

BERKELEY, Calif., An evening with popular children's author Judy Blume and a keynote by Google's..

America's 15th annual Library of Congress National Book Festival will take place Saturday, ..

Wordstock Sudbury Literary Festival has revealed its lineup of guests for the 2015 festival edition...

The books are winners of the 2015 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, the largest not-for-profit bo..

The annual award celebrates books that capture author PG Wodehouse's comic spirit. The novel..

Innovative Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai (left) has been announced as the ..

The Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, the UK's only book award for fiction written by a woman, has ..

On 16 May 2015, at the Gala Dinner at CrimeFest, Bristol, Petrona Award judges, Barry Forshaw, D..

The Crime Writers' Association has unveiled the shortlisted authors for five categories in the 2015 ..

The shortlist for the Desmond Elliott Prize for New Fiction has been announced, and all three no..

The 2015 Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award is now open for entries, with prize m..

The 4th Virginia Prize for Fiction Now open for submissions Aurora Metro, the Twickenham..

Roald Dahl was born on September 13, 1916, in Llandaff, South Wales. In 1953, he published the b..

Canadian writer Iain Reid, author of the memoir The Truth About Luck (http://www.cbc.ca/books/2015/0..

Contest will give award to best original Spanish-language works that have been self-publish..

Gill Lewis is the 2015 winner of the Little Rebels Award for her book Scarlet Ibis (https://glob..

Giants of the genre are pitted against a clutch of new voices in one of the most prestigious crime w..

The 2015 Nebraska Book Awards are now taking submissions. The program, sponsored by the Neb..

The shortlists for the 2015 British Sports Book Awards have been released. The winners will be a..

This summer, The University of Sheffield will bring people together to launch new products and servi..

Press release from organising committee We are honoured and very proud of the selection panel m..

The longlist for the Gordon Burn Prize 2015, which champions a fresh, fearless approach to writing h..

J G Farrell Award - closing date approaching! Just over two weeks before the closing date f..

Awarded in 2015 for books published in 2014. FICTION “Orfeo,” Richard Powers, W...

Publisher Myriad has revealed this year's shortlist for its prestigious First Drafts Competition (fo..

Ten works of fiction and six poetry collections remain in the running fo..

Kalinga Literary Festival will play host to over 50 speakers from across the India on May 17, 20..

The annual prize of S$20,000 is the richest literary award in Singapore. It is to be awarded to a Si..

An 8-year-old Mighty Girl has won a victory for gender equality in children's boo..

The shortlist was announced yesterday on May 1st via an online broadcast in collabor..

Earlier this month, Scott Griffin, founder of The Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry is ple..

Commonwealth Writers announced the regional winners of the 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize o..

LONDON, UK – Asia House, in partnership with the Bagri Foundation (http://www.bagrifounda..

The West Coast Book Prize Society of Annual BC Book Prize Canada's Province of British Columbia ..

The NSW Premier’s Literary Awards have a proud history, both in celebrating achieveme..

On Earth Day, The Nature Generation announced the winners of the national 2015 Green Earth Book ..

The Canadian Science Writers’ Association/ Association candienne des rédacteurs sci..

The Eisner Awards include the Comic Industry's Hall of Fame. The nominations in each category ar..

The 2015 shortlist for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards have been annou..

The finalists for the 2015 Dinaane Debut Fiction Award have been announced by the Jacana Literar..

(Ottawa, April 22, 2015) Drawing from an outstanding collection of children’s literature produ..

(http://www.artforum.com/news/id=51717) Markus Lüpertz has won this year&r..;

The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation in partnership with the de Grummond Children’s Literature C..

2015 Stella Prize has been awarded to Emily Bitto for her debut novel, The Strays (left). ..

The Orwell Prize is Britain’s most prestigious prize for political writing. The shortlis..

The Los Angeles Times Book Prizes honoring the best works for 2014 in 10 categories were announc..

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Twenty-three British novels are among 152 titles that have been nominated by libraries worldwide for..

Fifty-one American novels are among 152 titles that have been nominated by libraries worldwide ..

Three Irish novels are among 152 titles that have been nominated by libraries worldwid..

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This year Commonwealth Writers turns its focus solely on the Commonwealth Short Story Prize as a uni..

Mozambican author António Emílio Leite Couto (Mia Couto) has been chos..

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Lynn Coady has been named the 2013 winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize for her short story collect..

New York, November 7, 2013—The Jewish Book Council is pleased to announce that Matti Friedman,..

One of the UK’s most famous and respected poets, Roger McGough, has been confirmed as one of t..

The Thomas & Znaniecki Award is given annually for outstanding social science scholarship in the..

American author, Claire Vaye Watkins has won the £30,000 Dylan Thomas Prize with details ..

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The Robert F. Kennedy Book Award was founded in 1980, with the proceeds from Arthur Schlesinger,..

The National Book Development Board and the Manila Critics Circle has announced the winners of the 3..

New Writing North has announced that Benjamin Myers is the winner of the inaugural Gordon Burn P..

The jury for the world’s most lucrative award for historical writing has narrowed this year's ..

Three of New Zealand’s finest writers, Owen Marshall, Michele Leggott and Martin Edmo..

The longlist for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2014 has been announced at the Goethe-Ins..

The Writers' Trust of Canada has announced that Graeme Smith has won the Hilary Weston Writers'..

The National Book Foundation has announced the finalists for America's 2013 National Book Award..

Auckland based New Zealand author, Eleanor Catton, has become the youngest writer to win th..

Lucy Greaves, who holds an MA in Literary Translation from the University of East Anglia, is the win..

The book version of the movie White Lies: Tuakiri Huna that was submitted as New Zealand’s..

One of the UK's most famous and respected poets, Roger McGough, has been confirmed as one of the..

The Canada Council for the Arts has announced the list of finalists for the 2013 Governor Genera..

The Financial Times and Goldman Sachs recently published the shortlist for the ninth annual Fina..

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The Ned Kelly Awards (named for bushranger Ned Kelly) are Australia's leading literary awards fo..

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The Warwick Prize for Writing was launched in 2008 and is an..

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The Central Library, Cape Town, and the Open Book Festival have decided to, in celebration of al..

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This year’s winners for the Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, Australia's richest litera..

The Chiswick Book Festival – now in its fifth year - returns in September with a host of t..

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The £60,000 prize, which is awarded every two years to a living author in recognition of ..

PEN AMERICAN CENTER ANNOUNCES RECIPIENTS OF THE 2013 LITERARY AWARDS ..

The Dylan Thomas Prize has nnounced its longlist for its 2013 award with a playwright featuring..

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Each year, Speech Pathology Australia awards three Australian authors the “Best Book ..

Author Helen Fielding is to appear at the Cheltenham Literature Festival to talk about her third..

Playwright Tom Stoppard has been awarded this year's PEN/Pinter Prize. Stoppard was selected by..

In a celebration of music, literature and the arts, the annual Windsor Festival will once again host..

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CBCA awards (http://cbca.org.au/awards.htm)- and their gold medallion front cover stickers - ar..

BRITISH ACADEMY MEDALS The British Academy Medals have been established for the first time this ..

THE full programme for this year’s Henley Literary Festival has been revealed ahead of next we..

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The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is a juried award to r..

The winners of this year’s Kibble and Dobbie Literary Awards have been announced. ..

Finalists include a crowd funded book, while sci-fi novel wins Māori Language prize Three first..

The longlist, or ‘Man Booker Dozen’, of the 2013 Man Booker Prize for Fiction was on..

HOLLYWOOD, CA_The 2013 Hollywood Book Festival has selected Jonathan Womack’s “A Cry fo..

Fifteen authors, editors or illustrators came away with top honors on Friday, June 21, at the 22..

from Yellow Brix- When a Northern crime writing festival started out 10 years ago, author Val McDerm..

Author Denise Mina has won the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award in Harrogate, Y..

Less than two months after receiving the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for an Unpubli..

The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are prizes given..

The 2013 Wales Book of the Year Award is presented to the best Welsh and English-language works ..

Former Bishop of Edinburgh Richard Holloway's Leaving Alexandria: A Memoir of Faith and Doubt (..

The longlists (below) for the Gold, Steel and John Creasey Daggers were unveiled on 15th July, 2..

A record 61 books are in contention Sisters in Crime Australia’s 13th Davitt Awards for the be..

EARLY bird tickets have gone on sale for an annual book festival in West Wales. A number of top au..

World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma's award-winning international literature and cult..

Authors Stella Duffy, Lee Child, Andrew Taylor and Belinda Bauer were among the winners at a ga..

New York's Center for Fiction, the only literary center (or centre as we would say) wholly devot..

New authors booked to speak at the National Book Festival in D.C. have been announced. Graphic novel..

Boston, MA (July 2013) — In recognition of the legacy of Shirley Jackson’s writing, ..

press release Edward Albee, three-time Pulitzer Prize and two-time Tony Award-winning playwr..

Southern indie booksellers once again demonstrate their independence of mind by choosing an exci..

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Some of the most exciting creators in Scottish independent comics will showcase and sell their w..

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The International Thriller Writers' (ITW) ThrillerFest 2013 concluded Saturday, July 13, with the an..

More than 450 schoolchildren from across Warwickshire gathered at the Spa Centre in Leamington r..

Engaging storytelling by local and national authors abound among the titles selected to receive the ..

The four winners of the Forty Third edition of Rencontres d’Arles has been announced. ..

The shortlist for the 2013 Forward Prizes, the most coveted British awards for poetry was released o..

Audible, Inc., and the New York City–based Center for Fiction have teamed up to create a n..

Nigeria’s Tope Folarin has won the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing, described as Afri..

The 2013 Authors' Club Dolman Travel Book of the Year short list has been announced. Cha..

The American Library Association (ALA) is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of th..

The Alice Davis Hitchcock Book Award was established in 1949 to recognize annually the most distingu..

The Society of Architectural Historians is currently accepting nominations for the 2014 SAH Book..

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Does his love of Cormac McCarthy help you read him like a book? Would you run a mile from a super-fa..

Soho Literary Festival, sponsored by onestop4:insurance, returns to the capital this September, mark..

Selected by the UK's Guardian's Review team a (http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jan/23/bestb..

The Appledore Book Festival (http://www.appledorebookfestival.co.uk/) is inviting entries to their 2..

Bloomsbury Publishing has announced the acquisition of World English rights for two young adult nove..

A new report into children’s reading by leading children’s publisher, Egmont UK reveals ..

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The 2013 Christy Awards honoring and promoting excellence in Christian fiction were presented at..

Manx Litfest has secured sponsorship from Isle of Man Bank and Sure for two of the main events a..

The judges for the 2013 Andre Norton Award are Merrie Haskell (chair), Christopher Barzak, Jeri ..

The Penzance Litfest team has announced that author romantic novelist, Judy Astley, has agreed t..

The annual Desmond Elliott Prize, which celebrates and champions the very best in debut fiction,..

Scottish Book Trust has announced that applications for the New Writers Awards 2014 are now open, pr..

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The Droitwich Spa Summer Festival includes a Free 'Live Lit' day this year. The event is taking ..

June 26, 2013, New York, NY — The Center for Fiction is pleased to announce that Robin Desser ..

A teen novel that begins its dramatic journey on New Zealand&rsqu..;

New for 2013 a series of Reading Workshops, for readers young and old, where leading authors and cri..

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The Kwani? Manuscript Project Shortlist was announced on 17th June 2013. Kwa..

The longlist for the third Warwick Prize for Writing was announced on Wednesday 19 June, 2013. T..

Faber and The Poetry Trust present Poetry on the Fourth Floor. This inaugural event, taking place at..

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Superheroes, comic book characters and even Don Quixote swoop into Charlotte Square Gardens this..

There are brand new books from Julia Donaldson (left with her many wonderful characters) who lau..

30 Years Back, 30 Years Forward: Edinburgh International Book Festival Celebrates An Astonishi..

These are the nominees for the British Fantasy Awards 2013. Four nominees in each category were ..

'UNTEACHABLE' AUTHOR AND EMERGING ILLUSTRATOR ENTER CHILDREN'S BOOKS HALL OF FAME SALLY GARDNER..

The winner of the 2013 Miles Franklin Literary Award is Michelle de Kretser for her book- Ques..

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Arts Minister Tony Burke have announced the 2013 Prime M..

The Trustees of Guildford Book Festival recently appointed Jim Parks to head up the Creative Dir..

22 writers from across the north of England share £40,000 prize fund as the awards expand in v..

Four Ontario Authors Receive Province's Top Literary AwardTORONTO, June 18, 2013 /CNW/ - Winner..

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Buxton Festival has established a Young Artists Programme involving eight talented young singers..

The winner of one of the UK's richest literary prizes has been announced as Malaysian ..

Award-winning Australian journalist and author Peter Hartcher has won this year’s Ashurst Busi..

Like a Straw Bird It Follows Me, and Other Poems, translated from the Arabic by Fady Joudah, written..

The Random House Group has been awarded a prestigious Employee Benefits award for its work-life bala..

The Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History has been created by the Harry Frank Guggenheim ..

The Maine Readers’ Choice Award, officially established in 2013 by the Maine State Library and..

The Tejas Star Book Award was created by the Region One ESC Library Advisory Committee to promote re..

ed: Playing catch-up here. The Sheikh Zayed Book Awards Ceremony took place at the beginning of..

Brazil's first and foremost literary festival, FLIP, will be making its debut in the UK with FLIPSID..

Since the International Latino Book Awards were founded, over a thousand books have been honoure..

New Zealand’s Poet Laureate, Ian Wedde, will spend almost a year in Germany from October a..

Books on stolen identity in post-war Montréal, a Tour de France-winning Italian anti-Fascist,..

The Independent Book Publishers Association, the largest not-for-profit association of publisher..

Irish author, Kevin Barry, has won the 2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for ..

The Angus Book Award is an initiative by Scotland's Angus Council designed to encourage tee..

HOBOKEN– This Saturday, the Hoboken Public Library will welcome over 20 local authors, childre..

The Bloody Scotland programme has been launched for 2013. The launch took place at Deanston dist..

Formerly known as the Orange Prize, the £30,000 award - now in its 18th year. This years w..

The Festival is a major literary and musical celebration of the life and work of Nobel Prize winning..

PRESS RELEASE Wordsmiths from around the globe are descending on the University of Winc..

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First presented in 1967 and customarily announced in June, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awar..

The prestigious Ben Franklin Award given by the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) was a..

Malorie Blackman, the bestselling author of the Noughts & Crosses teenage series, has been named..

The annual Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize is awarded each spring to honor an outstanding li..

Columbus, OH – The Ohioana Library has announced the 28 finalists for the 2013 Ohioana Boo..

We came across this list of American Book Fairs and Events that are taking place in the s..

Writer David Almond is the Guest Artistic Director for the next Festival of Children’s Lit..

The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize or Guardian Award is a literary award that annually recogn..

The following are the only six UNESCO Cities of Literature in the world at present. ..

Interesting to see how popular Book Festivals are throughout America. These figure are from 2010..

Entries are invited for The Hindu Literary Prize 2013. The prize was instituted in 2010 to recog..

The Commonwealth Book Prize is open to writers who have had their first novel published dur..

The awards are presented by the Crime Writers’ of Canada (http://www.crimewriterscanada.co..

Friday 31 May 2013: Crimefest in Bristol, UK, the shortlist for the 2013 running of the CWA Internat..

The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (Irish: Duais Liteartha Idirnáisiúnta Bh..

On the easternmost point of Australia nestles the small town of Byron Bay. Once a community depe..

There is much to be excited about in the picturesque south Longford town of Ballymahon this week..

The Chautauqua Institution has announced that Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: The Epic Life and ..

Edyth Bulbring’s Melly, Fatty & Me has been named the winner of the 2012 Percy FitzPatrick..

Six English and five French books have been shortlisted for the 2013 Annual Trillium Book Award, Ont..

Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy will lead the line-up of authors at this year’s Sevenoaks Litera..

The winners of the 2013 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) were announced on Friday 24 May ..

The Alberta Literary Awards recognize and celebrate the highest standards of literary excellence..

Australia's Northern Territory Library has announced the winners for this year’s Literary Awa..

Israeli author Amos Oz has won the prestigious Franz Kafka Prize in the Czech Republic for 2013...

Lord (Martin) Rees, Astronomer Royal, to chair “dream team” of judges for The 2013 S..

Mia Couto is the winner of the 2013 Camões Prize for Literature, one of the most prestigi..

Publishers across the UK submitted their best recent books that communicate science to youn..

The Kate Greenaway Medal was established in 1955, for distinguished illustration in a book for child..

2013 marks the ninth year of the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year Award. The..

Held as a part of the Ledbury Poetry Festival, 5-14 July, 2013. This a popular annual competition fo..

The Commonwealth Book Prize is open to writers who have had their first novel published during t..

Friday, 24 May 2013 Press Release: LIANZA Awarded by Librarians for outstanding ch..

Best Translated Book Award is an annual literature award given by Three Percent, the online lite..

Toronto, May 23, 2013 – The 2013 winners for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Boo..

Playwrights, musicians, poets and writers will descend on the North Clare village of Doolin..

Best Translated Book Award is an annual literature award given by Three Percent, the onlin..

Portsmouth born historian, Stephen Brumwell, has won the US $50,000 George Washington Book Priz..

The winners of the 2013 Atlantic Book Awards were announced Thursday night in a ceremony held at..

OVER 1,000,000 VOTES CAST BY KIDS & TEENS -- JEFF KINNEY WINS AUTHOR OF THE YEAR AND ROBIN P..

The annual Desmond Elliott Prize, which celebrates and champions the very best in debut fiction,..

celebrating books published in 2012 by Northern California authors. The 32nd awards winners were..

A star-studded lineup of the nation's top comedic entertainers will salute Carol Burnett at the ..

Dutch tale, The Detour (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1846556392/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&am..;

Sports stars, authors, commentators, journalists and publishers all gathered for the 11th annual Bri..

Bath Festivals has announced the appointment of critic, columnist and broadcaster Viv Groskop to..

On the eve of the Sydney Writer's Festival (http://www.literaryfestivals.com.au/sydney_writers_f..

The shortlist for the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing has been announced and among the five..

A memoir by Sir Salman Rushdie, Joseph Anton: A Memoir, is one of four books listed for the pres..

The Nebula Awards annually recognize the best works of science fiction or fantasy published in t..

South Africa's, Sunday Times, in association with CNA, has announced the shortlist finalists for..

The annual awards recognise excellence in writing, publishing and broadcasting on food and ..

A publishing deal with Cargo Publishing and £10,000 – the largest cash prize for unp..

The City of Calgary established this prize, in honour of renowned Calgary writer W.O. Mitchell, ..

Mystery Writers of America is proud to announce the winners of the 2013 Edgar Allan Poe Awards, ..

More than 150 books were submitted for the 2013 contest. The prize’s organisers, Literatur..

Philip Hensher's Scenes from an Early Life (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0007450109/ref=as..

The "IPPY" Awards, launched in 1996, are designed to bring increased recognition to the deservin..

The Award is presented biennially and recognises the best translation into English of a children's b..

The six novels, with settings ranging from Tudor and Restoration England to the slums of Victorian L..

Literary stars will be gathering at the Southbank Centre this season at two prize-reading events..

The Alliance of Radical Booksellers (ARB) has announced that the winner of the inaugural Little Rebe..

Michael Connelly, John Grisham, and Ian Rankin are amongst those battling it out for the Audible Sou..

The 2013 winners of the James Beard Foundation Awards, the USA's most prestigious recognition pr..

The Branford Boase Award (BBA) was set up to reward the most promising new writers and their edi..

Dark Eden (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1848874642?ie=UTF8&camp=2506&creative=9298&..;

Ullapool Book Festival will be held Friday 10 May to Sunday 12 May in Ullapool Village Hal..

The longlist for the sixth Desmond Elliott Prize, which honours the best in debut fiction, has b..

This is an annual award of £10,000 for a distinguished work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry,..

The shortlist for this year’s Ashurst Business Literature Prize has been announced. ..

International writers, prize-winning-authors and prize-giving. Comic books, comedy, music and ar..

The 2013 judging panel have today announced an all-female shortlist for this year’s Miles ..

Big-name authors, celebrated public figures and writers with fascinating stories to tell will featur..

The shortlist for the inaugural Pushkin House Russian Book Prize has been announced. In con..

Press Release The Dylan Thomas Prize has announced the call for entries for its 2013 in..

The Kraszna-Krausz Foundation has announced the two winners of the 2013 book awards. The awards are..

Renowned authors, politicians, actors, comedians and TV presenters are on the list of speakers for t..

Less than three months to go now to the fourth Penzance Literary Festival, which will run from Wedne..

This funky seaside town in Australia's Northern NSW is beautiful during August with the Souther..

The 28th Cúirt International Festival of Literature will take place from 24-29 April 2013..

Bloody Scotland, sponsored by Mazars, is back; and will once again provide a 'killer' weekend of deb..

The winning books for the 2013 Blue Peter Book Awards have been decided. There were two categori..

The six shortlisted books for the Arthur C. Clarke Award for best science fiction novel of the y..

We always enjoy the lists of winners from the Society of Author stable of book awards that they ..

For the first time ever, the Aye Write! programme for schools will take place seperately, f..

The event is run by The Aldeburgh Bookshop which has been in business for nearly 60 years.The owners..

The Newcastle Winter Book Festival - programme for Thursday 22nd November Don't miss out! ..

The information below received from the Hexham crew. Go directly to the festival site to subcribe di..

Wan’kurra, The Golden Bandicoot Written by Diane Lucas and Illustrated by Colwyn Campb..

BOOK BONANZA In aid of St Mary’s Church, Sedgeford at SEDGEFORD VILLAGE HALL ..

With just three weeks to go until the Newcastle Winter Book Festival, here is a reminder of some..

Entries are now being accepted for the 2013 NSW Premier's Literary Awards. Nominations are now being..

Funds ensure 2013 event will take place. York Literature Festival have been awarded £..;

The longlist for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2012 has been announced. Samuel Johns..

The UK's Guardian newspaper has long been a supporter of quality books and the arts and from Tragic'..

Slightly dated news release from June - Not too sure when the winner will be announced - ED ..

Acclaimed novelist Padgett Powell (left) and leading biographer Fiona MacCarthy have joined the ..

The Man Booker Prize aims to reward the best novel of the year written by a citizen of the Commo..

The British Fantasy Awards are administered annually by the British Fantasy Society and were fir..

The Crime Writers Association is responsible for administering Britain's leading crime fiction a..

Finalists include Michael Ondaatje, Ha Jin, Adam Hochschild; Winners to be honored at gala Day..

In a fast-paced world filled with ever-changing sound bites and 140 character opinions, the Edin..

Plans are now underway for the nineteenth Swindon Festival of Literature, which will run fr..

The Dylan Thomas Prize is an annual literary prize, named after the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, "awarde..

HONG KONG – The longlist for the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize is to be announced on Satur..

Julian Barnes has been (Tuesday 18 October) named the winner of this year's £50,000 Man Bo..

Judging for the Walkley Awards is based on a rigorous, two-tiered system, performed by panels of..

$30,000 Blake Dawson Business Literature Prize Entries close Friday 14 October 2011 The..

New Words 2011 8–29 September 2011 New Words is North-East Scotland's innovative festiva..

Poetry Aberdeen events in New Words 2011 Thursdays 15, 22 & 29 September 2011 6.30pm Book..

GERALDINE McCAUGHREAN will be popping up all season at literary festivals around the country inc..

Literary Festivals UK is sad to learn that Aberdeen University's Word Festival will not be held in 2..

QMF Inc. invites individuals or groups to apply for 2011 initiative, the QMF Perpetual Sc..

From the Northern Echo (http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/bedale/9109658.Popular_auth..

The Edinburgh International Book Festival today launched its programme for 2011 with a diverse colle..

The third annual World Literature Weekend (http://click.lrb.co...

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What? The inaugural literary festival for the county of Worcestershire. Worcestershire Lit..

Relayed from Dublin Writers Festival Excellent offer from the Writers Festiva below for those ..

Drat! Missed the Mongolian Literary Festival yet again. Must check my emails more often. Could get t..

A brand new literary festival inspired by local Cllr Tim Dodds. Nice one Tim. The 2011 them..

Humber Mouth Literature Festival What? The Humber Mouth celebrates literature, language and tex..

Literary festival marks full-scale revival of James Boswell, one of Scotland's greatest liter..

Alys Fowler will be sharing gardening wisdom with Hexham Book Festival audiences at Alnwick Gard..

Word - University of Aberdeen Writers Festival From 13 May 2011 To 15 May 2011 Word ..