Kaycee Hill, Marjorie Lotfi and Yvette Siegert have won the inaugural James Berry Poetry Prize for young or emerging Black and minority ethnic poets.
Koomson, Pickering and Boldwood Books among winners at RNA Industry Awards
Dorothy Koomson, Juliet Pickering and Boldwood Books are among the winners of the Romantic Novelists’ Association annual Industry Awards.
Stepanova features twice in longlist for Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
Maria Stepanova and Sasha Dugdale (her translator from Russian) feature twice on this year's longlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, while Fitzcarraldo Editions, which has had a work longlisted every year of the prize, has four titles nominated in 2021.
G.O.P. attack involving Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” inflames Virginia gubernatorial contest
Oct 28 2021 A new online advertisement released this week by Glenn Youngkin, the Republican candidate, features a mother who pushed to have Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” banned from her son’s English curriculum eight years ago, citing the book’s graphic scenes. When that failed, she started an effort that eventually became a bill passed by the Republican-controlled General Assembly, but that was rejected by former Gov. Terry McAuliffe, the Democrat now running to win back his old job. Left unsaid in the ad was that the mother and her husband are Republican activists, that their son was a high school senior...
W F Howes and HoZ partner on audio launch for In Every Mirror She’s Black
Audiobook firm W F Howes has teamed up with publisher Head of Zeus on the audio launch for Lọlá Ákínmádé Åkerström’s debut novel In Every Mirror She’s Black.
How to Market Your Book with Reviews to Get Stronger Engagement
Reading Time: 2 minutesBook reviews are something we’re all after, but on the quest for more (because you always need more) you should also be considering how to market your book with the reviews you amass along the way! People Like What Other People Like It’s brilliantly simple. And book reviews are the best way to show potential buyers you’re a sure thing. But that doesn’t mean all your reviews have to be 5 stars, far from it. In fact, learning how to market your book with the constructive criticism that comes your way is also a critical skill to...
Amberley picks up ‘comprehensive’ history of the British Indian Army by Rathee
Amberley Publishing has landed a "comprehensive history" of the British Indian Army by Ravindra Rathee.
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for October 28, 2021
Today's Featured Deals In Case You Missed Yesterday's Most Popular Deals Previous Daily Deals The Secret Place by Tana French for $1.99 Night Film by Marisha Pessl for $1.99 11/22/63 by Stephen King for $2.99 Jackaby by William Ritter for $1.99 The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle for $1.99 The Collected Novels Volume Two by Alice Hoffman for $2.99 Uglies by Scott Westerfeld for $1.99 Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia for $4.99 (Don't) Call Me Crazy edited by Kelly Jensen for $1.99 Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones for $2.99 The Faithless Hawk...
Hachette UK revenues fall 3% in third quarter but Shelley hails ‘extremely strong’ sales
Hachette UK saw its revenues fall 3% in the first nine months of 2021 compared to the same period last year, although c.e.o. David Shelley insisted sales were still “extremely strong" and ahead of forecasts, with increased market share.
Fitwaffle TikTok star’s debut won by Ebury in seven-way auction
Ebury Press has won a seven-way auction for the debut cookbook by personal trainer turned baking influencer Eloise Head, known to more than four million followers on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube as Fitwaffle.
