Briefly Noted | Guardian First Book longlist announced | The Bookseller
Updated: 2012-08-31 11:04:01
Small publisher Stinging Fly Press will compete against the major houses for the £10,000 Guardian FIrst Book Award. The 11-strong shortlist features 10 titles picked the Guardian Books team, chaired by Guardian Review editor Lisa Allardice, with a final choice selected by the public vote – which this year has gone to Sarah Jackson’s debut poetry collection Pelt (Bloodaxe Books). [...]
In a move that confirms the Irish Writers’ Centre’s Inaugural Novel Fair as a success, Hachette Ireland have acquired World Rights for Irish-by-marriage Canadian born author Janet E Cameron’s debut novel Cinnamon Toast and the End of the World. Cameron was one of the winners of the Irish Writers’ Centre inaugural Novel Fair earlier this [...]
The Bord Gáis Energy Bookshop of the Year Award is back for 2012 and offers a €5,000 prize fund. The award, which was introduced as a new category in the Bord Gáis Energy Irish Book Awards in 2011, pays tribute to Irish booksellers nationwide and was set up to recognise bookshops that consistently deliver a great [...]
In a move that confirms the Irish Writers’ Centre’s Inaugural Novel Fair as a success, Hachette Ireland have acquired World Rights for Irish-by-marriage Canadian born author Janet E Cameron’s debut novel Cinnamon Toast and the End of the World. Cameron was one of the winners of the Irish Writers’ Centre inaugural Novel Fair earlier this [...]