Crime-fighting clergy, Victorian sex scandals, and the trailblazing Queen Victoria – London Book & Screen Week returns for vibrant 5th year
James Runcie, Holly Bourne, Lucy Worsely, Dian Pelangi, Sarah Morgan, Nicola Cornick and Dr Michèle Mendelssohn lead festival line-up.
Leading writers Caryl Phillips, Holly Bourne and Seno Gumira Ajidarma announced for The London Book Fair Author of the Day line-up 2019
As part of an international-facing line-up, prominent European authors Stefan Hertmans, Simone Buchholz and Antoine Laurain also announced as special guests.
James Runcie announced as London Book & Screen Week Ambassador 2019 as festival opens submissions for third CAMEO Awards
Announcement comes following confirmation of a 4th series of The Grantchester Mysteries TV adaptation (Grantchester) by ITV. Winners of the 2019 CAMEO Awards will be announced at an exclusive event on Monday 11 March 2019, kick starting the festival’s week of events
Walking in Joseph Conrad's Footsteps, Maya Jasanoff wins 2018 Cundill History Prize
The Harvard professor Maya Jasanoff has today been announced as the winner of the world’s leading history prize (US$75,000) for her genre-bending account of the life and world of the Polish-born British writer Joseph Conrad.
Four outstanding debuts shortlisted for The Sunday Times / Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award
From family life at the margins of society to a mermaid in Georgian London, from an inspiring celebration of food and literature that grew out of anorexia to an epic voyage down the Yukon River – four outstanding writers have today been named on the shortlist for The Sunday Times / Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award, in association with the University of Warwick
Cundill History Prize jury pushes the boundaries of history writing with finalists that are "great literature"
Three exceptional American historians – writing passionate, innovative works of history about new frontiers at times when the world was undergoing dramatic change – have been named as finalists for the world’s leading history prize, run by McGill University.
Clare Collison, Anita Pati and Nina Mingya Powels win inaugural Women Poets' Prize
Three poets “pushing at the bounds of what the art form can be” have been announced as winners of the inaugural Women Poets’ Prize. Celebrating poetry and the empowerment of women, the prize was launched this year by the Rebecca Swift Foundation, in memory of the editor, novelist, diarist, poet, and founder and director of The Literary Consultancy, Rebecca Swift.
The Indigo Press announces new titles for 2019 as it celebrates first birthday
The Indigo Press—the publishing arm of the MILD Group—last night announced the acquisition of four new books for 2019. The announcement came as the publisher celebrated its first birthday at an event marking the publication of Sulaiman Addonia’s Silence is My Mother Tongue, its third title since launch.
Fiona Mozley scoops Polari First Book Prize for Elmet
Yorkshire-based writer, Fiona Mozley, has tonight been awarded the Polari First Book Prize 2018 for her Man Booker-shortlisted debut, Elmet (John Murray). Announced at a ceremony at London’s Southbank Centre as part of the London Literature Festival, Mozley’s win comes during a record year for the prize which saw submissions quadruple, with significant uplift in entries from major publishers.
Women Poets’ Prize announces first ever shortlist
Nine “subtle, transformative, distinctive and powerful” poetic voices have made it onto the shortlist for the inaugural Women Poets’ Prize.