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Carmen Marcus’ And The Earth Opened Up Under Her has won the £5,000 Faber New Play Award, which offers publication to coincide with the premiere.

Norwegian author Jon Fosse has won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Literature. It is the second year in a row that a Fitzcarraldo author has won.

Faber and Independent Alliance publishers Canongate Books, Daunt Books, Profile Books and Bedford Square Publishers have partnered with charity Education and Employers on their "Inspiring the Future" volunteering programme.

Amy Arnold’s Lori & Joe (Prototype), Kate Briggs’ The Long Form (Fitzcarraldo Editions) and Benjamin Myers’ Cuddy (Bloomsbury) have been shortlisted for the £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize 2023. 

Flexibility, an improved customer experience, and a strong catalogue are the keys to expanding the audiobook market, according to Spotify’s vice-president of business affairs David Kaefer.

The Springer Nature Group has shared progress on its net zero efforts.

The SA Book Awards program bases its shortlist on the bestseller date of Nielsen BookScan in a program now 23 years old. The post Winners in the South Africa Book Awards: Voted for by Booksellers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The longlist for the 2023 DRF Writers’ Award has been revealed.

In recognition of 'his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable,' Jon Fosse wins the Nobel Prize in Literature 2023. The post Norway’s Jon Fosse Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The move marks a major challenge to Audible’s market dominance.