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The judges of the 2024 Booker Prize have been announced as submissions open for publishers.
Penguin Random House has acquired independent self-help and wellness publisher Hay House.
Queer visual artist Alex Taylor, also known as azbt, won for his first graphic novel, Bone Broth, and will receive a contract for publication from SelfMadeHero, alongside a cash prize of £500 by The bks Agency.
Saudi author Raja Alem, the joint winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (IPAF) in 2011, has been longlisted for the award again this year for her book Bahbel (Dar Tanweer).
Faber has created a special regional edition of Helen Rebanks’ memoir The Farmer’s Wife.
The 25th edition of the US National Translation Awards featured works translated to English from Arabic and Vietnamese. The post The United States’ ALTA National Translation Awards’ 2023 Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.
Cait Corrain, whose book Crown of Starlight was due to be published next year, admits to leaving notices ‘that ranged from kind of mean to downright abusive’A writer has been dropped by her agent and publisher after she posted a slew of reviews from fake accounts on book-ranking site Goodreads.Cait Corrain, whose book Crown of…
Jeffrey Boakye will open The Stepping Into Stories Kids’ Lit Fest, a week-long festival celebrating children’s literature.
Daphne Press will no longer publish Cait Corrain’s debut novel Crown of Starlight after Corrain posted negative reviews about other books on Goodreads under multiple accounts.
Mills & Boon will launch a new imprint, Afterglow Books, in January 2024 aimed at publishing romance titles for the under 35s.