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Jonathan Cape publisher Robin Robertson has taken the £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize for his "convention-defying novel in verse" The Long Take (Pan Macmillan).

Kamila Shamsie, Mohsin Hamid and Neel Mukherjee have all been shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2018 worth $25,000 (£19,200).

Harvard professor Serhii Plokhy has won this year’s £30,000 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction for his account of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.

The 2019 Women’s Prize’s judging panel has been unveiled, featuring author and historian Kate Williams, writer Dolly Alderton, and Unbound’s Arifa Akbar among others.

The far-reaching DSC Prize, based in India and devised to support literature in all South Asia, has issued its eighth annual shortlist. The post India’s DSC Prize for South Asian Literature Releases Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The far-reaching DSC Prize, based in India and devised to support literature in all South Asia, has issued its eighth annual shortlist. The post India’s DSC Prize for South Asian Literature Releases Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The Chilean-American Isabel Allende receives the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters at the National Book Awards. The post National Book Awards Honor Isabel Allende: ‘I’ve Found a Place’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

'It is the cleanest energy as long as nothing happens,' says author Serhii Plokhy of nuclear energy, winning the Baillie Gifford for 'Chernobyl.' The post Serhii Plokhy Wins the UK’s Baillie Gifford Nonfiction Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

'It is the cleanest energy as long as nothing happens,' says author Serhii Plokhy of nuclear energy, winning the Baillie Gifford for 'Chernobyl.' The post Serhii Plokhy Wins the UK’s Baillie Gifford Nonfiction Prize appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Peirene Press founder Meike Ziervogel is spending a year in Beirut to learn the language and translate more of the region's literature into English. The post Peirene Press’ Meike Ziervogel in Beirut: ‘We Have a Social Responsibility’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.