Trade

Allies, step it up
October 6, 2021 at 1:45 am

I am struggling to condense everything that troubles me about recent events in our industry; things I have read from writers and columnists but, most of all, the silence from white writers and industry professionals that has ensued in the face of deeply troubling language and high-level trolling. Yet, it is not new and presents…

The US National Book Awards Announce the 2021 Finalists
October 5, 2021 at 12:51 pm

The New York City Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment points out that 20 of the 25 finalists were written or published in the city. The post The US National Book Awards Announce the 2021 Finalists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The US National Book Awards Announce the 2021 Finalists
October 5, 2021 at 12:51 pm

The New York City Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment points out that 20 of the 25 finalists were written or published in the city. The post The US National Book Awards Announce the 2021 Finalists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Inside the Booker Prize: arguments, agonies and carefully encouraged scandals
October 5, 2021 at 1:00 am

Its knack for creating tension and controversy has helped it remain an energising force in publishing for more than 50 years – but how do writers, publishers and judges cope with the annual agony of the Booker?Just after 7.20pm on 20 October 1981, the 100 or so guests for the Booker prize ceremony sat down…

Handwritten manuscript of The Grapes of Wrath to be published for the first time
October 4, 2021 at 1:29 pm

This early version of John Steinbeck’s most famous novel, written in less than 100 days, will be released by SP Books on 7 October The handwritten manuscript of John Steinbeck’s masterpiece The Grapes of Wrath, complete with the swearwords excised from the published novel and revealing the urgency with which the author wrote, is to…