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Thirty-five winners are named in this year's round of specialized book awards  administered by the Society of Authors. The post In London, the Society of Authors Names Its 2021 Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Thirty-five winners are named in this year's round of specialized book awards  administered by the Society of Authors. The post In London, the Society of Authors Names Its 2021 Winners appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

'Black Spartacus' is a biography of Toussaint Louverture, a slave rebellion leader who died before he could see his revolution completed. The post Sudhir Hazareesingh Wins 2021 Wolfson History Prize for ‘Black Spartacus’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

'Black Spartacus' is a biography of Toussaint Louverture, a slave rebellion leader who died before he could see his revolution completed. The post Sudhir Hazareesingh Wins 2021 Wolfson History Prize for ‘Black Spartacus’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Pointing out the 'rise of streaming platforms on the EU market' being 'accelerated by the pandemic, the Authors' Group Calls for urgent action. The post European Writers Council Leads Criticism of Copyright Directive Implementation appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Falling sales blamed as 20 jobs axed in final chapter for history of printing in the city, which stretches back to the earliest days of book publishing Oxford University’s right to print books was first recognised in 1586, in a decree from the Star Chamber. But the centuries-old printing history of Oxford University Press will…

Zimbabwean novelist, playwright, filmmaker and activist Tsitsi Dangarembga has been awarded the PEN Pinter Prize 2021 for her "cultural significance" charting "the development of Zimbabwe from a British colony to an autocratic and troubled-free state".

Hamish Hamilton has won a three-publisher auction for The Trio by Johanna Hedman, a “strikingly elegant” literary debut which has been snapped up in a flurry of deals by editors across Europe.

Bertelsmann is expanding its footprint in Brazil’s fast-growing education market, buying a major stake in medical company Afya.  

Paperchains, a project which records writing by prisoners, homeless people and members of the armed forces about the coronavirus lockdown, has received Arts Council funding and will now become a book and touring production.