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Samuel Johnson non-fiction prize is awarded to Philip Hoare for Leviathan, a study of whales.
Jul 01, 2009 ... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The GBP20,000 BBC Samuel Johnson prize has been presented to Philip Hoare for his study of whales, titled Leviathan. Hoare's lifelong fascination with whales began after he read Moby-Dick by Herman Melville and he calls the ...
Barnes & Noble announce availability of bookstore application on Apple App Store.
Jun 30, 2009 ... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Book seller Barnes & Noble Inc has announced that its website Barnes & Noble.com has launched the Barnes & Noble Bookstore application on the Apple App Store. Titles that are available on Barnes & Noble bookshelves can be ...
Chris Longmuir wins GBP10,000 Dundee International Book Prize for her first novel Dead Wood.
Jun 29, 2009 ... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The fifth GBP10,000 Dundee International Book Prize, awarded for a novel unpublished in book form, has been awarded to Chris Longmuir for her debut novel Dead Wood. As part of the prize, Longmuir's novel, which is about a ...
CILIP Carnegie Medal 2009 is awarded posthumously to Siobhan Dowd for her last novel Bog Child.
Jun 26, 2009 ... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals' (CILIP) Carnegie Medal for 2009, a UK award for children's writing, has been awarded to Siobhan Dowd for her fourth and final novel, Bog Child. Dowd ...
Edward Hogan is awarded GBP10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize for debut novel Blackmoor.
Jun 25, 2009 ... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The second Desmond Elliott Prize has been awarded to Edward Hogan for his first novel Blackmoor, which is set in a fictional Derbyshire mining village. The GBP10,000 prize was presented to ...
Martin Luther King's books to be republished early next year.
Jun 24, 2009 ... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Publishers Beacon Press are to republish the works of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr, a civil rights activist and Nobel Peace prize winner, who was assassinated in 1968. Luther King would have been 80 years old in ...
Martin Bell to publish book on British Parliamentary expenses scandal.
Jun 23, 2009 ... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Independent publisher Icon Books has announced that Martin Bell, a former TV journalist and MP, is writing a book which will feature the recent MPs' expenses scandal. ...
John Berger donates literary archive to the British Library.
Jun 22, 2009 ... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Booker prize winner John Berger is to have his literary archive preserved in the British Library. Berger's archive, comprising over 100 file boxes of drafts, scripts, reviews and correspondence, is currently stored in old ...
Ozzy Osbourne's autobiography to be released in October.
Jun 18, 2009 ... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS TheBookseller.com announced on Wednesday that rock musician Ozzy Osbourne is to have his autobiography published in the UK this year. The memoir, titled I Am Ozzy, will be released on 1 October by Sphere, a ...
Penguin Group USA introduces online network.
Jun 17, 2009 ... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Penguin Group USA has activated an online network from its homepage called From the Publisher's Office, which will have video, audio and reading channels, according to Publishers Weekly. The video channel, called The ...
Winner of the Wales Book Of The Year 2009 is Deborah Kay Davies.
Jun 16, 2009 ... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The Wales Book Of The Year 2009 has been awarded to Deborah Kay Davies for Grace, Tamar and Laszlo the Beautiful, her debut collection of short stories. The GBP10,000 prize for this year's English-language Award was ...
Scribd agrees to host e-books for publishers Simon & Schuster.
Jun 15, 2009 ... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Social networking site Scribd has reached an agreement with Simon & Schuster, whereby the publisher's e-books will be sold through the Scribd Store, which was launched in May this year to complement Scribd's file-sharing platform. ...
Granta acquires rights for two new Rupert Thomson books.(Brief article)
Jun 12, 2009 ... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Publisher Granta has acquired two new books by novelist Rupert Thomson, the company announced on Friday. Michael Shavit, Granta's commissioning editor, acquired world English-language rights for a memoir and a novel by ...
Transworld to publish Andrea Busfield's new novel.
Jun 10, 2009 ... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Jane Lawson at Transworld Publishers has acquired Andrea Busfield's currently untitled new novel, the company reported on Monday. Busfield's debut novel, Born Under a Million Shadows, has sold in 16 territories. The new ...
Digital textbook initiative to be introduced by Governor Schwarzenegger in California.
Jun 09, 2009 ... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is introducing a new initiative in the state that will replace physical textbooks with digital textbooks. In the first phase of this initiative, digital textbooks will be ...
New Children's Laureate named as Anthony Browne.
Jun 09, 2009 ... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Author and illustrator Anthony Browne has been named as the UK's new Children's Laureate. He was awarded the Children's Laureate medal and a GBP15,000 bursary by former Poet Laureate ...
Transworld and Random House Children's to publish life story of young Slumdog Millionaire star, Rubina Ali.
Jun 08, 2009 ... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Transworld Publishers and Random House Children's Books are publishing Slumgirl Dreaming: My Journey To The Stars by Rubina Ali on 16 July 2009. Ali became famous through her role as the young Latika in the Oscar-winning ...
First edition of Ulysses achieves GBP275,000 at the Antiquarian Book Fair.
Jun 05, 2009 ... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS A first edition of James Joyce's Ulysses has been sold to a private buyer at the Antiquarian Book Fair in London for GBP275,000, reportedly the highest price recorded for a 20th-century first edition. Ulysses was banned in ...
American author Marilynne Robinson wins Orange Prize for Fiction.
Jun 04, 2009 ... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The 14th Orange Prize for Fiction, set up to celebrate and promote fiction written by women, has been won this year by American author Marilynne Robinson for her novel Home. The GBP30,000 prize and a bronze figurine called ...
Orange Prize youth panel selects alternative winner.
Jun 03, 2009 ... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The Orange Prize youth panel have announced that Bernardine Evaristo's novel Blonde Roots, a tale of a girl kidnapped from her home in England and forced into slavery, is their chosen winner. The panel of three girls and ...