Briefly Noted | Guardian First Book longlist announced | The Bookseller
Small publisher Stinging Fly Press will compete against the major houses for the £10,000 Guardian FIrst Book Award. The 11-strong shortlist features 10 titles picked the Guardian Books team, chaired by Guardian Review editor Lisa Allardice, with a final choice selected by the public…
Briefly Noted | ‘Proactive’ indies become regional winners | The Bookseller
Three shops—Mainstreet Trading from St Boswells in the Scottish Borders, Dublin’s The Gutter Bookshop and The Chorleywood Bookshop—have all won their regions for the second consecutive year. Mainstreet also previously won the Walker Books Children’s Independent Bookshop of the Year…
Four Irish Bookstores In Battle For Independent Bookseller Of The Year
The Gutter Bookshop in Temple Bar is one of four Irish bookstores nominated for the Independent Bookseller of the Year Award, 2012. They form one of seven regional sub-categories in the competition which offers a prize of £5,000 The final regional winners…
Briefly Noted | Fourth Estate wins auction for traveller tale | The Bookseller
Fourth Estate has acquired the story of a young Irish traveller after a four-way auction. Claire Reihill acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to This is the Way by Gavin Corbett, plus a second novel, from agent Will Francis of Janklow…
Briefly Noted | Obamas agents move into e-publishing | The Bookseller
US firm Dystel and Godrich Literary Management DGLM also represents cookery writer Prue Leith and the actor Richard Dreyfuss. On its blog, DGLM said: “E-publishing is yet another area in which we can be of service to our clients as…
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