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2024 Booker Prize Shortlist Announced
This year's six-book shortlist includes five women authors—the largest number of women in the prize's 55-year history—and two Americans: Percival Everett and Rachel Kushner. The winner will be announced on November 12.
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2024 National Book Award Longlists Announced
The National Book Foundation has announced its 2024 National Book Award longlists. Five finalists in each of the five categories—fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people's literature—will be named October 1.
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2024 NBA Longlist for Young People's Literature Announced
The National Book Foundation has revealed the 2024 National Book Award longlist for Young People's Literature. The five finalists will be named on October 1, and the winner will be announced during the 75th awards ceremony on November 20 in New York City.
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W. Paul Coates to Receive NBF's 2024 Literarian Award
The founder and publisher of Black Classics Press and BCP Digital Printing will be presented with the National Book Foundation's Literarian Award for Outstanding Service to the American Literary Community at this year's National Book Awards ceremony.
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Inaugural American Manga Award Winners Announced
VIZ Media took home three of the night’s six awards, which were launched to honor outstanding achievements in the world of Japanese comics and held on the eve of this year’s Anime NYC convention in New York.
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In Glasgow, Worldcon Worked to Put Hugos Controversy Behind It
This year's World Science Fiction Convention, held in Scotland's largest city August 8–12, hoped to put a year and change of controversy in the rearview mirror. To publishers’ minds, those hopes were met.
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Inaugural Inside Literary Prize Empowers Incarcerated Readers
The award—a collaboration between Freedom Reads, the National Book Foundation, and the Center for Justice Innovation—is judged by more than 200 incarcerated individuals from 12 prisons across six states, making it the first of its kind in the U.S. Imani Perry's 'South to America' was named the inaugural winner at an August 1 ceremony.
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PW Close-Up: Pipeline Media
As every writer knows, getting published is a challenge; while more avenues to publication have opened for authors, navigating the landscape remains frustrating. Pipeline Media Group, which was initially launched as a resource for screenwriters 25 years ago, has since expanded to include Book Pipeline, which provides a plethora of opportunities for writers hoping to break through. The platform offers book contests, editing resources, manuscript reviews, one-on-one consultations, networking with established industry veterans, live events, and much more. With the company turning 25 this year, its senior executive and partner, Matt Joseph Misetich, spoke with PW about Pipeline's commitment to launching—and nurturing—the careers of today's emerging authors. (Sponsored)
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The 2024 Booker Prize Longlist
The 13-strong longlist for this year's Booker Prize has been announced. Among those listed are three debut novelists and several marquee names, including Percival Everett, Rachel Kushner, and Richard Powers. Six Americans made this year's list.
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'Roaming' Wins 2024 Eisner Award for Best New Graphic Novel
The latest offering from Mariko and Jillian Tamaki swept its categories at this year’s ceremony, which saw increased recognition of works by newer comics publishers and manga artists.
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