The 2020 Bristol Short Story Prize is open for entries. The annual international writing competition includes all published and unpublished, UK and non-UK based writers. Closing date is midnight (BST) on April 30th, 2020. 1st prize is £1,000, 2nd prize is £500, 3rd...
Reaching back to 2018, this debut novelist caught our eye as a writer to watch! ORCHID AND THE WASP by Caoilinn Hughes (Penguin Random House, 2018) “A gem of a novel.”—Elle “A winning debut.”—The New Yorker “Caoilinn Hughes is a massive talent.”—Anthony Doerr,...
News – Announcing the Winners of the 2019 National Book Awards
The Cloud Roads Book #1 of Books of the Raksura, Martha Wells, Night Shade – Now available in mass market paperback, The Cloud Roads is the first in the Hugo Award-nominated Books of the Raksura series, from New York Times bestselling author Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries).
Home Remidies, Julie and Matthew Seal, Skyhorse – A complete herbal handbook of home cures and kitchen remedies from the team behind Backyard Medicine and Backyard Medicine for All.
The Indie Bestseller List – Published Wednesday, October 9, 2019 (for the sales week ended Sunday, October 6, 2019). Based on reporting from many hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
October 10, 2019--The Nobel Prize in Literature 2019 has been awarded to Austrian writer and film director Peter Handke "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience." Peter Handke was born...
Influenza, Jeremy Brown, Atria Books – A veteran ER doctor explores the troubling, terrifying, and complex history and present-day research of the flu virus, from the origins of the Great Flu that killed millions, to vexing questions such as: are we prepared for the next epidemic, should you get a flu shot, and how close are we to finding a cure?
The Winter Sister, Megan Collins, Atria Books – Sixteen years ago, Sylvie’s sister, Persephone, never came home. Out late with the boyfriend she was forbidden to see, Persephone was missing for three days before her body was found—and years later, her murder is still unsolved.
FSG Editor Ileene Smith Wins Editorial Excellence Award – given each year by BIO to an outstanding editor, from nominations submitted by BIO members.
