Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond's Blog, page 11
April 22, 2015
Minneapolis Unseats D.C. as America's 'Most Literate City'
Writers, make sure Minneapolis is on your next book tour itinerary. According to a recent study by Central Connecticut State University president Dr. John Miller, the larger of the twin cities was America’s most literate in 2013, with D.C., which topped 2012’s most literate list, falling to number 2. Rounding out the Top 10 are... Read more.
March 24, 2015
Akhil Sharma Wins 2nd Annual Folio Prize
Akhil Sharma has won the Folio Prize for his second novel Family Life. Judges William Fiennes��(panel chair), Her Brilliant Career writer��Rachel Cooke, Reluctant Fundamentalist author Mohsin Hamid, Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction winner A. M. Homes and Deborah Levy��chose Sharma’s book out of a shortlist that included��10:04 by Ben Lerner,��All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam... Read more.
The Guardian's New Editor-in-Chief Promises "Ambitious" Journalism
Katharine Viner is the new Editor-in-Chief of The Guardian — the publication that helped break the story of the NSA’s citizen surveillance program by publishing leaked documents procured from Edward Snowden. She is the first woman to hold the position since the��paper was founded in 1821. Viner first began working at��the publication in 1997. After... Read more.
Barnes and Noble Hopes New Shopping Bags Will Sell Books
Barnes and Noble has introduced new shopping bags featuring first pages from classic novels to highlight the difference between shopping at a bookstore versus shopping online. “You don���t get a shopping bag when you shop online���you get a box,” the bookstore’s Creative Director Glenn Kaplan explained to Bloomberg.The bookseller is hoping customers will reuse the... Read more.
The Man Booker International Prize 2015 Finalists Announced
Ten authors are in contention for the biennial��Man Booker International Prize, a ��60,000 award that honors a fiction writer’s body of work rather than a single novel (not to be confused with the Man Booker Prize 2015 which rewards the best book of the year). Writers from Africa��make up 40% of the list with the... Read more.
March 20, 2015
Bookseller Magazine Launches New Award to Celebrate YA
Louise O���Neill has won The Bookseller‘s first annual YA Book Prize for her debut novel Only Ever Yours. The industry publication announced the prize in 2014 in response to the dearth of literary awards recognizing Children’s literature — one of the only sectors of the publishing market that is growing. The honor comes with a����2,000... Read more.
March 19, 2015
Cover Love: Tone Skrjanec's "Skin"
This poetry collection, longlisted for a 2015 PEN Award, has such a compelling cover. Can Skin clothe the skeletal with its words? Readers will have to find out.
Louise Erdrich Has Won the Library of Congress Prize
Louise Erdrich, author of 14 novels including the National Book Award-winner The Round House and National Book Critics Circle Award-winner Love Medicine, was named the recipient of the 2015 Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction. She’ll receive the award at the 2015 National Book Festival in Washington, DC this September. In an email to... Read more.
March 18, 2015
90 Writers Spotlighted in the 2015 PEN Literary Awards Longlists
The 2015 PEN Literary Awards Longlists have been announced in nine categories, with over $70,000 to be awarded to the winners. The contenders are: DEBUT FICTION The UnAmericans by Molly Antopol Ruby by Cynthia Bond Black Moon by Kenneth Calhoun Redeployment by Phil Klay Ride Around Shining by Chris Leslie-Hynan The Dog by Jack Livings... Read more.
