Debut Archives - Publishing Perspectives

Stefano Mauri on Italy’s GeMS at 20 at Frankfurt: ‘Pause Is Not in Our Vocabulary’

Porter Anderson — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 02:00:35 +0000

'Accompanying authors to success is perhaps the most rewarding activity in our profession,' says GeMS Stephano Mauri.

Porter Anderson — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 01:40:18 +0000

Called 'refreshingly strong and bold,' Margaret McDonald's 'Glasgow Boys' continues its wins, this time with the Branford Boase Award.

Porter Anderson — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 06:06:10 +0000

Gruppo editoriale Mauri Spagnol (GeMS) has dominated Italy's debut fiction market for years — with small and medium imprints.

Porter Anderson — Fri, 12 Jul 2024 19:36:41 +0000

A novel just out in Italy and headed for Frankfurter Buchmesse is the first published work of a 75-year-old archivist, Milena Palmenteri.

Porter Anderson — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 17:55:47 +0000

The newly launched Nero Book Awards delivers its first 'Gold Prize' to Paul Murray for 'The Bee Sting,' at an award ceremony in London.

Porter Anderson — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 22:52:15 +0000

The successor to the Costa Book Awards, the new Nero Book Awards announce several winners ahead of the Nero Gold Prize book of the year.

Porter Anderson — Thu, 13 Jul 2023 18:46:03 +0000

Honoring both a debut author and his or her editor, England's Branford Boase Award goes this year to Christine Pillainayagam and Leah Thaxton.

Porter Anderson — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 19:25:26 +0000

The UK's Branford Boase Award honors debut efforts in children's books and the editors as well as authors behind them.

Porter Anderson — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 17:25:38 +0000

The annual PEN America Literary Awards this year have included three career-achievement awards and 11 book awards.

Porter Anderson — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 21:42:50 +0000

Maisie Chan's 'Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths'—with Georgia Murray's editing—wins the Branford Boase Award in debut children's writing.