The Libraro Prize, created as a partnership between Libraro, Hachette UK, and LoveReading, seeks to discover, celebrate, and publish new literary talent from around the world, selected by readers.
Lyndal Roper’s ‘Summer of Fire and Blood’ Wins Montreal’s Cundill Award
What jurors call a ‘sensational account’ of a 16th-century European uprising wins this year’s Cundill History Cundill History Prize in Montreal.
The £30,000 FT Schroders Business Book 2025 Shortlist
Derek Thompson and Ezra Klein’s influential ‘Abundance’ makes the FT/Schroders shortlist, as does Eva Dou’s ‘House of Huawei.’
The £50,000 Booker Prize for Fiction’s 2025 Shortlist
Mature authors on ‘individuals trying to live with other people’: A rather grownup shortlist is announced by the Booker Prize.
In Scotland: The £25,000 Trivedi Science Book Prize 2025 Shortlist
From a pool of 254 initial submissions, the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize jury names six 2025 shortlistees in Edinburgh.
London’s Booker Prize for Fiction: The 2025 Longlist
An especially international Booker Prize for Fiction longlist features many writers, as Gaby Wood points out, with sustained careers.
Hachette India: Riti Jagoorie Is Named Next Managing Director
Riti Jagoorie succeeds the retiring Thomas Abraham in January, reporting to Charlie King, Hachette UK International’s CEO.
UK: Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse’s Comic Fiction Shortlist
The only book prize known to hand a pig to its winner, the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize announces its shortlist.
English PEN’s Hessell-Tiltman Prize Shortlist: Historical Nonfiction
The Hessell-Tiltman Prize, which recognizes nonfiction books primarily aimed at non-academic readers, announces its 2024 shortlist.
Frankfurt at Midpoint: Trade Visitors Are Up 9 Percent
The 76th edition of the world’s largest international book publishing trade show sees 114,000 trade visitors from 131 countries.