30 most-ordered summer fiction titles (indie bookstores)

from EarlyWord.com: Most-Ordered Summer Fiction — Edelweiss The top 30 most-ordered fiction titles, with a pub date before Aug 1, through Edelweiss in the past 60 days, as of 4/20/11. Edelweiss creates electronic catalogs used by publishers sales reps primarily with independent booksellers. it does not represent all publishers; those that are represented are listed on the [...]

‘Tis the season (for book awards)!

First the NBCCs, then the Orange Prize Longlist, now the American Academy of Arts & Letters literary awards. I am in list heaven! And no, I’m not going to try and read all these books and authors, too, alongside my Orange Prize Longlist reads and selected NBCC winning books. I’m nuts, but not quite that [...]

What book groups read in 2010

The top 25 book group discussion books of 2010, based on reports by book clubs, according to ReadingGroupGuides.com. I highlighted the titles I’ve read in a lovely shade of maroon: 1. The Help by Kathryn Stockett 2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 2. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by [...]

Orange Prize Longlist Announced!!

I wait for this all year… From Orange Prize website: ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION ANNOUNCES 2011 LONGLIST Orange Prize for Fiction shortlist announcement: 12 April Orange Prize for Fiction shortlist readings: 6 June Awards ceremony: 8 June London, 16 March 2011: The Orange Prize for Fiction, the UK’s only annual book award for fiction written [...]

This book is WONDERFUL! A well-deserved award.

Orange Prize for New Writers – 2010 Shortlist

From: Bookinfo.com   All first works of fiction, including novels, short story collections and novellas, written in English by a woman of any age or nationality and published as a book in the UK, are eligible. The emphasis of the award is on emerging talent and the evidence of future potential. The winner will receive a [...]

Desmond Elliott Prize for New Fiction – Longlist

The Desmond Elliott Prize 2010 Longlist Announced  The writers longlisted for the prize include high-profile advertising guru David Abbott, acclaimed poet Jacob Polley and critic and academic Matthew Reynolds. Several of the books in contention reflect the colourful travels of the writers who have lived in countries across the globe, from Nigeria to Hong Kong, [...]

Up and coming authors.

From Telegraph.co.uk: Top new novelists for 2010 We all have our favourite authors, but how do you spot a rising star, that new voice in literature that will really make an impression? Lucinda Everett makes it a little easier as we go into 2010, and has picked out some names that won’t be familiar… yet. [...]

A Booker Prize 40 Years in the Making.

From the You Must Be Kidding Me file: Lost Man Booker Prize longlist to award best omitted novel of 1970 Any of 22 authors, including Iris Murdoch and Joe Orton, could be awarded the coveted Lost Man Booker prize for novels that missed out due to rule changes in 1971 by Sam Jones, from The [...]

Amazon and MacMillan on the school playground

Get out of my sandbox! No, YOU get out of MY sandbox! Read more in the seemingly endless struggle between Amazon and big publishers (in this case MacMillan) from The New York Times: ” After a weekend of brinksmanship, Amazon.com on Sunday surrendered to a publisher and agreed to raise prices on some electronic books. [...]