Fitzcarraldo Editions announces book-length essay prize
Fitzcarraldo Editions launched last year with the UK publication of Zone by Mathias Énard—this year’s recipient of France’s prestigious Prix Goncourt prize. Since then, the publisher’s catalog has grown to include… Read more »
Kevin Barry wins the Goldsmiths Prize as it awaits its first English winner
The Irish author Kevin Barry has won the 2015 Goldsmiths Prize for his novel Beatlebone. Barry was awarded the prize on Wednesday evening, and is the third recipient of the… Read more »
Another American! Akhil Sharma wins Folio Prize
The second Folio Prize for Fiction is awarded to an American for his a second novel: Family Life by Akhil Sharma. Sharma’s rendering of an American family is deemed “lucid,… Read more »
The person missing from the Folio Prize announcement: Lord Gavron
One person was missing from yesterday’s Folio Prize announcement, and it wasn’t a snubbed author. Saturday, just before the shortlist announcement, the owner and chairman of the Folio Society passed away. Lord Gavron was 84 and… Read more »
The Brits are going to be so mad when Karen Joy Fowler wins the Booker
Just kidding, Ali Smith’s been shortlisted twice before, which means she’s not just going to win this year, she’s going to win for another year a few books later. Or… Read more »
Some of the books on the Man Booker longlist aren’t out yet. Is that a problem?
Last week, the Man Booker Prize committee unveiled the thirteen books that made its 2014 longlist. Joshua Ferris, Siri Hustvedt, David Mitchell, and Ali Smith all made the cut; Donna… Read more »
13 books longlisted for the Booker Prize not written by Donna Tartt
1. To Rise Again at a Decent Hour, by Joshua Ferris 2. The Narrow Road to the Deep North, by Richard Flanagan 3. We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, by Karen… Read more »