A Life Too Short by Ronald Reng (Vintage) and 32 Programmes (Transworld) have both been shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2011.The winner of the biggest sports book prize of the year will be announced at a lunchtime reception at Waterstone's Piccadilly on Monday 28th November.  As well as a £23,000 cash prize, the winning author will receive a £2,000 William...

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The third British Travel Press Awards will take place on Monday 28th November at RIBA, Portland Place, with two Random House Group titles shortlisted in the 'Narrative Travel Book of the Year' category: I Left my Tent in San Francisco by Emma Kennedy (Ebury) The Man who Cycled the Americas by Mark Beaumont (Transworld) The national awards are designed to recognise excellence and achievement within the fields of travel writing, photography and broadcasting in both trade and consumer press. 

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The Random House Group is delighted that our titles account for almost a third of the list selected for the World Book Night giveaway. A diverse range of 25 titles was chosen by a committee headed by author Tracy Chevalier, and will be distributed by thousands of volunteers across the UK on 23 April 2012 as part of an international celebration of reading.The eight Random House Group titles are:Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Vintage)Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson (Transworld)The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella (Transworld)The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Vintage)Good Omens by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaima...

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Leontia Flynn and John Burnside have both been shortlisted for the 2011 TS Eliot Prize for Poetry. John Burnside also won the Forward Prize for best collection earlier this month.Judges Gillian Clarke (Chair), Stephen Knight and Dennis O'Driscoll have chosen six collections from the 104 books submitted by publishers, which join the four PBS Choices to make up the ten collections on the shortlist:John Burnside Black Cat Bone (Jonathan Cape)Leontia Flynn Profit and Loss (Jonathan Cape)Carol Ann Duffy The Bees (Picador)David Harsent Night (Faber)John Kinsella Armour (Picador)Esther Morgan Grace (Bloodaxe)Daljit Nagra Tippoo Sultan's Incredible White-Man-Eating Tiger Toy-Machine!!...

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Julian Barnes has been named the winner of this year's £50,000 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for The Sense of an Ending, published by Jonathan Cape.The bookies' favourite since the shortlist announcement, Barnes has been shortlisted three times previously for Arthur and George (2005), England, England (1998) and Flaubert's Parrot (1984).The Sense of an Ending, Barnes' first novel for six year...

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Michael Bublé kicked off the publicity campaign for his illustrated memoir, On Stage, Off Stage, last week. A red carpet was rolled out at Waterstone's Piccadilly for the crooner, where 400 people had camped out to get their book signed and a two-storey high projection of the cover was to be seen on the front of the store.Michael also made an appearance at Tesco head office, charming staff ...

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Ebury is proud to announce that the My Kitchen Table app is now live in the iTunes app store.Download the app now and get 40 amazing recipes absolutely FREE from 8 of our best-selling chefs. Plus you can buy more recipes at any time - 340 more tasty dishes available in 7 carefully chosen collections.Each recipe has tempting photography and clear, step-by-step-instructions. Plus, you can create a s...

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An unmissable exhibition of John Burningham's work is currently on show at The Fleming Collection, Berkeley Street, W1.A special 'Create Your Own Book Cover' family event is running at the gallery through half term, from 25th - 29th October from 10 - 4pm. Accompanying the current exhibition John Burningham: An Illustrated Journey, families can come to the gallery and use the Art Trolley to create ...

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Preface Publisher Trevor Dolby has bought World rights to the official book celebrating the technically and conceptually ground-breaking U2360° Tour from Ed Victor at Ed Victor Ltd.'The most extravagant hi-tech spectacle in Stadium-rock history.' Rolling Stone Magazine'U2 are as grand a live spectacle you are ever likely to see.' NMEU2360° tour is now officially the biggest stadium tour of...

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Kali Stileman's Big Book of My World has, in recent weeks, not only garnered national news coverage but also been awarded GOLD in the Right Start Best Toy Awards in the Books category. Right Start testers felt that this was, "a charming book for parents and children to share together," which "quickly became a firm favourite." Described in The Sun as an "outstandingly talented author", Kali's vibrant illustrations and quirky characters are clearly hitting all the right notes; particularly her trademark owl motif, which has inspired some real creativity on the blogs.

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