The longlist for the IMPAC Dublin award consists of 154 books, nominated by libraries in 120 cities, in 44 countries and in 19 languages. A number of fantastic titles have been selected for 2013, including The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern and 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami.This year, the judging panel is made up of Salim Bachi, Krista Kaer, Patrick M...

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World Book Night 2013 has launched with the titles announcement for 2013, and the official opening of the giver recruitment process.  The 2013 titles, including those from RHCP, Vintage and Transworld are:The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry (Faber) Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman (RHCB) The Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (HarperCollins) The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde (Hodder) Casino Royale by Ian Fleming (Vintage) A Little History of the World by E. H. Gombrich (Yale) The White Queen by Philippa Gregory (Simon & Schuster) Little Face by Sophie Hannah (Hodder) Damage by Josephine Hart (Virago) The Island by Victoria Hislop (Headline) Red Dust Road b...

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The National Theatre's sell-out production based on Mark Haddon's incredible, award-winning The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time will be moving to the West End's Apollo Theatre from 1 March, with a press night on 12 March.The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, adapted by Simon Stephens and directed by Marianne Elliott, has been adored by audiences and critics alike, with Luke Treadaway playing Christopher Boone in a performance hailed 'astonishing' by Time Out. Treadaway will be joined in the West End by original cast members Matthew Barker, Niamh Cusack, Sophie Duval, Rhiannon Harper-Rafferty, Nick Sidi and Howard Ward.Public booking for The Curious Incident of the ...

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Fantastic news for Vintage….Jonathan Cape has acquired the new Bridget Jones novel by Helen Fielding. The novel explores a different phase in Bridget’s life and will be published in Autumn 2013.  The first two Bridget Jones novels were huge international bestsellers, published in forty countries and selling over 15 million copies worldwide.

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Chatto & Windus author,Thomas Wright, has won the £25,000 Wellcome Trust Book Prize for Circulation, his biography of William Harvey.Thomas was up against stiff competition from other authors on the shortlist, including Vintage Publishing authors Rose Tremain, Nick Coleman and Mohammed Hanif.Mark Lawson, chair of judges said:"The judging panel includes representatives of literature and of medicine and our hope was to find a work that met the toughest judgements in both disciplines. Circulation by Thomas Wright is that book. It combines scholarly science with such narrative excitement that it will be a great surprise if we do not eventually see 'Circulation: The Movie'. The book its...

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In a new three-part TV series aired on BBC Four, Clarissa Dickson Wright examins our nation's history of meals, beginning with Breakfast. The programmes tie in neatly with areas covered in her book, A History of English Food, recently published by Arrow. The show will be repeated on BBC Four throughout the week, as well as available again on iplayer.

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Rebecca Patterson's My Big Shouting Day has won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize - voted the funniest book for children aged six and under.This year's Prize saw schools across the country involved in the judging process. Over 500 pupils from across the UK were selected to read the shortlisted titles, discuss with their classmates, and pick their favourite funny book in the relevant category for their age. Their votes were combined with the votes of the adult judging panel to find the two winners for 2012. (Dark Lord: Teenage Years by Brighton-based games developer Jamie Thomson won for the 7-14 category)Journalist and author Lucy Mangan on My Big Shouting Day: 'What can I say? It just made me...

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Dead Good is an exciting and innovative way of reaching fans of crime fiction.  Our conversation will also cover film, TV series, real life crime and unsolved mysteries and we hope this blend of content will create an interest-led community of loyal and engaged fans who will keep coming back for more.Every month there will be regular features including In the Dock (this month it's Ethan Cross...

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Random House Children's Screen Entertainment have announced the news that the fantastic Wanda books by award-winning writer and illustrator, Sue Hendra, are set to hit screens everywhere with a brand-new television series comissioned by Channel 5's Milkshake!Wanda is a little girl rabbit who meets an Alien, who then proceed to share a series of funny and touching adventures discovering just how different their worlds are, but that in the end friends can come in all shapes and sizes. Celebrating how people are both alike and different, the book series appeals to both pre-school boys and girls.This is the first book-to-screen transfer for Random House Children's Screen Entertainment....

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Random House have been shortlisted in three categories for Cornerstone's A Possible Life digital marketing campaign, Vintage's World of Stories website and the new A Clockwork Orange app for iPad.The awards were first launched 2 years ago to celebrate innovation and recognise teams, companies and individuals involved in the transformation of the book trade.  This year the panel received 221 entries from 19 different countries including: USA, Israel, Norway, Australia, Croatia, India, South Africa, Singapore, Germany and more.Random House has been shortlisted in the following categories:Adult AppRandom House (Cornerstone Digital) / PopLeaf - A Clockwork Orange for iPad Profile Books / Sh...

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