Joan Lingard
We were sorry to learn that author Joan Lingard has died at the age of 90. She was a prolific author of…
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Helena Heald named as a Rising Star in marketing
Helena Heald, a Marketing Executive at Edinburgh University Press, is one of the 2022 Printing Charity Rising Stars.
The Young Quills Awards 2022 winners
The Chessmen Thief by Barbara Henderson is the winner of the 5–9 years category of The Young Quills Awards for Historical Fiction…
Gill Heeley, Heather McDaid, and Laura Jones are all Rising Stars 2022
Gill Heeley (Canongate Books), Heather McDaid, and Laura Jones (both 404 Ink), have all been named as Rising Stars by The Bookseller…
Bloody Scotland Debut Prize shortlist 2022
A book published by Fledgling Press – The Wolf Hunters by Amanda Mitchison – is one of the five titles shortlisted for…
Salena Godden wins Fiction prize at Indie Book Awards 2022
Canongate Books author Salena Godden is the Fiction category winner with her debut novel Mrs Death Misses Death. This and the other…
Book trade collaborates to reduce environmental impacts
A new Sustainability Industry Forum (SIF) has been launched by six book trade organisations with the aim of collaborating to reduce environmental…
Malorie Blackman awarded the PEN Pinter Prize 2022
A former Children’s Laureate, Malorie Blackman is the first children’s and YA writer to be awarded the PEN Pinter Prize.
Scots Language Publication Grant Awardees 2022
Animal Fairm (a Scots translation of George Orwell’s Animal Farm) is among the nine new titles to be supported by the Scots…
James Robertson’s News of the Dead wins the Walter Scott Prize 2022
Scottish writer James Robertson has won the Walter Scott Prize 2022 for his novel News Of The Dead (Penguin).
New crowdfunding platform Crowdbound launched by Arkbound Foundation
Arkbound Foundation launch Crowdbound crowdfunding platform for books and projects that cover social inclusion and environmental sustainability.
Ruth Ozeki novel wins Women’s Prize For Fiction 2022
Many congratulations to Canongate Books author Ruth Ozeki who has won the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction with her fourth novel The…