The British Academy’s international non-fiction book prize Six writers – from the UK, USA and India Channel 4 News’ Fatima Manji to chair event for shortlisted writers Winner announced 30 October “Each of the writers nominated for this year’s prize encourages the reader to trace the remarkable ways in which ideas are […]

Tuesday 21 May Simon Savidge to chair panel of judges £10,000 award for literature that ‘best evokes the spirit of the North’ New partnership with Manchester Metropolitan University Prize launches with ‘Rewriting the North’ series of events “I am thrilled and delighted to be chairing The Portico Prize this year, as it […]

For Immediate Release To be published simultaneously by Little, Brown in the UK and Henry Holt in the US on 4th June 2019 15th May 2019 – Little, Brown UK and Henry Holt in the US will simultaneously publish Michael Wolff’s new book Siege: Trump Under Fire on 4th June, it was […]

PRESS RELEASE For immediate release Wednesday 1 May 2019 “The potential of the London Writers Awards is not only to identify and support under-represented writers through the arduous process to publication, but also to effect positive structural change in the industry itself.” Saeida Rouass, 2019 Judge The London Writers Awards – Spread […]

PRESS RELEASE The Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2019, the British Academy’s prestigious non-fiction book prize, opens for submissions today, Monday 28 January. The opening of the 2019 prize cycle is marked by a celebratory event at the ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival where Kapka Kassabova – winner of the 2018 […]

London-based creative practise BUREAU has been appointed by heritage jeans brand Lee Cooper to research the denim market and develop their brand positioning. The agency has been tasked with an initial phase of research, using quantitative insight and dynamic social data, to understand the global jeans wearer of today: not only what […]

#AlRodhanPrize “Extraordinary” book by Bulgarian-born writer chosen to receive international award London: Kapka Kassabova is today, Tuesday 30 October, announced as the winner of the British Academy’s 6th Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2018, for her book Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe. Published by Granta Books, Border: […]

‘In these difficult times it is important to be reminded of the ties that bind us, whoever and wherever we are. The books shortlisted for this prize do just that, and magnificently.’ (Professor Ash Amin, Chair of the jury) Tuesday 11 September London: The shortlist for The Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global […]