‘The true origin story of Britain and India’ told through England’s first diplomatic mission to the Mughal courts BritishAcademyBookPrize @BritishAcademy_ Tuesday 31 October, LONDON: Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire by Nandini Das is today named as the winner of the 11th British Academy Book Prize for Global [...]

Tuesday 12 September 2023 £25,000 international non-fiction prize Sweeping themes from the invention of books in the ancient world to the role of ritual in human civilisation Winner announced Tuesday 31 October London: today, Tuesday 12 September, the British Academy reveals the shortlist for the British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural [...]

Friday 31 March 2023 Charlie Higson commissioned to write new James Bond adventure to celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III Published 4 May 2023, in partnership with the National Literacy Trust LONDON. Charlie Higson, author of the bestselling Young Bond series, has been commissioned by Ian Fleming Publications to write a [...]

Wednesday 26 October, LONDON: When Women Kill: Four Crimes Retold by the Chilean writer Alia Trabucco Zerán is today named as the winner of the 10th British Academy Book Prize for Global Cultural Understanding. The announcement was made by Chair of the jury, Patrick Wright FBA, at a celebration at the British [...]

For immediate releaseWednesday 5 October, 2022 “Never say ‘no’ to adventures. Always say ‘yes’, otherwise you’ll lead a very dull life” Ian Fleming, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang LONDON. Today, Wednesday 5 October, ‘James Bond Day’: Ian Fleming Publications Ltd (IFPL) announces plans to publish Ian Fleming’s books under its own imprint – [...]

The British Academy’s £25,000 international non-fiction book prizeShortlist of six includes three books in translation and three debutsThemes explored: the global history of science; the invention of the telephone and its impact on the deaf community; post-war Germany; female murderers in Chile; life in a remote Swedish village; and the Chinese language [...]

@ThePortico #PorticoPrize “…Vividly evokes a period in recent history with themes that carry clear, if painful echoes, to today” Gary Younge, Chair of Judges 20.15: Thursday 20 January, MANCHESTER: Sally J Morgan has won The Portico Prize for Literature for her debut novel Toto Among the Murderers. Mostly set in Leeds and [...]

List features five novels, one memoir, four debutsJenn Ashworth; James Corbett; Sairish Hussain; Tabitha Lasley; Sally J. Morgan; Andrew O'Hagan “The list illustrates the degree to which there is not one North but many, rooted not just in place but time, gender, race and religion: all moulded into elegant prose and conveyed with [...]

Sujit Sivasundaram credit: Lloyd Mann, University of Cambridge A fresh account of imperial history told from the perspective of the peoples of the global South Cambridge historian Sujit Sivasundaram praised for “spellbinding” work of ingenuity and meticulous research #BritishAcademyBookPrize @BritishAcademy_  17.30h BST Tuesday 26 October, LONDON: Waves Across the South: A New History of Revolution [...]

Eight debuts across list of 14 books The longlist for The Portico Prize for Literature – the UK’s only award for outstanding Northern writing – is announced today, Tuesday 28 September, 2021. The £10,000 biennial prize is open to new works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry that best evoke the spirit of [...]