Publishers Lunch
The National Book Awards ceremony is
tonight, in New York City. Once again, the event will be livestreamed
for those who want to watch at home, with introductory remarks scheduled to
begin at 7:40, and the presentation of this year's winners set for around 8:50.
Meanwhile, the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award was presented to Martin Ford for The Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of Mass Unemployment (Basic Books/Oneworld). Christopher Clearfield and Andras Tilcsik won the Bracken Bower Prize in support of "young authors tackling emerging business themes" for their book proposal on Rethinking the Unthinkable.
In nominations, the Costa Awards announced their shortlists across categories. Among the nominees are:
Novel
A God in Ruins, by Kate Atkinson
The Green Road, by Anne Enright
A Place Called Winter, by Patrick Gale
At Hawthorn Time by Melissa Harrison
First Novel
Spill Simmer Falter Wither, by Sara Baume
The Girl in the Red Coat, by Kate Hamer
The Loney, by Andrew Michael Hurley
Things We Have in Common, by Tasha Kavanagh
And yes, nominations were also named for the UK's Bad Sex In Fiction Award, with various columnists predicting/rooting for a win for Morrissey's List of the Lost.
Meanwhile, the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award was presented to Martin Ford for The Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of Mass Unemployment (Basic Books/Oneworld). Christopher Clearfield and Andras Tilcsik won the Bracken Bower Prize in support of "young authors tackling emerging business themes" for their book proposal on Rethinking the Unthinkable.
In nominations, the Costa Awards announced their shortlists across categories. Among the nominees are:
Novel
A God in Ruins, by Kate Atkinson
The Green Road, by Anne Enright
A Place Called Winter, by Patrick Gale
At Hawthorn Time by Melissa Harrison
First Novel
Spill Simmer Falter Wither, by Sara Baume
The Girl in the Red Coat, by Kate Hamer
The Loney, by Andrew Michael Hurley
Things We Have in Common, by Tasha Kavanagh
And yes, nominations were also named for the UK's Bad Sex In Fiction Award, with various columnists predicting/rooting for a win for Morrissey's List of the Lost.
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