Booktrust news: 2013

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Dutch tale of isolation and infidelity wins the Independent...

Posted 20 May 2013
1 comments IMPAC Dublin Literary Award winner Gerbrand Bakker wins the £10,000 prize with latest novel The Detour. Dutch tale The Detour has been announced as the winner of the 2013 Independent... Read 'Dutch tale of isolation and infidelity...'
Read all about it!

Posted 20 May 2013
The regional winners of the Read for My School national schools reading competition are announced this week The 18 winners of the regional heats of Read for My School—the inaugural... Read 'Read all about it! '
Innovative Bookseller Claims the Kim Scott Walwyn Prize

Posted 15 May 2013
Miriam Robinson, who has risen from bookseller to Head of Marketing at Foyles in less than four years, was tonight named the winner of the Kim Scott Walwyn Prize 2013.... Read 'Innovative Bookseller Claims the Kim Scott...'
The darling buds of Maytilda

Posted 1 May 2013
‘Maytilda’ – a month of events and activity featuring Dahl’s plucky schoolgirl – will begin on 2 May with an event starring Miss Honey from the RSC’s acclaimed musical adaptation... Read 'The darling buds of Maytilda '
Bookbuzz 2013 titles announced

Posted 30 April 2013
We're happy to announce a brilliant array of prize-winners and bestselling authors in the second year of our reading programmed aimed at 11-year-olds. Bookbuzz, Booktrust's reading programme for 11-year-olds, offers... Read 'Bookbuzz 2013 titles announced '
Fundraising for the Children's Reading Fund

Posted 29 April 2013
The Children's Reading Fund has attracted businesses, corporates and people from all walks of life to get involved with raising money. We've had celebrated authors like Neil Gaiman get involved... Read 'Fundraising for the Children's Reading Fund'
Booktime announces new titles for 2013

Posted 18 April 2013
Booktrust and Pearson today announce the new titles for Booktime, which will give two free books to every child starting school in England and Wales in the 2013-14 school year.... Read 'Booktime announces new titles for 2013'
Women's Prize announces shortlist

Posted 15 April 2013
The Women's Prize for Fiction, the UK's only annual book award for fiction written by a woman, today announces the 2013 shortlist. Now in its eighteenth year - and known... Read 'Women's Prize announces shortlist '
Agent, editor, entrepreneur and bookseller make up outstanding Kim...

Posted 15 April 2013
A brilliant and diverse shortlist drawn from across the book trade has been announced for the only national award recognising the professional achievements and promise of women publishers, the Kim... Read 'Agent, editor, entrepreneur and bookseller make...'
Lust in translation

Posted 11 April 2013
1 comments A steamy tale of love between two translators makes the shortlist for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Andrés Neuman adds some fire to this year's Independent Foreign Fiction Prize Shortlist... Read 'Lust in translation '