M2 Best Books articles from April 2009

M2 Best Books archives from April 2009

Cecelia Ahern makes 2009 Irish Book Awards shortlist.
April 1, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The shortlists for the Irish Book Awards 2009 were announced yesterday (31 March), featuring Cecelia Ahern's novel The Gift, which is on the shortlist for the Eason Irish Popular Fiction Book...

Independent Foreign Fiction Prize announces shortlist.
April 2, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A shortlist of six books has been announced for the 2009 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. The prize is awarded to a writer and translator of a book which has been translated into...

The 2009 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award shortlist has been announced.
April 3, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The 2009 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award shortlist was announced on 2 April by Eibhlin Byrne, The Lord Mayor of Dublin and Patron of the Award. The shortlist for the EUR100,000...

Galaxy British Book Award winners include Barack Obama.
April 6, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The 20th Galaxy British Book Awards have been presented in an award ceremony at Londona[euro](tm)s Grosvenor House, hosted by TV celebrities Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan. The...

Two new novels by Michael Crichton to be published posthumously by HarperCollins.
April 7, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publishers HarperCollins have announced that two recently discovered unpublished novels by Michael Crichton are to be released. Crichton, the author of bestselling titles such Jurassic...

The Sunday Times Young Writer Of The Year Award is won by Ross Raisin.(Brief article)
April 8, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award 2009 has been won by Ross Raisin for his first novel, God's Own Country. John Witherow, editor of The Sunday Times, presented Ross Raisin...

Penguin Press to publish Kofi Annan's memoir.
April 9, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publisher Penguin Press has announced that it has acquired world English rights to a memoir by former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan. According to Publishers Weekly, the president and...

Hugh Laurie's French version of The Gun Seller is a bestseller in France.
April 10, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD French book magazine Livres Hebdo has reported that the French translation of Hugh Laurie's The Gun Seller has reached the top of book sales in France. Laurie's spoof spy novel, renamed...

Margaret Atwood makes shortlist for Canadian business book award.
April 13, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Fiction writer Margaret Atwood, known for her Booker 2000 prize novel The Blind Assassin, has been announced as a shortlisted author for Canada's National Business Book award. The award,...

To Kill a Mockingbird is voted as the most inspirational book of all time.
April 14, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The most inspirational book of all time has been decided by public vote in research carried out by www.OnePoll.com. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, published over 40 years ago with...

OverDrive expands distribution in the UK.
April 15, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD fOverDrive, a digital distributor of e-books, audio books, music and video to libraries, schools and retailers worldwide, reported today (15 April) an expansion of its e-book and audio book...

OverDrive announces expansion of e-Book and Audio book distribution in UK.
April 15, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD OverDrive (www.overdrive.com), a distributor of e-Books in both EPUB and PDF format, audio books and more, disclosed today (15 April) that publishers have new opportunities in the UK with the...

Self-Publishing Book Expo announced.
April 16, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new event focusing on self-published books and authors will be held later this year. The first annual Self-Publishing Book Expo (SPBE) will showcase the books of self-publishing...

Barnes & Noble announces opening of new Customer Service Centre.
April 17, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Book seller Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE: BKS) announced on Thursday (16 April) the opening of the company's new Customer Service Centre. The new 30,000 square foot facility, located in...

Jade Goody's cancer diaries published.
April 17, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The final autobiographical book by British reality television star Jade Goody, who died last month following a well-publicised battle with cervical cancer, went on sale yesterday (16 April)....

Penguin to release Vladimir Nabokov's last novel.
April 20, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Penguin are to publish the final novel written by Vladimir Nabokov, titled The Original of Laura. The Russian author, best known for his novel Lolita, died in 1977 and had stipulated...

The Random House Group to release new Dan Brown novel.
April 21, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The follow up novel to Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, titled The Lost Symbol, is to be published by in the UK by Transworld Publishers, a division of the Random House Group, on 15 September...

Orange Prize for Fiction shortlist includes debut author .
April 22, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The author of The Wilderness, Samantha Harvey, is on the shortlist for the 14th Orange Prize for Fiction, an award which recognises the work of fiction written by women around the world. ...

New book presents the business case for green IT.
April 23, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new book from IBM Press, an imprint of educational and professional publisher Pearson, argues that businesses must establish more efficient technology practices in order to help save the...

Blackwell introduces book printing machine in Charing Cross store.
April 24, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new machine for printing bound copies of books in-store is to be made available at the flagship store of academic bookseller Blackwell from Monday (27 April). The Espresso Book Machine...

Welsh book award longlists revealed.
April 27, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The longlists of books written in English and Welsh have been announced for The Wales Book of the Year 2009. They include established authors and new writers, as well as a variety of...

Barnes & Noble.com announces launch of Audiobook MP3 Store.
April 28, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Book retailer Barnes & Noble Inc (NYSE: BKS) announced on Monday (27 April) that Barnes & Noble.com (www.bn.com) has launched its Audiobook MP3 Store. The Audibook MP3 store features...

Children's laureates reveal their top children's books.
April 28, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Children's laureates in the UK have listed their favourite children's books of all time, as part of the tenth anniversary celebrations of the children's laureate post. Quentin Blake,...

Ursula K Le Guin awarded with her sixth Nebula.
April 29, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America has awarded the Nebula best novel prize to Ursula K Le Guin for her young adult book, Powers. Powers is the third title in Le Guin's...

The Sheridan Morley Prize for Best Theatre Biography shortlist is announced.
April 30, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The shortlist for the second Sheridan Morley Prize, named in memory of the critic and biographer to honour excellence and originality in a theatre biography, autobiography or diary, has been...