M2 Best Books articles from June 2009

M2 Best Books archives from June 2009

Wodehouse prize for comic fiction is won by Geoff Dyer.(Brief article)
June 1, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for comic fiction has been awarded to Geoff Dyer for his title Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi. Dyer was presented with the prize of vintage champagne...

First edition of Ulysses achieves GBP275,000 at the Antiquarian Book Fair.
June 5, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS A first edition of James Joyce's Ulysses has been sold to a private buyer at the Antiquarian Book Fair in London for GBP275,000, reportedly the highest price recorded for a 20th-century first...

Transworld and Random House Children's to publish life story of young Slumdog Millionaire star, Rubina Ali.
June 8, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Transworld Publishers and Random House Children's Books are publishing Slumgirl Dreaming: My Journey To The Stars by Rubina Ali on 16 July 2009. Ali became famous through her role as the...

Digital textbook initiative to be introduced by Governor Schwarzenegger in California.
June 9, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is introducing a new initiative in the state that will replace physical textbooks with digital textbooks. In the first phase of this...

New Children's Laureate named as Anthony Browne.
June 9, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Author and illustrator Anthony Browne has been named as the UK's new Children's Laureate. He was awarded the Children's Laureate medal and a GBP15,000 bursary by former Poet Laureate Andrew...

Transworld to publish Andrea Busfield's new novel.
June 10, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Jane Lawson at Transworld Publishers has acquired Andrea Busfield's currently untitled new novel, the company reported on Monday. Busfield's debut novel, Born Under a Million Shadows, has...

Granta acquires rights for two new Rupert Thomson books.(Brief article)
June 12, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Publisher Granta has acquired two new books by novelist Rupert Thomson, the company announced on Friday. Michael Shavit, Granta's commissioning editor, acquired world English-language rights...

Scribd agrees to host e-books for publishers Simon & Schuster.
June 15, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Social networking site Scribd has reached an agreement with Simon & Schuster, whereby the publisher's e-books will be sold through the Scribd Store, which was launched in May this year to...

Winner of the Wales Book Of The Year 2009 is Deborah Kay Davies.
June 16, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The Wales Book Of The Year 2009 has been awarded to Deborah Kay Davies for Grace, Tamar and Laszlo the Beautiful, her debut collection of short stories. The GBP10,000 prize for this year's...

Penguin Group USA introduces online network.
June 17, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Penguin Group USA has activated an online network from its homepage called From the Publisher's Office, which will have video, audio and reading channels, according to Publishers Weekly. The...

Ozzy Osbourne's autobiography to be released in October.
June 18, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS TheBookseller.com announced on Wednesday that rock musician Ozzy Osbourne is to have his autobiography published in the UK this year. The memoir, titled I Am Ozzy, will be released on 1...

John Berger donates literary archive to the British Library.
June 22, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Booker prize winner John Berger is to have his literary archive preserved in the British Library. Berger's archive, comprising over 100 file boxes of drafts, scripts, reviews and...

Martin Bell to publish book on British Parliamentary expenses scandal.
June 23, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Independent publisher Icon Books has announced that Martin Bell, a former TV journalist and MP, is writing a book which will feature the recent MPs' expenses scandal. The book will also...

CILIP Carnegie Medal 2009 is awarded posthumously to Siobhan Dowd for her last novel Bog Child.
June 26, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals' (CILIP) Carnegie Medal for 2009, a UK award for children's writing, has been awarded to Siobhan Dowd for her fourth and final...

Chris Longmuir wins GBP10,000 Dundee International Book Prize for her first novel Dead Wood.
June 29, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS The fifth GBP10,000 Dundee International Book Prize, awarded for a novel unpublished in book form, has been awarded to Chris Longmuir for her debut novel Dead Wood. As part of the prize,...

Barnes & Noble announce availability of bookstore application on Apple App Store.
June 30, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS Book seller Barnes & Noble Inc has announced that its website Barnes & Noble.com has launched the Barnes & Noble Bookstore application on the Apple App Store. Titles that are available on...