Here is one of my more bizarre collections, in honor of the last week for open submissions to the Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize: a run of Harlequin’s spectacular failure, their science fiction imprint, Laser Books.

The deadline for submission to the Prize is June 15. Learn how to apply here: https://www.honeyandwaxbooks.com/prize.php

#bookcollecting #books #sciencefiction #bookprizes #bookhistory #rarebooks

I'm totally behind Kate Mosse's campaign to redress the gender balance in nonfiction prizes and reviews but do we also need to bear in mind the importance of nonfiction in young male literacy? These might not be opposites of course #nonfiction #books #bookprizes #men #literacy

Name the Booker Prize trophy and win a Folio Society edition of Wolf Hall and a Montegrappa fountain pen

https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/name-the-booker-prize-trophy-and-win-a-folio-society-edition-of-wolf

#bookprizes

An #introduction from us at the #WalterScottPrize for #HistoricalFiction. It's one of the world's most prestigious #literaryprizes and in its fourteen years has awarded over £300,000 to writers and brought over 150 great #historical novels to wider attention, including to #bookgroups. We also run the #YoungWalterScottPrize, a creative writing prize for those 11-19. We post about #bookprizes #history #writingtips and more. Say hello and tell us - what are you reading now, #histfic or otherwise?