Category Archives: Awards
Bloomsbury Handbooks and Companions
“The “Handbook” and “Companion” markets, in literary studies at least, have been dominated for many years in the UK by the top three university presses – Oxford, Cambridge and Edinburgh. Bloomsbury Academic, however, is set to challenge this triumvirate.” – Times Literary Supplement Bloomsbury Literary Studies has been working to bring scholars new, cutting-edge reference… Read More »
Announcing MLA award winners: Ecocriticism and Italy and Viktor Shklovsky: A Reader
We’re excited to share the news that two of our recent publications have been honored by the Modern Language Association. Serenella Iovino has been awarded the ninth Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Italian Studies for her book Ecocriticism and Italy: Ecology, Resistance, and Liberation, and Alexandra Berlina has been awarded the twelfth Aldo and Jeanne… Read More »
Black Comics Wins Eisner Award
Congratulations to Black Comics: Politics of Race and Representation edited by Sheena C. Howard and Ronald L. Jackson II for winning the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for Best Scholarly/Academic Work over the weekend at San Diego Comic-Con! The Eisner awards, according the website are “considered the ‘Oscars’ of the comic book industry.” More information… Read More »
On Modern Poetry and Writing the Self named Choice Outstanding Academic Titles 2013
Continuing a mulit-year streak, two Literary Studies books have been named Choice Outstanding Academic Titles for 2013. Congratulations to On Modern Poetry by Robert Rowland Smith and Writing the Self by Peter Heehs. More about Choice Outstanding Academic Titles: Every year, Choice subject editors single out for recognition the most significant print and electronic works… Read More »
Choice Outstanding Academic Titles 2012
2012 was another great year for Literary Studies publishing. Two of our titles The Comic Mode in English Literature and The Nine Lives of William Shakespeare (which is now under The Arden Shakespeare brand) were named Outstanding Academic Titles by Choice. Here is more about the award: Every year, Choice subject editors single out for… Read More »
The Greatest Literary Moustaches!
It’s Movember and we love a good literary moustache. So much so, we’ve put together a collection of our all-time favourites! From the Walrus to the Mexican, and the Handlebar to the Horseshoe, it seems there is no end to the amount of creative facial topiary in the literary world… Something tells me Shakespeare set… Read More »
Louise Erdrich Wins National Book Award
Congratulations to Louise Erdrich for winning the National Book Award for Fiction with her novel The Round House. The National Book Awards ceremony was held last night a few blocks away from our New York office. The complete list of winners and finalists can be found here. Last year, Bloomsbury published a collection of stellar… Read More »
Madeline Miller wins the 2012 Orange Prize!
Congratulations to Madeline Miller and all our Bloomsbury colleagues for their success at the Orange Prize 2012 last night! Madeline won the coveted prize for her fantastic debut novel The Song of Achilles – a gripping and touching love story between exiled princeling Patroclus and Achilles, strong, beautiful and the son of a goddess. The… Read More »
Bloomsbury shortlisted for Academic, Education and Professional Publisher of the Year
I am delighted to report that Bloomsbury has been shortlisted for Academic, Education and Professional Publisher of the Year by the Bookseller Industry Awards. Exciting times! The judges for this award will be looking for companies specialising in academic, educational or professional publishing, which demonstrate consistent high-quality publishing within its chosen field, outstanding commercial success,… Read More »