The link below is to an article that reports on the massive number of ebooks borrowed from libraries in 2020.
For more visit:
https://goodereader.com/blog/digital-library-news/289-million-ebooks-were-borrowed-from-the-public-library-in-2020
Tag Archives: 2020
2020 Book Shimmy Awards Winners
The link below is to an article reporting on the winners of the 2020 Book Shimmy Awards.
For more visit:
https://www.epicreads.com/blog/2020-book-shimmy-awards-winners/
2020 Costa Book Awards Winners
The link below is to an article that reports on the winners of the 2020 Costa Book Awards.
For more visit:
https://publishingperspectives.com/2021/01/the-uk-49th-costa-book-award-names-its-category-winners-covid19/
Literary Scandals of 2020
The link below is to an article that takes a look at some of the more notable literary scandals of 2020.
For more visit:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/biggest-literary-scandals-2020_n_5fe2681ec5b66809cb2e4f43
Best Crime Reads of 2020
The link below is to an article that looks at the best crime reads of 2020.
For more visit:
https://crimereads.com/the-best-international-crime-novels-of-2020/
Notable Literary Deaths of 2020
The link below is to an article that lists the notable literary deaths of 2020.
For more visit:
https://lithub.com/notable-literary-deaths-in-2020/
2020 Albertine Prize Winner
The links below are to articles reporting on the 2020 winner of the Albertine Prize, Zahia Rahmani for ‘Muslim – A Novel.’
For more visit:
– https://lithub.com/zahia-rahmanis-muslim-a-novel-has-won-the-2020-albertine-prize/
– https://publishingperspectives.com/2020/12/2020-albertine-prize-zahia-rahamanis-muslim-in-matt-reecks-translation-covid19/
UK Translation Prize Shortlists for 2020
The link below is to an article that looks at the shortlists for the UK Translation Prize for 2020.
For more visit:
https://publishingperspectives.com/2020/12/society-of-authors-2020-translation-prize-shortlists-13000-in-contention-covid19/
2020 Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year
The links below are to articles reporting on Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2020 – actually, there are more than one.
For more visit:
– https://lithub.com/oxfords-official-word-of-2020-is-well-its-a-lot-of-words/
– https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/23/oed-says-2020-too-many-potential-words-of-the-year-to-name-just-one-oxford-english-dictionary
2020 Costa Book Awards Shortlists
The links below are to articles reporting on the shortlists for the 2020 Costa Book Awards.
For more visit:
– https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/24/costa-book-awards-susanna-clarke-nominated-for-second-novel-after-16-year-wait
– https://publishingperspectives.com/2020/11/the-costa-book-awards-announce-their-2020-shortlists-covid19/
– https://lithub.com/here-is-the-shortlist-for-the-2020-costa-book-awards/
