Event announcements, anniversary celebrations, podcast releases and awards here’s what’s been happening at Midas this week:
The Unwin Award: Call for submissions
We are thrilled to be working with The Publishers Association on the inaugural year of The Unwin Award – a new, literary award recognising non-fiction authors in the earlier stages of their careers, whose work is considered to have made a significant contribution to the world. The Award, which is supported by a donation from the Unwin Charitable Trust, is intended to champion and showcase the value of the UK publishing industry to the world.
On Wednesday, we officially opened the call for submissions – the closing date is Friday 18 October. The shortlist will be revealed in February 2025 and the winner at a ceremony in April 2025. We will be announcing the judging panel shortly, so watch this space!
Link to submissions here.
Bookshop Day Announces Initial Events & Activities
Bookshop Day revealed their first events and activities for its return on Saturday 12 October 2024. The campaign celebrates bookshops not only as valuable retail spaces on our high streets, but also as places that are committed to making a positive impact through pay it forward schemes, events that bring authors and readers together, cultivating treasured venues for the community to gather, and so much more.
From in-person author events with Glyn Maxwell, Iain Dale and Gill Sims, to potato printing workshop for children to stunning window displays and book signings, Bookshop Day has something for everyone. This Bookshop Day will also spotlight Glasgow and its wonderful bookshops with murals by Jacqueline Briggs and Jack Stamp in the city centre, the beautiful designs for which have been revealed.
Find out more about the first events and activities for Bookshop Day and see Jacqueline and Jack’s beautiful mural designs here.
Light & Land 30th anniversary celebration
We celebrated 30 years of Light & Land at the private view of their photography exhibition at the prestigious Mall Galleries, London. Founded by Charlie Waite, Light & Land is a photographic holiday tour company. Light & Land on the Mall takes place from 3rd – 7th September and is open to the public for free. Link to the exhibition here.
Windham-Campbell Prizes x Literary Hub Podcast
Episode 8 of the new #WindhamCampbellPrizes x @literaryhub Podcast series is out! Featuring special guest… Kathryn Scanlan.
Scanlan chats to host Michael Kelleher, director of the Windham-Campbell Prizes, about Joe Gould’s Secret by Joseph Mitchell, the true, compelling story of an eccentric writer in New York who both straddled and defied the bohemian and Beat generations.
Kathryn Scanlan is a 2024 Windham-Campbell Prizes recipient for Fiction.
Listen to the full episode here.
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