Marlon James, who won the Booker Prize in October, has won the Green Carnation Prize, honoring LGBT writers and given in partnership with Foyles bookstores, for A Brief History of Seven Killings (Riverhead), the Bookseller reported..
Chair of judges Niven Govinden said: "We were bowled over by both the ambition of this novel and its sheer visceral power. A story that crosses Jamaica and America, spanning decades and voices; fiction embedded in historical fact; that explores complex webs of crime, politics and power, unspoken truths of desire and sexuality, and the rare messianic hold that singers can have on the collective consciousness; never feeling anything less than urgent, vital, and alive."
---
The shortlisted titles for the ninth annual 800-CEO-READ Business Book Awards, which will be presented at an awards ceremony and business book industry celebration in New York City on Thursday, January 14, are:
General Business: We Are Market Basket: The Story of the Unlikely Grassroots Movement That Saved a Beloved Business by Daniel Korschun and Grant Welker (AMACOM Books)
Leadership & Management: Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family by Bob Chapman and Raj Sisodia (Portfolio)
Innovation & Creativity: How to Fly a Horse: The Secret History of Creation, Invention, and Discovery by Kevin Ashton (Doubleday)
Marketing: The Compass and the Nail: How the Patagonia Model of Loyalty Can Save Your Business, and Might Just Save the Planet by Craig Wilson (Rare Bird Books)
Sales: The Revenue Growth Habit: The Simple Art of Growing Your Business by 15% in 15 Minutes Per Day by Alex Goldfayn (Wiley)
Entrepreneurship: Boss Life: Surviving My Own Small Business by Paul Downs (Blue Rider Press)
Personal Development: Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Sherry Turkle (Penguin Press)
Finance & Economics: America's Bank: The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal Reserve by Roger Lowenstein (Penguin Press)
---
PEN America has announced the longlists for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award and the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing. PEN America has already announced the longlists for the debut fiction and essay prizes. Other PEN America prize longlists will be announced today and tomorrow. The announced longlisted titles may be viewed here.