Bath Spa Prize Announced

15th February 2012

We are pleased to announce the founding of the Janklow & Nesbit Bath Spa Prize, with a book deal with Random House for the 2011 winner. The prize, which is to be given annually, is awarded for the best work produced by a student on the Bath Spa MA in Novel Writing and comprises an award of £1,500 and the offer of representation to the winning student.

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The Art and Science of Translation

14th February 2012

David Bellos has spent his life working with words, often in languages other than his native English. A professor in the departments of French and Italian and comparative literature at Princeton, he is a translator of international renown whose new book, “Is That a Fish in Your Ear?” explores how people understand each other — or not — in various situations and settings.

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Meet The Author

6th February 2012

To coincide with the publication of James Treadwell’s first novel, ADVENT, Nick Higham interviews him for the BBC’s Meet the Author programme. Follow this link to watch.

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Taking Science to the Extremes

16th January 2012

Last night Kevin Fong took us to the ends of the earth in To Boldly Go, the second in a two part series for the BBC. Using himself as a test dummy, he explored the way the human body faces up against extreme altitudes and demonstrated just how high advances in technology might take us. Missed it?

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Keep Calm and Carry On

11th January 2012

Start 2012 as you mean to go on with Oliver Burkeman’s weekly advice column for the Guardian. This week, the unexpected potential ‘techno-distraction’ has to induce calm:This Column Will Change Your Life.

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Science Weekly: Your beating heart

30th November 2011

Dr Kevin Fong, Wellcome Trust Fellow, consultant anaesthetist and astrophysicist, is interviewed by Alok Jha on matters of the heart for this week’s Guardian Science Weekly Pod-cast.

Click here to listen in.

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Wanted - Dead or Alive.

1st November 2011

Need something to fill the long hours until the release of the Pirates! movie next March? Head to the Pirates! website to create your very own wanted poster and watch the latest trailer.

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Framing the Debate

1st November 2011

‘Framing The Debate’ is Jonathan Jones’s new column for the Comment Is Free series on the Guardian website. Each week he discusses the cultural,aesthetic and ethical impact of a controversial photo, historical or contemporary, that has divided opinion.

Click here to read his column and join the debate.

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Xiaolu Guo to judge International Ficton Prize

18th October 2011

Orange shortlister, Xiaolu Guo, will join Nick Barnsley, director of the Edinburgh International Book Fair, on the judging panel for the 2012 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. The award is unique in its recognition of both author and translator in international contemporary fiction, and the winner will receive a prize of £10,000.

Last years the prize went to RED APRIL by the Peruvian author Santiago Roncagliolo, translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman.The 2012 Winner will be announced in April of next year.

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Alex Bellos shortlisted for Royal Society Prize

27th September 2011

Alex’s Adventures in Numberland has been selected as one of only six remaining books in competition for the Royal Society Winton Prize for science books. The judging panel, which includes writer, actor and TV presenter, Robert Llewellyn, commented: “This book is a complete revelation. A rich and diverse story of mathematics, peppered with anecdote and personalities, whirling round the globe and through history from Euclid to the supercomputer, it brings maths bursting to life in a way we never expected.”

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