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Don DeLillo wins the Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction

Friday 26th Apr 2013

Don DeLillo, the critically acclaimed author of novels such as Underworld, Mao II and White Noise amongst others, will receive the first Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction during the 2013 Library of Congress National Book Festival in September this year.

Anna Raverat longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize

Thursday 25th Apr 2013

Picador author Anna Raverat has been longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize for her debut novel Signs of Life. The prize celebrates the best debut fiction each year.

Two Picador authors on the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award longlist

Monday 21st Jan 2013

Belinda McKeon

Graham Swift

Burial Rites by Hannah Kent is selected for Waterstones 11

Tuesday 15th Jan 2013

Hannah Kent’s astonishing novel Burial Rites has been announced as the Waterstones 11 title for September 2013, a promotion is designed to uncover and champion the very best debut fiction.

John Kinsella wins the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Poetry for his collection Armour

Monday 22nd Oct 2012

Rachael Boast wins 2012 Seamus Heaney Centre Prize for Poetry for her collection Sidereal

Monday 22nd Oct 2012

Richard Meier Shortlisted for the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize 2012

Tuesday 2nd Oct 2012

Picador Author Stuart Nadler is One of America's 5 Best Writers Under 35

Friday 28th Sep 2012

We're so delighted Picador author Stuart Nadler (The Book of Life) has been named as one of America's 5 Under 35. The programme honours five young fiction writers selected by past National Book Award winners.

Rahul Bhattacharya wins the 2012 Ondaatje Prize

Tuesday 29th May 2012

Delhi-based Picador novelist Rahul Bhattacharya has won the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize with his debut novel, The Sly Company of People Who Care.

Picador's Don DeLillo Series Wins D&AD Yellow Pencil

Thursday 10th May 2012

The winning series

Rights Success for Picador with Sarah Butler

Tuesday 3rd Apr 2012

Picador acquired world rights to Ten Things I've Learnt About Love by debut novelist Sarah Butler in February, and we can today announce that a substantial deal has been tied up in the USA and translation rights for nine languages have been sold, with more to follow.

The Sealed Letter longlisted for Orange Prize 2012

Thursday 8th Mar 2012

The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue has been longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2012.

The Dark Film selected as a Poetry Book Society Choice

Wednesday 7th Mar 2012

Paul Farley’s brilliant new collection The Dark Film, has been selected as a Poetry Book Society Choice. This means it will be shortlisted for 2012 T S Eliot Prize, one of the UK’s most prestigious poetry awards.

Katharine Towers wins Seamus Heaney Poetry Prize

Wednesday 7th Dec 2011

Katharine Towers has won the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry Prize 2011 for her first collection, The Floating Man.

Rachael Boast at Crunch Art Festival 2011

Wednesday 12th Oct 2011

This year at Crunch: the art and philosophy festival at Hay, Picador poet Rachael Boast will be getting to the heart of poetry’s power to awaken us to the universe’s mystery in ‘I Think Therefore Iamb’, questioning whether poetry is a release from the emotional hinterlands of real life, or a means of enriching them.

The Independent reviews new poetry collection Sidereal

Tuesday 26th Jul 2011

'A collection flavoured by the Old Testament and lit by the stars' - the Independent reviews Rachael Boast's Forward Prize shortlisted poetry collection Sidereal.

Alan Hollinghurst’s The Stranger’s Child on the Man Booker 2011 longlist

Tuesday 26th Jul 2011

The longlist of 13 books was announced this afternoon, and the titles were chosen by a panel of five judges chaired by author and former Director-General of MI5, Dame Stella Rimington. A total of 138 books were considered for the ‘Man Booker Dozen' longlist.

Picador Poem of the Month at Foyles

Friday 8th Jul 2011

We've teamed up with Foyles to make a Picador Poem of the Month. The very first Poem of the Month is 'The Hum' from Rachael Boast's dazzling debut collection Sidereal.