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Wellcome Book Prize

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The prize rewards exceptional works of literature that illuminate the many ways that health, medicine and illness touch our lives. #WBP2019

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For my stop on the #NotTheWellcomePrize blog tour, I'm featuring Mother Ship by @francescasegal and The Lady Doctor by Ian Williams (Ian Williams). bookishbeck.wordpress.com/2020/04/24/the… Chatto&Windus MyriadEditions Emma Dowson Wellcome Book Prize

For my stop on the #NotTheWellcomePrize blog tour, I'm featuring Mother Ship by @francescasegal and The Lady Doctor by Ian Williams (<a href="/TheBadDr/">Ian Williams</a>). bookishbeck.wordpress.com/2020/04/24/the… <a href="/ChattoBooks/">Chatto&Windus</a> <a href="/MyriadEditions/">MyriadEditions</a> <a href="/EmmaDowson1/">Emma Dowson</a>
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Halfway through the #NotTheWellcomePrize blog tour. Huge thanks to all who posted or helped out with retweets this week! @stuck_inabook Laura Tisdall @followthehens shinynewbooks Hayley Anderton @peterreason Katie | Doing Dewey dotMD Louise Kenward @tiny_ickle_jo Linda Hill

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Last year Rebecca Foster wrote a piece about the Wellcome Book Prize for Shiny, and is hosting the #NotTheWellcomePrize blog tour this year. We've reposted her article here: shinynewbooks.co.uk/a-spotlight-on…

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Ever wanted to go to a literary festival and found it too far, too expensive, too intimidating or hard to access? Here’s a free, pyjama friendly, easy access, super friendly one for you. See you there. Spread the word šŸ˜

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Sunlight, sleep and circadian rhythms - Thank you to Paul of Paul Cheney for blog tour reviews of the next two books we've longlisted for the #NotTheWellcomePrize: CHASING THE SUN by Linda Geddes and THE NOCTURNAL BRAIN by Guy Leschziner. halfmanhalfbook.co.uk/blog-tour/not-… Wellcome Book Prize

Sunlight, sleep and circadian rhythms - Thank you to Paul of <a href="/halfmanhalfb00k/">Paul Cheney</a> for blog tour reviews of the next two books we've longlisted for the #NotTheWellcomePrize: CHASING THE SUN by <a href="/LindaGeddes/">Linda Geddes</a> and THE NOCTURNAL BRAIN by <a href="/guy_lesch/">Guy Leschziner</a>. halfmanhalfbook.co.uk/blog-tour/not-… <a href="/wellcomebkprize/">Wellcome Book Prize</a>
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For some, #socialdistancing is a temporary state to be endured. For others, the effects will be more serious. Vivek Murthy examines the links between 'Loneliness, Health and What Happens When We Find Connection' in #Together, out now from Wellcome Collection waterstones.com/book/together/…

For some, #socialdistancing is a temporary state to be endured. For others, the effects will be more serious. <a href="/vivek_murthy/">Vivek Murthy</a> examines the links between 'Loneliness, Health and What Happens When We Find Connection' in #Together, out now from <a href="/ExploreWellcome/">Wellcome Collection</a> waterstones.com/book/together/…
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Today on the #NotTheWellcomePrize blog tour, Katie reviews INVISIBLE WOMEN by Caroline Criado Perez, "a must-read ... There are few books that have changed my perspective on the world the way this one did." doingdeweydecimal.com/2020/04/28/not… Chatto&Windus Wellcome Book Prize

Today on the #NotTheWellcomePrize blog tour, Katie reviews INVISIBLE WOMEN by <a href="/CCriadoPerez/">Caroline Criado Perez</a>, "a must-read ... There are few books that have changed my perspective on the world the way this one did." doingdeweydecimal.com/2020/04/28/not… <a href="/ChattoBooks/">Chatto&Windus</a> <a href="/wellcomebkprize/">Wellcome Book Prize</a>
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Today on the #NotTheWellcomePrize longlist blog tour, candococonut reviews MACHINES LIKE ME by #IanMcEwan and THE FACULTY OF DREAMS by #SaraStridsberg, which explore what makes us human & fragile mental states. booksaremyfavouriteandbest.com/2020/04/29/the… Jonathan Cape MacLehose Press Wellcome Book Prize

Today on the #NotTheWellcomePrize longlist blog tour, <a href="/kateinkew/">candococonut</a> reviews MACHINES LIKE ME by #IanMcEwan and THE FACULTY OF DREAMS by #SaraStridsberg, which explore what makes us human &amp; fragile mental states. booksaremyfavouriteandbest.com/2020/04/29/the… <a href="/JonathanCape/">Jonathan Cape</a> <a href="/maclehosepress/">MacLehose Press</a> <a href="/wellcomebkprize/">Wellcome Book Prize</a>
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Today on the #NotTheWellcomePrize blog tour, Shanel Fallan reviews her nominees: #HackingDarwin by Jamie Metzl & #TheMemoryPolice by #YokoOgawa. Up-to-date info on genetic engineering and a dystopia of memory loss. annabookbel.net/not-the-wellco… Sourcebooks @HarvillSecker Wellcome Book Prize

Today on the #NotTheWellcomePrize blog tour, <a href="/gaskella/">Shanel Fallan</a> reviews her nominees: #HackingDarwin by <a href="/JamieMetzl/">Jamie Metzl</a> &amp; #TheMemoryPolice by #YokoOgawa. Up-to-date info on genetic engineering and a dystopia of memory loss. annabookbel.net/not-the-wellco… <a href="/Sourcebooks/">Sourcebooks</a> @HarvillSecker <a href="/wellcomebkprize/">Wellcome Book Prize</a>
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Hard to believe it's the last day of the #NotTheWellcomePrize blog tour! Our final two books are THE BODY by #BillBryson and THE WORLD I FELL OUT OF by @Mel_ReidTimes. Reviewed by Clare of Clare: alittleblogofbooks.com/2020/05/01/not…. Doubleday Books 4th Estate Books Wellcome Book Prize

Hard to believe it's the last day of the #NotTheWellcomePrize blog tour! Our final two books are THE BODY by #BillBryson and THE WORLD I FELL OUT OF by @Mel_ReidTimes. Reviewed by Clare of <a href="/littleblogbooks/">Clare</a>: alittleblogofbooks.com/2020/05/01/not…. <a href="/DoubledayUK/">Doubleday Books</a> <a href="/4thEstateBooks/">4th Estate Books</a> <a href="/wellcomebkprize/">Wellcome Book Prize</a>
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ICYMI: This morning we announced the #NotTheWellcomePrize shortlist. Today through Friday I'll revisit each of the shortlisted books via the reviews we featured on the blog tour. First is Exhalation by #TedChiang, reviewed by Laura Tisdall: drlauratisdall.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/not…. Picador Books

ICYMI: This morning we announced the #NotTheWellcomePrize shortlist. Today through Friday I'll revisit each of the shortlisted books via the reviews we featured on the blog tour. First is Exhalation by #TedChiang, reviewed by <a href="/TisdallLaura/">Laura Tisdall</a>: drlauratisdall.wordpress.com/2020/04/21/not…. <a href="/picadorbooks/">Picador Books</a>
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Highlighting the third and fourth titles on the #NotTheWellcomePrize shortlist: Constellations by SinĆ©ad Gleeson (NOT HERE) and War Doctor by David Nott (David Nott Foundation), reviewed on the blog tour by Jackie of @followthehens: neverimitate.wordpress.com/2020/04/22/not…. Wellcome Book Prize

Highlighting the third and fourth titles on the #NotTheWellcomePrize shortlist: Constellations by <a href="/sineadgleeson/">SinĆ©ad Gleeson (NOT HERE)</a> and War Doctor by David Nott (<a href="/NottFoundation/">David Nott Foundation</a>), reviewed on the blog tour by Jackie of @followthehens: neverimitate.wordpress.com/2020/04/22/not…. 
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And the final book of six on the #NotTheWellcomePrize shortlist is The Remarkable Life of the Skin by Monty Lyman. (Originally reviewed by Simon of @stuck_inabook for shinynewbooks: shinynewbooks.co.uk/the-remarkable….) You have until Saturday to vote! Transworld Books Wellcome Book Prize

And the final book of six on the #NotTheWellcomePrize shortlist is The Remarkable Life of the Skin by 
<a href="/monty_lyman/">Monty Lyman</a>. (Originally reviewed by Simon of 
@stuck_inabook for <a href="/shinynewbooks/">shinynewbooks</a>: shinynewbooks.co.uk/the-remarkable….) You have until Saturday to vote! <a href="/TransworldBooks/">Transworld Books</a> <a href="/wellcomebkprize/">Wellcome Book Prize</a>
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PLR remunerates authors and other book contributors when their books are borrowed from public libraries. Over 22,000 people received a PLR payment this year. If you are a published author, illustrator, narrator & editor sign up for PLR by 30 June. bl.uk/plr

PLR remunerates authors and other book contributors when their books are borrowed from public libraries. Over 22,000 people received a PLR payment this year. If you are a published author, illustrator, narrator &amp; editor sign up for PLR by 30 June. bl.uk/plr