"A Horse Walks Into a Bar", Grossman's latest novel, scoops £50,000 prize to be shared with translator Jessica Cohen. Cohen is one of most prominent translators from Hebrew - her portfolio includes many acclaimed authors such as Ronit Matalon, Nava Semel, Etgar Keret, Dorit Rabinyan and Amir Gutfreund. For more information click here.

Amos Oz, one of the most prominent Israeli authors and an old friend of the ITHL, received the first Jingdong Literature Prize: his "Scenes from Village Life" became the best translated work. Oz will be sharing the prize money - 1 million yuan ($147,100) - with his Chinese translator, Dr. Zhong Zhiqing, who over the years has been working tirelessly to introduce Hebrew literature to the Chinese audience. For more information about the prize click here.

In the run-up to the Jerusalem International Book Fair (11-15.06) the Book Publishers Association of Israel has announced the Golden and Platinum titles of 2016 - those that sold more than 20,000 and more than 40,000 copies in Israel respectively. Among ITHL's titles, Zeruya Shalev's "Pain" and Merav Halperin's "My Husband's Not Home" appeared on the Golden list, while Deborah Omer's 1967 classic "Sarah Aharonson, Heroine" was named Platinum. See the full list in Hebrew by clicking here.

Iris Argaman's wonderful "Bear and Fred" was awarded the 1st Prize among books for 6-11 year-olds by Italy's National Literary Prize “Giovanni Arpino”. For more information about this exciting and important story click here.

Ayelet Gundar-Goshen's captivating novel won the 2017 Jewish Quarterly Wingate Prize. This annual prize, worth £4,000, is the only UK literary prize of its kind and is awarded to the best book to translate the idea of Jewishness to the general reader. The Prize committee praised Gundar-Goshen’s work, saying that it is “an incredibly compelling and enjoyable read” and “an important piece of work in light of the present-day refugee crisis.” For more information click here.

Michal Ben-Naftali's latest novel was awarded the prestigious Sapir Prize. The Prize committee praised the author for her refined writing, saying that while touching "upon one of the open sores of Israeli society" she "transforms her sad story into an exciting adventure, similar to the discovery of a new continent." The Sapir Award is the highest literary prize in Israel. In addition to NIS 150,000 in prize money (almost $40,000), it will subsidize the novel's translation into Arabic plus one other language.

Israel's biggest bookstore chain named Sara Aharoni's latest novel one of the three bestselling titles of the past year. For 27 weeks this moving story of possibly the most famous Jewish family, the Rothschild's, remained on the bestsellers list. To learn more about the title click here.

Ayelet Gundar-Goshen's "One Night, Markovitch" and Etgar Keret's "The Seven Good Days" were announced the joint winners of 2016 Adelina Della Pergola Prize for Jewish literature, awarded by the Association of Jewish Women of Italy.

Yishai Sarid's latest novel "The Third" was awarded the prestigious Bernstein Prize for literary works by young Hebrew writers. Sarid was praised for his poetic and lucid writing style, as well as for his dialogue with the Hebrew literary tradition. For more information about the title click here.