At the Berlin Film Festival's Soirée française du cinéma, authors are announced for participation in France's Guest of Honor plans at Frankfurt Book Fair. The post First Authors Announced in France’s Frankfurt Book Fair Guest of Honor Program appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sarah McIntyre has been unveiled as the new online Writer-Illustrator in Residence for reading charity BookTrust. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sourcebooks has acquired worldwide English rights to 'Chasing Red,' a novel by Canadian author Isabelle Ronin, which was the most-read story on Wattpad last year. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Savannah Guthrie, Jennifer Weiner, and Jason Reynolds are among the authors appearing at BookExpo's June 2 Children's Book & Author Breakfast. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
AWP 2017's keynote speaker, Azar Nafisi, the author of 'Reading Lolita in Tehran,' blasted President Trump in a fiery presentation and urged writers to use their imaginations to resist the tyranny of the Trump administration. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nikesh Shukla, editor of The Good Immigrant (Unbound), and Am I Normal Yet? (Usborne) author Holly Bourne have been unveiled as judges of the BBC Young Writers’ Award 2017. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Association of Writers & Writing Programs, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, kicked off its annual conference on Thursday with politics on people's minds, as exhibitors, panelists and attendees expressed their opposition to the Trump presidency. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Association of Writers and Writing Programs annual conference in Washington D.C. continued in a highly politicized vein through its second day, with a march and rally at the Capitol building, in addition to a packed event featuring Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie and Ta-Nehisi Coates. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The London Book Fair announces a debate on fair use and copyright. And BookExpo announces Stephen King will speak at the Author Breakfast. The post Trade Show Notes: London Book Fair Hosts Fair Use Debate; BookExpo Announces Author-Speakers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers will have to be "broad, open and diverse in their interests and in the voices they find" in response to the turbulent political climate caused by President Trump's election, Faber c.e.o. Stephen Page has said. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The RoNAs (Romantic Novel Awards) has announced its 2017 shortlists, recognising independently published authors for the first time. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Novelist Donal Ryan is the latest name forced to seek an income outside books, while children’s writers complain that stars from other media monopolise advancesDespite scoring three bestsellers in five years and a clutch of awards, The Spinning Heart author Donal Ryan has been forced to return... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2017-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Stephen King and son Owen, plus Whitney Cummings, are among the authors appearing at BookExpo's June 1 Adult Book & Author Breakfast. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Romance writer Mandy Baggot has signed a two-book deal with Ebury. Baggot is “thrilled” to be joining the publisher, which has acquired world all languages rights from her agent Kate Nash. Single for the Summer, publishing on 27th July, features sun, sea and romance against the backdrop of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a statement on the group's website, the Authors Guild has called the current political climate a time "when writers have a particularly important role to play" in the preservation of democracy. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children’s authors have hit out at the slew of celebrity book deals struck in recent months, warning that full-time fiction writers are struggling while famous people attract big advances and sizeable marketing budgets. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Asserting the value of 'the voices of refugees, writers, and translators from the Arab world,' the author-advocacy organization speaks out. The post Freedom of Expression: Authors Guild Teams With LitNet in ‘Not Normal Times’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
A number of American literary agents have put out a collective open call for submissions by Muslim writers following President Trump’s “travel ban”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sebastian Barry has been named winner of the Costa Book of the Year for a second time for his novel Days Without End (Faber & Faber), following a unanimous decision by the judges. The book, which follows character Thomas McNulty, who has crossed the Atlantic to rebuild his life, was praised... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
For many at Winter Institute, Roxane Gay’s opening keynote, which called on booksellers to step up their role in providing sanctuary, set the tone for one of the most political and energizing bookseller gatherings in recent memory. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]