PEN International has released the longlist for its 2016 New Voices Award for young writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Laurie Garrison’s call to arms is intended to foster collaboration ‘rejecting traditional models of publishing’The internet is not always a safe place for women, so there is something hearteningly radical about women staking a claim to this space to assert their own ambitions and interests. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The online reading and writing community is launching Wattpad Futures, a program that will run paid advertising in a selection of the stories posted on its website. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
After polling 1,100 of its members, the female crime writers group found that it is a disproportionately white organization. Non-hispanic whites make up 93% of its membership, compared to 62% of the U.S. population. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scottish Book Trust is to increase the money paid to authors participating in its Live Literature programme to £175 out of a belief that writers, storytellers and illustrators “should be paid fairly for the important work that they do”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Literary agency Speaking Volumes has secured an international grant to showcase British black, Asian and minority ethnic writers to European audiences. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Recently authors Margaret Atwood, Chuck Palahniuk, and William Gibson have all written (or announced) original comics projects in the hope of gaining new fans—and sales. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Weidenfeld & Nicolson is launching Hometown Tales, a series of short books which will publish authors from underrepresented regions across the UK to bring new voices to a national audience. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
For the first time, a pair of self-published authors, Aaron and Jennifer Smith, took two spots on PW’s Religion Nonfiction Bestsellers list. Plus, Wanda Brunstetter topped the fiction list with the latest installment of her Amish Milionaire series. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fireside Fiction’s report, #BlackSpecFic, finds less than 2% of SF stories published in 2015 were by black writers The world of speculative fiction publishing is plagued by “structural, institutional, personal, universal” racism, according to a new report that found less than 2% of more than... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Japan’s Fair Trade Commission has raided the offices of Amazon in Japan on suspicion of it pressuring retailers to offer products at lower prices than on rival sites, Reuters has reported. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Helen Gradwell lay dead on her floor for four months â with a book deal sitting unopened on her doorstep. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2016-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
S&S was incorrectly named in the original suit, but lawyers told PW that they are planning on filing suit against the book's current publisher, Wiley. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Authors Guild and PEN America have condemned the actions of the Turkish government after the detaining of 61 journalists and the shuttering of 131 media organizations—including 29 publishing houses—in the wake of the attempted coup on July 15. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Three British writers made the list of the world’s 14 highest paid authors, with Paula Hawkins entering the table for the first time. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Joanna Cannon and The Writers’ Workshop are to finance an unpublished author to attend the Festival of Writing 2016, an annual writing conference for unpublished writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sphere Fiction has acquired two psychological thrillers from debut author Laura Marshall in a six-figure pre-empt. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sunday Times literary editor Andrew Holgate has reignited the debate about the recent eligibility rule changes for the Man Booker Prize, saying that making US authors eligible for the Man Booker - which unlike some critics of the move he had been "excited" about when it was first mooted - has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tim LaHaye, the evangelical pastor and co-author of the best-selling Left Behind series, died of a stroke on Monday. He was 90. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House UK has launched a nationwide campaign to find, mentor and publish new writers from communities under-represented on the UK’s bookshelves. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]