Probing the lives and work Barbara Comyns, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Carson McCullers, these literary biographies, out this week, take a fresh look at three of our most visionary writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
When some books, including best sellers, were conspicuously absent from the science fiction Hugo Awards last year, writers and fans became suspicious. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-02-17 13:11:43 UTC ]
His blockbuster Bible study, guiding readers to learn and live God's will, has sold millions worldwide since 1990. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
Leaked emails reveal organisers of leading science fiction and fantasy awards flagged works of a ‘sensitive political nature’Leaked emails from the organisers of the prestigious Hugo awards for science fiction and fantasy suggest several authors were excluded from shortlists last year after they... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-02-15 18:16:42 UTC ]
When I was ghostwriting full-time, I produced twenty books in fourteen years. Thanks to a suggestion from my literary agent, I realized a ghostwriter might make a great heroine—they’re under tremendous pressure, often while adjacent to the fame machine—so Mari Hawthorn, the ghostwriter at the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2024-02-15 12:05:00 UTC ]
A federal judge in California has dismissed a host of claims made by several groups of authors in a now consolidated lawsuit and gave the authors until March 13 to file an amended complaint. The suit’s core claim of direct infringement—which Open AI did not seek to dismiss—remains active. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
Three Black women novelists make their debut with tales of inheritance, friendship, and alternate futures. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
In 'Fourteen Days,' the Authors Guild shows off its storytellers, including Dave Eggers, Celeste Ng, Scott Turow, Mira Jacob, Tommy Orange, Tess Gerritsen, R. L. Stine, Weike Wang and Ishmael Reed. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2024-02-06 16:00:00 UTC ]
Despite mounting objections from within the American literary community (as well as public condemnation from two prominent novelists who recently cut ties with the organization), on Wednesday evening PEN America’s Los Angeles branch went ahead with its hosting of a conversation between stand-up... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-02-02 19:14:45 UTC ]
We asked veteran children’s authors and illustrators to tell us favorite questions they’ve been asked by young readers, and how they answered them. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-02-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
Two prominent novelists have broken with PEN America over the organization’s decision to platform controversial actor and outspoken ceasefire opponent Mayim Bialik, as well as its relative silence on the unfolding genocide in Gaza (which so far has claimed the lives of at least 120 writers,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-01-31 20:56:06 UTC ]
N. Scott Momaday was the first Native American author to win a Pulitzer Prize. He passed away on January 24th at age 89. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-01-30 20:02:44 UTC ]
The state is home to a podcast focusing on Spanish women writers and Phd program for Spanish-language authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
An email sent from a PR firm cofounded by author J.D. Barker invited BookTok influencers—all of them young women—to make sponsored content promoting Barker's forthcoming novel and included ideas for making "racy" videos, which the author would "personally review." Barker has said that he "never... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
Established creators and future favorites are among the picture book, middle grade, and YA authors in Cincinnati. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
Fiction and nonfiction writers presenting their work at this year’s Winter Institute range from renowned keynotes and all-star bestsellers to love-at-first-read newcomers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-25 05:00:00 UTC ]
Award marks first time a British artist and author has won Grand Prix at International Comics festival in AngoulêmeThe graphic novelist Posy Simmonds has won the Grand Prix at France’s Angoulême International Comics festival – the first time a British artist and author has been awarded the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-01-24 17:52:58 UTC ]
Concerns raised about interference or censorship after documents showed writers were barred despite receiving enough nominationsA prestigious literary award for science fiction, which was hosted in China for the first time, has come under fire for excluding several authors from the 2023 awards,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-01-24 15:53:48 UTC ]
From the shock and awe of labour to domestic isolation, a wave of recent novels captures the transformative nature of being a motherThey say nothing prepares you. Before having my baby, I approached the literature of motherhood as though I were about to sit an exam. If my studies tempered the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2024-01-20 11:00:01 UTC ]
The award-winning science fiction author, whose short story “Bears Discover Fire” swept the genre's major awards in 1990, died on January 10 following a recent cancer diagnosis. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-17 05:00:00 UTC ]