Joan Didion, one of the most widely respected journalists and writers of the latter half of 20th century, has died due to complications from Parkinson’s disease. She was 87. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones is partnering with the Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award to celebrate the best emerging talent in the UK and Ireland, hosting exclusive accompanying content across all its channels. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-20 08:28:44 UTC ]
CrimeFest is offering a bursary for a writer of colour to attend its festival in May 2022 and appear on a panel. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-19 23:32:15 UTC ]
Stephanie Land’s best-selling memoir inspired the popular Netflix series. She’s not done fighting for people navigating the red tape of poverty. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-12-16 10:00:03 UTC ]
The Authors Guild has launched a National Letter Writing campaign, asking its 11,000 members and supporters to send emails and letters to school boards, lawmakers, and newspapers arguing that banning books harms students. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
Eight new writers have been chosen to join this year's Penguin Random House UK’s WriteNow mentoring programme, with a focus on children's writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-15 07:50:03 UTC ]
Her first novel, “Interview With the Vampire,” launched a blockbuster book series and was adapted into a movie starring Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-12-14 00:33:11 UTC ]
Rice, whose books have sold more than 150 million copies worldwide, died of complications from a stroke on December 11. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
Greg Tate, acclaimed author, journalist, cultural critic, musician, activist, and professor, died on December 7 in New York City. He was 64. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
The American author Anne Rice, best known for Interview with the Vampire, has died aged 80 with Chatto & Windus paying tribute to the "true one-off". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-12 22:02:56 UTC ]
The Festival for Working-Class Writers' team are on the lookout for books to promote as part of their new book club, which launches in 2022. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-08 23:43:53 UTC ]
It is almost exactly a year since I rode into Barcelona on a second-hand bicycle I had bought in Lisbon a thousand miles earlier. As well as all the normal enjoyment of seeing your book on a shop shelf, I’m also slightly amazed when I stop to think that it was only 12 months ago that Iberia was... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-08 22:47:22 UTC ]
Sarah Maycock has won the 2021 ALCS Educational Writers’ Award for her children's book Sometimes I Feel: A Menagerie of Feelings Big and Small (Big Picture Press.) Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-07 22:38:06 UTC ]
Mathelinda Nabugodi has won the £10,000 Deborah Rogers Foundation Writers Award for her "engaging and fascinating" work of non-fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-07 20:28:37 UTC ]
Are there certain books with topics you avoid? That you fear may leave you a little worse for wear? Here's what may happen if you read them. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-12-07 11:38:00 UTC ]
Agatha Christie, the Queen of Mystery, is the best-selling novelist of all time. What makes her work so timeless? Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-12-06 11:40:00 UTC ]
In the last few years, we have seen a boom in books written by trans authors. Here are some graphic trans memoirs right on the cutting edge. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-12-06 11:38:00 UTC ]
The main character in “The Lyrics” is his best friend and fiercest rival, John Lennon Continue reading >> [ Source: The Economist | 2021-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Northern Writers’ Awards has opened for submissions with a chance to win a share of £40,000 in development opportunities as former winner Benjamin Myers (pictured) launches a new short story category. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-12-03 20:45:57 UTC ]
Literary critic Edmund Wilson, an early champion, called her “a writer in a class by herself.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-12-03 01:22:24 UTC ]