Authors including Elizabeth Day, June Sarpong and Dolly Alderton are among those supporting a new T-shirt initiative to spotlight iconic female writers, launched by the Women's Prize Trust. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-14 18:47:39 UTC ]
The following first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of Writing newsletter—sign up here. * While writing my first novel, I was hungry for advice, like many young writers, and soaked up tenets like write every day or wake up before work to go to your desk or hit 1000 words every session. But these... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-11-12 09:55:05 UTC ]
The behind-the-scenes specialists have never been in higher demand—nor have there ever been so many trying to do the job. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
The updated schedule for the United Kingdom's Young Writer of the Year Award will put its shortlist and winners' announcements into the new year. The post London’s Young Writer Award of the Year Names Its Jurors appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-11-10 14:50:29 UTC ]
The Working Class Writers' Festival is urging publishers to demonstrate their commitment to diversity by investing in sponsorship for next year's event. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-10 12:00:51 UTC ]
These free short stories by your favorite authors will entice and enchant you with bookkeeping aliens, ant writing, and sentient drones. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2021-11-10 11:34:00 UTC ]
The Authors Guild likes what it sees in the federal antitrust suit aiming to block the $2 billion merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-11-05 22:15:11 UTC ]
Science fiction author Neal Stephenson shares his thoughts on the metaverse, a term he coined, after Facebook's rebrand brought new light to the topic. The post ‘Still a long way from being realized’: A Q&A with author and metaverse inventor Neal Stephenson appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2021-11-05 04:01:00 UTC ]
Claire Tomalin’s ‘The Young H.G. Wells’ is a fascinating look at the prolific writer’s rocky beginnings and complicated personal life. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-11-03 12:00:00 UTC ]
A children's book shortlisted for a 2021 Governor General's Literary Award was written by a University of Guelph associate professor who specializes in the history of Indigenous Peoples and illustrated by an Ojibway multidisciplinary artist. ... Continue reading >> [ Source: CBC | 2021-11-02 08:00:00 UTC ]
Jeanette Winterson has joined the online platform Substack and been named its new writer in residence for November. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-01 06:46:24 UTC ]
The Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Daggers will award cash prizes again after more than a decade, with the rules also changing to allow authors to nominate their own books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-01 00:27:57 UTC ]
'My mother didn’t want us to live wars,' said Canada's Catherine Mavrikakis in a conversation at Frankfurter Buchmesse. The post Canadian Author Catherine Mavrikakis at Frankfurt: ‘Serious Thinking’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2021-10-28 16:58:14 UTC ]
Creative writing charity Arvon has appointed Rachel Long as its first virtual writer in residence for its online programme, Arvon at Home. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-26 00:33:48 UTC ]
The award-winning author of 'Arc of Justice' talks about his new book, 'The Shattering,' and how he came to write history for people like his father. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-10-25 13:00:08 UTC ]
We're hanging out with Shea Serrano, who's a bestselling author and probably the nicest cholo nerd around. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-10-25 12:00:49 UTC ]
A group of YA authors have been forced to backtrack over plans for a Non-Fungible Token (NFT) story following an online backlash against the project. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-25 11:15:07 UTC ]
Anyone who has worked in a bookstore knows only too well that moment when a customer approaches by saying, “So I don’t remember the title, or the author, but—.” And we’ve all been on the other side of the counter, trying to pinpoint something we can’t quite describe at a bookstore (“It’s a... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-10-21 08:55:42 UTC ]
Organisers of the Frankfurt Book Fair say they "regret" that some authors have decided to cancel their appearances at this year's event owing to the presence of New Right publisher Jungeuropa. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-10-19 23:36:43 UTC ]
Don Winslow ripped the conservative West Virginia Democrat for conflicts of interest amid a Senate stalemate over Joe Biden's social policy agenda. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Huffington Post | 2021-10-19 08:03:21 UTC ]