The RSL has announced the recipients of the inaugural 2021 Sky Arts RSL Writers Awards, which celebrate and nurture British writers of colour at the beginnings of their careers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-07-27 17:54:16 UTC ]
Over the weekend, the Los Angeles Review of Books published a fairly wild essay by Miguel Esteban who, at the tender age of 14, commissioned a now-famous essay on race in science fiction from Octavia Butler. The whole piece is worth a read (the gall of teenage boys! the grace of Octavia!) but... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2021-07-26 13:40:52 UTC ]
How Richard Lange went from literary short stories to crime fiction and his new gothic horror tale, 'Rovers,' about a '70s vampire biker gang. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-07-26 13:00:38 UTC ]
Simon Akam says Penguin Random House cancelled his book about the British army, The Changing of the Guard, and demanded back his advance after he refused to let the MoD vet itIn the summer of 2015, journalist Simon Akam was thrilled when Penguin Random House (PRH) imprint William Heinemann won a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-07-23 13:00:54 UTC ]
Dark fantasy author Scarlett St. Clair will join Bloom Books, which will publish her new novel 'King of Battle and Blood,' along with her complete backlist and forthcoming new books. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
The story of the “rich and weird” guidebooks produced by a Depression-era project. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-07-16 12:00:00 UTC ]
Amanda Lohrey's novel about a woman who isolates herself yet finds connection has won the 2021 Miles Franklin Literary Award. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Conversation | 2021-07-15 06:31:16 UTC ]
Twenty-seven writers have been recognised at this year's annual Northern Writers’ Awards, sharing the £47,000 prize fund to enable their new writing in progress, across forms including prose, poetry and television. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-07-09 14:11:07 UTC ]
The RCW literary agency and publisher Knights Of have announced the return of a free children’s publishing workshop for aspiring authors of colour, now in partnership with development scheme Megaphone. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-07-08 01:37:05 UTC ]
In 'A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes,' filmmaker Rodrigo Garcia writes about losing both parents — and the one event his renowned father couldn't record: his own death. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-07-07 16:19:08 UTC ]
Ms. Giff wrote more than 100 books, ranging from an exploration of the Irish potato famine to a humorous series about the antics of second graders. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2021-07-02 22:56:53 UTC ]
The organisers of the 2021 Theakston Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival have apologised for not including any female writers of colour in the programme . Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-07-02 16:32:23 UTC ]
During a long life of social activism, she participated in the civil rights movement and was an outspoken advocate for Mexican Americans and women. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-07-02 05:19:03 UTC ]
Academic publisher Springer Nature has launched a name change policy to enable transgender scholars and writers to update their name on published works. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-06-29 23:20:28 UTC ]
Martinez wrote '500 Años del Pueblo Chicano/500 Years of Chicano History in Pictures,' a bilingual photo book with copious captions that illustrated the history of Chicanos in the Southwest. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2021-06-29 18:13:49 UTC ]
Over nearly half a century, she wrote more than 100 books for young readers, including the Newbery Honor recipients ‘Lily’s Crossing’ and ‘Pictures of Hollis Woods.’ Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2021-06-29 07:37:56 UTC ]
Actor Michael Sheen has called on the media industry to create more opportunities for aspiring writers and journalists from lower income and underrepresented backgrounds, as he announced a new scheme to support 11 new writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-06-29 05:29:07 UTC ]
Research commissioned by Penguin Random House has revealed only 0.7% of English Literature GCSE students in England study a book by a writer of colour while only 7% study a book by a woman. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-06-28 22:57:04 UTC ]
That 10% fee buys a novelist like me more than the chance of a big book deal – from a hand with the DIY to a shoulder to cry on after yet another knockbackA few weeks after the sudden death of my agent, Deborah Rogers, in 2014 the colleague deputed to take me on phoned. “I’ve found something in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2021-06-28 09:00:29 UTC ]
The “rise of the hybrid author” was discussed at London Book Fair, with the prediction that writers will increasingly buy back rights to their own books from publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-06-24 22:00:58 UTC ]