Many authors live in a perpetual state of anxiety. Anxiety our books won’t sell. Anxiety we won’t get a new deal. Anxiety our reviews will suck. So it goes without saying the past few weeks have taken those anxieties to a whole new level. This is reflected in the posts I’m reading every day in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-02 16:47:27 UTC ]
Authors Steph Cha and Joe Ide swapped crimes stories and favorite books during the L.A. Times Book Club's first virtual event. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-01 16:56:22 UTC ]
DePaola wrote or illustrated more than 270 children's books, sold nearly 25 million copies and had his books translated into more than 20 languages. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-03-31 18:51:09 UTC ]
The Internet Archive says it is performing a public service by making its scans of print books available to all, but critics call it an 'attack' on copyright. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
Madison Smartt Bell’s “Child of Light” is a revealing biography of the author of “Dog Soldiers” and “A Flag for Sunrise.” Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-03-27 17:30:40 UTC ]
Literary agent Simon Trewin has partnered with Writing.ie – a resource site for unpublished authors – to launch a weekly one-hour show on Facebook Live. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-27 16:09:51 UTC ]
Fresh off a print and digital redesign, The New Republic formally announced a handful of new editors and writers who have joined the team in recent months. Now on the staff as deputy editors are Katie McDonough, the former senior editor at Jezebel who joined the magazine in December, and Jason... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2020-03-26 18:39:34 UTC ]
Pages & Co author Anna James has created an online and interactive middle-grade book club called The Bookwanderers Club, supported by her publisher HarperCollins Children's Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-26 10:05:59 UTC ]
Avon is putting on a virtual festival to showcase its authors during the Covid-19 crackdown. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-26 01:10:07 UTC ]
Join author Steph Cha and Joe Ide for a streaming conversation about new L.A. noir. The March 30 event will be live. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2020-03-25 19:15:02 UTC ]
Chicago authors are spotlighting the unique plight of two local indies that both closed to walk-in traffic on March 16: one bookstore that was only officially open for one day, and another that had changed ownership two weeks earlier. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
Do writers need literary agents to get published and find success with their writing? Are there times when getting an agent doesn't make sense? We answer these questions here. The post Do Writers Need Literary Agents? by Robert Lee Brewer appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading >> [ Source: Writer's Digest | 2020-03-24 21:29:37 UTC ]
Head of Zeus is to publish the debut novel of Nicole Kennedy, a former city lawyer. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-23 14:35:00 UTC ]
As schools close, parents are turning to children’s book writers and illustrators on social media to help with teaching kids stuck inside. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2020-03-23 13:30:37 UTC ]
Two novelists have partnered to build A Mighty Blaze, a initiative to promote other authors and their new books on social media. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
The trade has pulled together to launch a series of emergency measures to support authors and booksellers affected financially as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-19 17:45:38 UTC ]
The winners of the 2020 Windham-Campbell Prizes have been announced. Each will receive $165,000 each to support their work. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
First-time novelists with books out or coming soon talk about their changes of plans and how they’re spending these unusual days. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-03-18 20:00:14 UTC ]
Indie micropublisher and not-for-profit 3 of Cups has announced a new initiative to help writers and artists who might have reduced incomes during the coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-18 18:37:25 UTC ]
Martha Ackmann’s “These Fevered Days” considers the life events that made the poet who she was. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-03-18 18:06:09 UTC ]