On Friday, May 31, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., join Random House Children's Books in the Librarians' Lounge (Booth 557) for an exclusive talk with some of the creators behind the publishers' inclusive new publishing program. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
Naomi Shihab Nye has become the first Arab American author to be named the Young People's Poet Laureate. Nye, a Palestinian American writer and longtime fixture of the San Antonio literary scene, is the seventh poet to be named to the post by the Poetry Foundation. Foundation Director Katherine... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Naomi Shihab Nye has become the first Arab American author to be named the Young People's Poet Laureate. Nye, a Palestinian American writer and longtime fixture of the San Antonio literary scene, is the seventh poet to be named to the post by the Poetry Foundation. Foundation Director... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-13 19:30:00 UTC ]
On Tuesday night, as part of this year’s Food Bowl festival, cookbook author Diana Kennedy will be in Los Angeles for a preview screening of her new documentary. “Nothing Fancy” is a biographical film that traces Kennedy’s life and career as a cook and writer. The British-born Kennedy, 96, is an... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Little Tiger UK's brand director Lauren Ace picks five Welsh creatives to watch out for. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
The suit revolves around a 2013 law designed to help creative workers in the state by offering authors, composers and artists in Rhode Island a sales tax exemption. But in a bizarre twist, the state’s tax officials have ruled that the tax break applies only to authors of fiction, because... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
There’s a lot of debate about diversity in publishing—but how exactly can working class writers overcome the barriers? Kia Abdullah offers five tools that made a difference for her. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tony Schwartz responded to The New York Times report that the president lost more than $1.2 billion between 1985 and 1994. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Huffington Post | 2019-05-08 23:17:14 UTC ]
Intended to make it easier for rights holders to defend copyrighted work the CASE Act is getting backing from publishing's trade and advocacy organizations. The post US Authors Guild Joins With AAP and Copyright Alliance on CASE Act appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Spanish singer-songwriter Belinda Peregrín has landed in Fairfax after dropping $4.25 million on a modern home full of custom art. That’s $50,000 short of the asking price, records show. Right next to Melrose Avenue, the box-like abode enters through a 10-foot pivoting door to an expansive... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
She served on President Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Huffington Post | 2019-05-05 17:50:42 UTC ]
Will Self has declared literature to be "morphing into a giant quilting exercise", suggesting that no current creative writing graduates will make a living from literary fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The London Library has welcomed 38 authors onto its inaugural Emerging Writers Programme. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Fun Lovin’ Crime Writers will play at Glastonbury, in what lead singer Val McDermid described as “a bit like a fairy story”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
The hunt is on for up-and-coming writers who could scoop this year’s £1,000 Guardian/Fourth Estate prize A Chinese villager with no arms becomes a Paralympian swimming champion; a dapper elderly Jamaican spends New Year’s Eve in a south London police cell under suspicion of domestic abuse; a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Spread the Word has urged for greater investment in under-represented authors from the trade, as it reopens its London Writers Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The leading author-advocacy trade organization in the United States announces that it's in talks with Amazon on issues of 'plagiarism and scams.' The post US Authors Guild Praises Nora Roberts’ Legal Action on Digital Plagiarism appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dialogue Books is taking eight of its authors on a tour of the UK in May and November, kicking off with dates in Bristol, Leeds and Glasgow. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The ambitious proposal echoes the legendary 1930s-era New Deal project that employed such greats as Ralph Ellison, Saul Bellow, and Zora Neale Hurston. Any collective plan to avert planetary disaster will first need to harness the full powers of storytelling and mythology if it’s going to stand... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hesh Kestin, the author of 'Siege of Tel Aviv,' the controversial novel about the destruction of Israel that was pulled by Dzanc Books earlier this week, is making a digital edition of the book available to readers on his website. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]