The diverse group charged with selecting USC’s next president includes a former Goldman Sachs executive, a prominent social worker, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and the founding CEO of the nation’s largest health benefits company. Rick Caruso, the billionaire developer leading the search... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Writers including J J Bola and Rachel Seiffert have been awarded grants by the Society of Authors in its latest round of funding to support works in progress. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children’s authors are being overwhelmed by requests for free books and promotional materials from schools with dwindling budgets, writers have told The Bookseller. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Following one more threat of litigation from President Donald Trump against a major book publisher, free speech and book industry organizations have condemned the president's attempts to cease publication of books unfavorable to his administration. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Group’s TarcherPerigee imprint will no longer publish ‘How to Be Decent’ by Lodro Rinzler amid an investigation of sexual misconduct surrounding the author. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
An author is appealing for help to trace his stolen Moleskine notebook which contained a year’s worth of notes for his next title. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Stripes Publishing, an imprint of the Little Tiger Group, has bought a novel by debut author Gabriel Dylan for its Red Eye horror list. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
As well as slashing fees for short stories, the magazine has demanded fiction writers waive all rights to their workThe new issue of the Woman’s Weekly fiction special is out now, promising its readers short stories from writers who “never fail to come up with new twists and turns and unexpected... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chicken House has signed the English language rights to two middle-grade books by Chinese author Chen Jiatong. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Gwen Cooper has teamed up with BenBella Books to launch a subscription series of Cooper’s cat-centric short stories that will culminate with BenBella publishing a print edition of the collection in November. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors, publishers and trade professionals are joining together to launch a working class writers’ festival. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Home Office’s refusals to grant a visa to Nayrouz Qarmout means the Palestinian author will not be able to speak at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, according to her UK publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
As Simon & Schuster prepares to release new political books, the Authors Guild condemns Trump's assaults on the news media. The post Political Publishing in the US: Forthcoming Titles and an Authors Guild Statement on First Amendment Freedoms appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
In the UK, literary festivals report that invited authors from the Middle East and Africa are increasingly seeing their visa applications denied. The post Visa Challenges for Authors and Artists Roil the UK Festival Community appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
A dozen authors who were planning to attend the Edinburgh International Book Festival have reportedly been refused visas. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
"Absolutely Fabulous" actress and stand-up comedian Helen Lederer is launching a new literary award in a bid to give female comic writing "the exposure and praise it deserves". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Authors' organisations have revealed an “ever-increasing” demand on financial hardship grants, with new applications to the Royal Literary Fund up a third in four years. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Sunday Times/PFD prize for writers aged 18 to 35 opens a new resource, while the Paul Torday Prize will honor a debut novelist decades older. The post Content From a UK Award for Younger Writers, and a Prize for Authors Over 60 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins Publishers has acquired a "gripping and darkly twisty" domestic thriller, Don’t Tell Teacher, and a second untitled novel, from author Suzy K Quinn. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Society of Authors has launched a new prize for debut novelists over the age of 60: The Paul Torday Memorial Prize. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]