Responding to a survey that found the median author income had dropped to £10,500, Publishers Association said the figures were ‘unrecognisable’The Society of Authors has issued a sharply worded challenge to the UK’s biggest publishers after the chief executive of the Publishers Association... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Richard Combes examines the findings of the Authors Licensing and Collecting Society's author earnings survey. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 26 winners of the Northern Writers’ Awards have been revealed, sharing a prize pot of £40,000, following the “most competitive” ever selection process. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Median annual income of professional writers is now under £10,500—down by 15% since 2013—according to ALCS research, with hourly rates well below minimum wage. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Philip Pullman, Antony Beevor and Sally Gardner call for fairer share of profits, as survey shows full-time writers earn below minimum wagePhilip Pullman, Antony Beevor and Sally Gardner are calling on publishers to increase payments to authors, after a survey of more than 5,500 professional... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fortress Press is reissuing ‘Jesus + Nothing = Everything’ by Tullian Tchividjian, the grandson of Billy Graham whose book was taken out of print after admitting to extra-marital affairs in 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Almost half the shortlisted authors for the Welsh Book of the Year awards have sold fewer than 100 copies. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2018-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
After receiving praise from LGBTQ activists across the globe, the Wellington-based authors of LGBTQ children's book Promised Land have released a second book in the series, Maiden Voyage. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2018-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
A graphic novelist who once had a fledgling Hollywood career was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison for the brutal torture killing of his fiancee — a murder prosecutors say took cues from a gory book he worked on years earlier. Blake Leibel, 37, was convicted last week of the 2016 slaying of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fresh from her win of this year's Women's Prize for Fiction, Kamila Shamsie is joining Susan Hill and Andrew Holgate in judging the Young Writer of the Year prize. The post Kamila Shamsie Joins Susan Hill in Judging the Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Award appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gail Honeyman has won the 2018 Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award for her debut Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine (HarperCollins). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
A group of US authors has raised more than $102,000 (£77,500) to help children in detention camps. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Little Tiger imprint Stripes has chosen stories by four unpublished writers to feature in its upcoming Proud anthology by LGBTQ+ authors. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
About 2,000 children’s and YA book authors and their supporters have signed onto a campaign to oppose President Trump's controversial family separation immigration policy under the name "Kid Lit Says No Kids in Cages." The campaign made its appearance Monday on Twitter with a statement signed by... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
In some ways, it has never been easier to become an author – but in others, it has never been harder. While self-publishing, blogging and crowdfunding have opened up opportunities, there are also unprecedented financial pressures that determine who can and can’t afford to write, with books... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Celebrating Juneteenth? June 19, or "Juneteenth," commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States. We've compiled 7 favorite recipes from African American authors, including Rufus Estes, the first African American chef to publish a cookbook, Dr. George Washington Carver and Maya Angelou.... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2018-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The All Party Parliamentary Writers Group has launched an inquiry into authors’ earnings. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins Children’s Books has revealed the cover of Judith Kerr’s new picture book to celebrate the author’s 95th birthday. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Both BookExpo and BookCon organizers have committed themselves to scheduling panels meant to raise awareness of diversity and multiculturalism in literature. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Offensive opinions. Bullying. Sexual misconduct. As the literary world is rocked by scandal US publishers are asking authors to sign contracts with ‘morality clauses’. Are they really the answer?When the American Libraries Association awards its Andrew Carnegie medals in New Orleans later this... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2018-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]