Speaking at the launch for the Frankfurt book fair – this year focused online – the novelist said authors’ observations could ease the burden of the diseaseThe celebrated Israeli novelist David Grossman has called on his fellow writers to be “trenchant witnesses” to the Covid-19 pandemic, and to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-10-14 12:54:03 UTC ]
Throughout my life I’ve been a fan of Mind Body Spirit (MBS) books; in fact, I’m curently at book proposal stage for my own. In recent times, however, I have been less inclined to get excited about the launches I get invited to. Despite the camaraderie of fellow writers, the very visible lack of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-29 03:20:51 UTC ]
Author Julie Mayhew calls on her fellow writers to push for inclusion and social mobility when arranging school visits. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-02 03:23:31 UTC ]
Weeks after publishing his own story of sexual abuse in the New Yorker, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz is facing an onslaught of accusations of sexual misconduct and misogyny directed at fellow writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2018-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
YA author Non Pratt had her head shaved by fellow writers at the Young Adult Literature Convention (YALC) after raising almost £3,000 for a neurodisability charity. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Last summer, two-time National Book Award finalist Gene Luen Yang ("American Born Chinese") gave a rousing speech at the Library of Congress, letting his fellow writers know at the National Book Festival kickoff that the comic-book industry needs to do more, and give itself more liberty, to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2015-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Alexie, author of books including 'The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,' wrote a letter urging his fellow writers to handsell their books on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. 'The most important thing is that we’ll all be helping Independent bookstores, and God knows they’ve helped us... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]