We can’t stop telling stories about pandemics, even as we wait for one to hit us. As coronavirus spreads across the world, so have headlines about the ways that storytellers, from those in Babylonia to contemporary novelists and Hollywood, have used infectious disease for narrative effect. The impulse to process real-world events in fiction as […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-02 16:51:35 UTC ]
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Within a few years, it was clear that Sept. 11, 2001, would leave an impact on contemporary fiction as deep as its impact on every other aspect of our culture. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-09-07 07:50:00 UTC ]
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An Arts Council-funded scheme to support writers from a range of underrepresented backgrounds has revealed its first intake of 14 budding writers, who will be mentored by book editors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-02 21:17:19 UTC ]
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The story of the First World War has been told in fiction, film, and television many times since the Great War began in 1914. Previously, we gathered together some of the best poems about the First World War, but what about the novels and short stories that have been written? […] Continue reading at Interesting Literature
[ Interesting Literature | 2021-09-02 14:00:03 UTC ]
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Sir Quentin Blake has designed the cover for Tamesis Street, a forthcoming climate change story by global disaster relief organisation ShelterBox featuring an all-star list of contributors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-02 10:19:32 UTC ]
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Elif Shafak and Bernardine Evaristo are among a roster of authors confirmed for the Manchester Literature Festival 2021, which is taking place as an in-person event in October. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-01 17:41:52 UTC ]
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American writer Janice Deal’s “Lost City” has won the Moth Short Story Prize 2021, judged by Ali Smith, while Stratford-upon-Avon butcher Kathy Stevens has scooped second prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-01 16:38:23 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has launched its entry-level training programmes for 2022, including a traineeship scheme for those from underrepresented backgrounds. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-01 07:43:18 UTC ]
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Headline Home has signed Beyond Grief: Navigating the Journey of Pregnancy and Baby Loss by Pippa Vosper. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-31 17:11:26 UTC ]
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“Matrix” dramatizes a remote period while making it somehow relevant to our own lives. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-08-31 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Peninsula Press has opened submissions for fiction this September, inviting writers to enter their work for the chance to be part of the publisher's "experimental, boundary-pushing" list. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-31 07:43:25 UTC ]
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The late Carlos Ruiz Zafón’s collection of short stories, The City of Mist, has gone to Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-31 06:33:59 UTC ]
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Libia Brenda, Hannah Onoguwe, and Vandana Singh recommend two short stories and a poem that can help you think differently about climate change. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2021-08-27 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Faith Shearin has won the Young Adult Leapfrog Global Fiction Prize for both of her entries Lost River, 1918 and Horse Latitudes. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-26 08:47:53 UTC ]
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Imprint’s Green Ideas series begins with 20 short books by writers from Rachel Carson to Greta Thunberg it believes are ‘the classics that made a movement’From Greta Thunberg to James Lovelock, publisher Penguin Classics has come up with a “new canon” of the environmental literature, which it... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-08-26 07:00:42 UTC ]
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A new paid externship program aims to entice students from underrepresented groups to consider a career in educational publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-08-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A law firm's charity arm is launching several bookshops as a way to combat loneliness and foster community connections. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-25 09:01:14 UTC ]
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In Matthew FitzSimmons’s speculative murder mystery “Constance,” the title character’s consciousness is mistakenly downloaded into a clone. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-08-24 19:55:19 UTC ]
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Though his novels and short stories — published over six decades, beginning in 1934 — are set in an older, more decorous America, he grapples with themes that feel shockingly contemporary. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-08-23 17:02:39 UTC ]
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A comic art festival based in Yorkshire is encouraging the public to donate new and used comic books to its organisation, which will then distribute copies to schools and libraries. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-21 00:12:55 UTC ]
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Maurice Carlos Ruffin's lauded debut novel disguised his hometown; his new short story collection, "Those Who Don't Say They Love You," faces the city head on. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2021-08-19 13:00:47 UTC ]
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