Becoming the Baltics: Novelist Rein Raud Reflects on the Literary Life of His Region

The novelist and scholar discusses the distinct literary characters of the three Baltic nations. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Literary Prize Will Award $150,000 to a Female Novelist

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When everything changed: Novelist Ocean Vuong reflects on a year of intense highs and lows

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Sony Gives Literary Film Division, Axed by Disney, a Second Life

Elizabeth Gabler, the executive behind hit movies like “The Devil Wears Prada,” will run a venture financed by Sony Pictures and HarperCollins Publishers. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Graphic novelist sentenced to life in prison for 2016 torture and murder of his fiancee

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Books: Rachel Cusk, the long literary life of the Replacements and more book news

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Publishing in the Baltic Region 2018: Lithuania's Alvydas Šlepikas on the Timeliness of History

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Publishing in the Baltic Region 2018: A Publisher's View of the Lithuanian Book Business

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Publishing in the Baltic Region 2018: An Introduction to Publishing in Latvia

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Publishing in the Baltic Region 2018: An Introduction to Publishing in Lithuania

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Publishing in the Baltic Region 2018: An Introduction to Estonian Literature

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Publishing in the Baltic Region 2018: Finding Lithuania's Present in Its Past

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Publishing in the Baltic Region 2018: All Our Coverage

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