Roxane Gay, Katie Roiphe and Carmen Maria Machado, among others, are writing passionate, polemical sexual confessionals. Continue reading at 'The Washington Post'
[ The Washington Post | 2021-06-17 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's indie Nosy Crow is mounting an open call for submissions from writers of colour to broaden its picture books list. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-21 11:03:39 UTC ]
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A record nine debut writers have made the longlist for the £20,000 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize, including Raven Leilani, Naoise Dolan and Gabriel Krauze. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-20 15:36:22 UTC ]
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If you're looking for uplifting book club books for 2020, we've got you covered! We compiled a list of 15 feel-good books that are sure to be heartwarming. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-01-20 11:34:00 UTC ]
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Nadia Owusu recounts her sense of dislocation and her search for a place to call home. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-01-15 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Sevastian Volkov has won this year’s Impress Prize for New Writers, for his YA novel Orris and the Shadow Maiden. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-14 11:33:47 UTC ]
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HarperCollins imprint Mudlark has swooped for “classic in the making” Notes from a Summer Cottage by award-winning Swedish poet and essayist Nina Burton. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-13 20:57:26 UTC ]
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The London Library's Emerging Writers Programme will run for a third year in 2021, including a new Virago Participation Bursary to support Black women and Black non-binary people overcoming financial barriers to accessing it. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-11 12:47:07 UTC ]
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The National Book Award recipient plumbed the natural world for its wisdom, exploring the Arctic tundra, the Antarctic waters and the spaces in between. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-30 17:34:15 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury founder and chief executive Nigel Newton and former Children's Laureate Anthony Browne have been awarded CBEs for services to the publishing industry and to literature respectively in the New Year's Honours list. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-30 02:25:11 UTC ]
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In Tony Godfrey’s entertaining book, artists, curators, museums and the all-devouring art market elbow one another for space on every page. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-12-29 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Cornerstones Literary Consultancy has been awarded Arts Council funding for its Elevate mentoring scheme, following a successful pilot run. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-18 23:53:53 UTC ]
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We take a look at how the coronavirus has prompted art and design professionals to adjust their process in innovative ways. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Lit Lists Literary translation’s 2020 story is one of abundance and adaptation. Like most books published this year, dozens of new translations were published during a global pandemic. Events quickly moved from bookstores to Zoom. Writers and... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2020-12-14 20:55:17 UTC ]
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On Late Night with Seth Meyers this week, Slave Play and Daddy playwright Jeremy O. Harris announced he is donating a collection of 15 plays by Black playwrights to 53 libraries and community centers across the United States—and is donating one such collection to Northwestern University in Seth... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-12-09 17:29:54 UTC ]
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Black History Matters: The Story of Black History, From African Kingdoms to Black Lives Matter by historian Robin Walker has been crowned the winner of the 2020 ALCS Educational Writers’ Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-09 12:12:03 UTC ]
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Lack of funding for libraries is as dangerous as any conquering army in this chronicle of information destroyed throughout the ages. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2020-12-08 21:32:42 UTC ]
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Indie-focused retail site Bookshop.org has now made more than £500,000 for stores in just over a month since its launch. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-08 05:04:07 UTC ]
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Author Lauren James has established The Climate Fiction Writers League, a group of over 50 international published authors writing about climate change. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-07 22:31:59 UTC ]
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Book Reviews Sonia Nimr / Source: TAMER Institute for Community Education This whirlwind adventure begins with protagonist Qamar’s birth and follows her life along the titular wondrous journeys around the Mediterranean. Less novel than novella,... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2020-12-07 20:34:56 UTC ]
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The Bad Sex in Fiction Award 2020 has been cancelled with organisers saying people have been “subjected to too many bad things this year” already. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-07 20:14:15 UTC ]
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