Candy Gourlay will explore how books can be both mirrors and windows to the world in her new role as BookTrust’s writer in residence. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Candy Gourlay will explore how books can be both mirrors and windows to the world in her new role as BookTrust’s writer in residence. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nature writer Nicola Davies has been appointed BookTrust’s new writer-in-residence. Davies, who takes over the role from Nadia Shireen, will use her six-month residency to encourage children to explore the natural world around them. “I’m very happy to have been chosen to be a Writer in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sarah McIntyre has been unveiled as the new online Writer-Illustrator in Residence for reading charity BookTrust. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Now with a 'pitch slam' event in which writers present projects to agents, the November 'Writer's Summit' is co-chaired by The Guardian's Alison Flood. The post ‘Writer’s Summit’ from London Book Fair and Writer’s Digest Announces Pitch Slam Agents appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Sunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award is given annually to the best work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry by a British or Irish author of 35 or under. Here at the British Council, we're proud to work with the Prize to support the selected writers early in their... Continue reading at British Council global
[ British Council global | 2023-02-13 14:40:41 UTC ]
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Photo credit: Nigel DaviesSunday Times Charlotte Aitken Young Writer of the Year Award marks the 30th anniversary with one of it's most decorated shortlists to date:• Irish novelist Megan Nolan for her darkly funny debut novel Acts of Desperation;• US-based writer Anna Beecher for her novel... Continue reading at British Council global
[ British Council global | 2022-02-16 14:40:41 UTC ]
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Jeanette Winterson has joined the online platform Substack and been named its new writer in residence for November. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-01 06:46:24 UTC ]
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Creative writing charity Arvon has appointed Rachel Long as its first virtual writer in residence for its online programme, Arvon at Home. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-26 00:33:48 UTC ]
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Bristol arts hub and charity Knowle West Media Centre is seeking a writer who identifies as working-class to participate in a mini residency as part of the centre's Working Class Writers Festival. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-09-01 12:58:06 UTC ]
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The RSL has announced the recipients of the inaugural 2021 Sky Arts RSL Writers Awards, which celebrate and nurture British writers of colour at the beginnings of their careers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-27 17:54:16 UTC ]
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Actor Michael Sheen has called on the media industry to create more opportunities for aspiring writers and journalists from lower income and underrepresented backgrounds, as he announced a new scheme to support 11 new writers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-06-29 05:29:07 UTC ]
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#Merky Books has announced the second annual #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize, a competition that aims to discover unpublished, underrepresented writers aged 16-30 from the UK and Ireland. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-14 02:02:20 UTC ]
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Harmony Difo joins 'Publishers Weekly' as nonfiction reviews editor, replacing Mark Rotella, who left the magazine earlier this summer. Zoe Christen Jones has been hired in a newly created writer-at-large position, which includes a new magazine column on diversity, equity, and inclusion in the... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Noirwich Crime Writing Festival has today confirmed Anita Terpstra and Paddy Richardson will be its Unesco City of Literature virtual writers in residence for 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-18 15:45:42 UTC ]
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Fresh off a print and digital redesign, The New Republic formally announced a handful of new editors and writers who have joined the team in recent months. Now on the staff as deputy editors are Katie McDonough, the former senior editor at Jezebel who joined the magazine in December, and Jason... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-03-26 18:39:34 UTC ]
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BookTrust has named bestselling writer and illustrator Ed Vere as its new illustrator in residence, Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-27 08:35:10 UTC ]
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Registration opens for London Book Fair's Writers' Summit programming for authors on March 10, opening day of the 2020 fair. Author HQ program is included. The post Industry Notes: London Announces Writers’ Summit; Reed Completes India Event Buys appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-12-02 06:30:47 UTC ]
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From meditations on the d/Deaf experience to short stories blurring the mythic and the gothic with the everyday, from mixing the personal and political to a young woman uncover the truth about her family’s past – four outstanding writers have today been named on the shortlist for The Sunday... Continue reading at British Council global
[ British Council global | 2019-11-04 12:55:09 UTC ]
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Grime artist Stormzy’s #Merky Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House's William Heinemann division, has announced a prize for new writers to “promote the stories that aren’t being heard”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain has announced its 2019 shortlist for its annual awards, featuring nominations for novelists Guy Gunaratne, Nicola Mostyn and Mary Lynn Bracht. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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