The Society of Authors in Scotland has been awarded a grant in the latest round of funding from Creative Scotland to host ScotsWrite, a three-day event for authors in Glasgow. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Jon Krakauer's upcoming book 'Missoula' will center on stories he was told by those who said they experienced sexual assault at the University of Montana. Krakauer is also the author of 'Into Thin Air.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Group representing Donna Tartt, Stephen King and others says Amazon tactics have driven sales down by at least 50%Some of the worlds most famous authors escalated their heated dispute with Amazon on Monday, publishing a letter to retailers board warning of the ugly history of blocking book... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Illustrator Paul Kidby will be giving away copies of a print showing his design for one of London... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Author Julian Gough is using Kickstarter to part-fund a writing research trip to Las Vegas. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Authors including Sebastian Faulks, P D James, Howard Jacobson, India Knight and Richard Dawkins... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The industry of business events is a veritable growth machine, with publishers, service providers and just about everybody else seeing live get-togethers as moneymakers and can't-miss marketing vehicles. But the details of event planning can be an analogue mess, and a web software startup... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
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Chief executive of 9,000-member UK group argues that while 'authors' earnings are going down generally, those of publishers are increasing'After figures released this week showed professional authors' median annual incomes have collapsed to to £11,000, The Society of Authors' chief executive has... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Two years after its launch, Kobo Writing Life (KWL), ebook retailer Kobo’s self-publishing channel, carries more than 250,000 self-published digital titles by over 30,000 authors who publish regularly through KWL. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The event takes place on June 12, and while the general admission price is set at $15, PW Daily readers can attend for free. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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HarperCollins is hosting a virtual romance festival, with contributions from fellow publishers... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Barnard College named Carmen Ren as the first ever recipient of its Axinn Foundation/Anna Quindlen Award for Creative Writing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The Savannah Book Festival announced plans to offer year-round author events, starting with Tami Hoag set to headline the Spring 2014 event. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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He's no friend of those on the political left, but he knows how to woo kids. He's been named as one of four finalists for book of the year at the Children's and Teen Choice Book AwardsName: Rush Limbaugh.Age: 63.Appearance: Angry face drawn on a pink dish.Occupation: Radio talkshow host,... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Random House Enterprises is to launch its first interactive online creative writing course. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The author of the new Asterix comic book says the Scottish landscape inspired the latest epic adventure Asterix and the Picts. Continue reading at BBC News
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Kobo and Curtis Brown have teamed up to create free scholarships for the Curtis Brown Creative... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Pan Macmillan is the latest publisher to start offering creative writing tutoring. It will begin... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Sir Sandy Crombie, chairman of the board of Creative Scotland, has acknowledged that his... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Ian Rankin, A L Kennedy, Andrew O'Hagan, Alasdair Gray, Liz Lochhead, Don Paterson and Robin... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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When a man routinely hailed as one of America’s “greatest living writers” publishes a new novel, one hardly expects it to draw reviews posing questions along the lines of “Can he do it? Can he actually pull it off?” Because when you’re Michael Chabon, Pulitzer Prize winner, the act of writing a... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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