The Literary Risk-Takers: On New Migrant and Refugee Fiction

I can’t attend, for the road between my poem and Damascus is cut off for postmodern reasons. –“I Can’t Attend,” by Ghayath Almadhoun * No ISBN sequence can keep track the world’s recent homeless, but the books won’t stop coming. As the refugee crisis grows unremittingly, with people out of Syria, El Salvador, Rwanda, Afghanistan, […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

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Breaking Digital Ground: E-books and Small Press Literary Publishers

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Non-fiction appeals before opening of LBF

Non-fiction projects with an international reach are in high demand ahead of this year’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fiction rules 2012 ebook sales

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pippa Middleton dropped by her literary agent. Why?

Pippa Middleton and David Goodwin have parted ways. Pippa Middleton's first book was a flop. But you haven't seen the last of Pippa Middleton and her writing. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Corvus buys Haynes fiction debut

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DK moves into narrative non-fiction

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Arnott and Kennedy on Amazon US literary imprint

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is There a Dearth of Literary Agents in Developing Markets?

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary Asia on the Rise and Translators Are Key, Says Agent

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Malaysia’s Tan Twan Eng Takes $30,000 Man Asian Literary Prize

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women's Fiction prize returns, announces longlist

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New award targets Scandinavian crime fiction

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary Magazines Adapt to the Digital Age

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Small Publishers Rule Pen/Faulkner Fiction Award Shortlist

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown launches literary e-imprint

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Jim Gavin talks about the mix of fact and fiction in 'Middle Men'

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