Longwood University has revealed the five finalists for the 2021 John Dos Passos Prize, the oldest literary award granted by a university or college in Virginia. The prize, now in its 40th year, seeks to recognize the country’s “most talented but under-appreciated writers.” Previous winners include Paul Beatty (2015), Ruth Ozeki (2014), and Colson Whitehead […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-09-20 15:56:12 UTC ]
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Transworld has won "a highly competitive" auction to publish stand-up comedian and "Britain’s Got Talent" winner Lee Ridley, aka Lost Voice Guy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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English PEN is collaborating with BBC Proms on a new outreach project, Brave New Voices. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tash Aw, Jesse Greengrass and Fiona Mozley are among the 31 winners of the Society of Authors 2018 Authors' Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The coming together of the United States' two PEN chapters has given the organization a chance to refocus its Bingham Prize for debut short stories, and it will be awarded in February. The post PEN America Announces Refocused Short Story Debut Award, the Bingham Prize appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group and New Writing North are creating a new award for debut children’s writers from the North of England. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A small shop on sleepy Main Street with books warmly displayed from floor to ceiling. That's indie bookselling for you, right? Hardly. The realities of day-to-day business are vastly more complex and challenging. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A German author is taking Random House to court for declining to release his book Hostile Takeover: How Islam Hampers Progress and Threatens Society which it originally signed on the basis of a 10-page proposal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SERIES The 100 Discord among the factions threatens to spill over and spell very possible doom for all concerned in a new episode of the science fiction drama. With Eliza Taylor, Paige Turco and Henry Ian Cusick. 8 p.m. KTLA Outdaughtered Parents Danielle and Adam Busby have their hands full now... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Naming issues on which 'we are in almost complete alignment,' the UK's author-advocacy organization and revenue collection agency lay out talking points to the Publishers Association in an open letter. It's a new call 'to give everyone a bigger share of the pie." The post How Much Do Writers... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Ondaatje speaks Sunday after winning the Golden Man Booker Prize for his novel "The English Patient" at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A festival celebrating contemporary writing from the Americas is to launch in the UK for the first time this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kenyan writer Makena Onjerika has won the 2018 Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story “Fanta Blackcurrant”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Society of Authors (SoA) and the Authors Licensing and Collection Society (ALCS) have written an open letter taking issue with the Publishers Association’s questioning of figures unveiled in a recent survey showing writers’ earnings have fallen by 15% in four years, calling them... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Responding to a survey that found the median author income had dropped to £10,500, Publishers Association said the figures were ‘unrecognisable’The Society of Authors has issued a sharply worded challenge to the UK’s biggest publishers after the chief executive of the Publishers Association... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 26 winners of the Northern Writers’ Awards have been revealed, sharing a prize pot of £40,000, following the “most competitive” ever selection process. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philip Pullman, Antony Beevor and Sally Gardner call for fairer share of profits, as survey shows full-time writers earn below minimum wagePhilip Pullman, Antony Beevor and Sally Gardner are calling on publishers to increase payments to authors, after a survey of more than 5,500 professional... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fresh from her win of this year's Women's Prize for Fiction, Kamila Shamsie is joining Susan Hill and Andrew Holgate in judging the Young Writer of the Year prize. The post Kamila Shamsie Joins Susan Hill in Judging the Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year Award appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As it does twice each year, GfK MRI released its latest round of magazine audience estimates—the average per-issue readership among U.S. adults for about 200 of the most widely-read magazines—based on consumer research conducted over a nine-month period. The Spring 2018 figures—drawn from the... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little Tiger imprint Stripes has chosen stories by four unpublished writers to feature in its upcoming Proud anthology by LGBTQ+ authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Offensive opinions. Bullying. Sexual misconduct. As the literary world is rocked by scandal US publishers are asking authors to sign contracts with ‘morality clauses’. Are they really the answer?When the American Libraries Association awards its Andrew Carnegie medals in New Orleans later this... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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