Patti Smith’s Newest Memoir Puts Writing in the Spotlight
Writing is a meditative act; writing is an act of devotion. Why else do writers tremble before a blank page? Why do writers retreat to [Read More]
Writing is a meditative act; writing is an act of devotion. Why else do writers tremble before a blank page? Why do writers retreat to [Read More]
No one was more surprised than Ottawa-born Iain Reid when famed screenwriter and film director Charlie Kaufman showed interest in adapting the writer‘s first novel. “He came [Read More]
Time is running out to enter the Askew’s Foods Word on the Lake Writing Contest. The deadline is midnight on Wednesday, Feb. 28. Winners will [Read More]
From the Book of Kells to Walter Benjamin, literary history is marked with tantalizing absences – which two bibliophiles have made it their business to [Read More]
Working as an editor for an online publication a few years back, I remember receiving a draft of a story from a freelancer submitted as [Read More]
When Kit de Waal was growing up in 1970s Birmingham, no one like her – poor, black and Irish – wrote books. Forty years on, [Read More]
Author behind Country Girls trilogy scoops $50,000 prize for breaking down ‘social and sexual barriers for women in Ireland and beyond’ The Irish novelist Edna [Read More]
Award-winning novelist succeeds Anne Enright in three-year role promoting Irish literature and its formidable generations of writers The award-winning author Sebastian Barry has vowed to [Read More]
Forever and a Day, the author’s second 007 novel, will make use of material left behind by Ian Fleming to imagine Bond’s first mission Drawing [Read More]
Twelve books in running for award for writing by women showcase ‘a cornucopia of literary riches’, chair of judging panel says A literary portrait of [Read More]
JOHNSON CITY — Now that you’ve finished writing the next great American novel, it’s time to find a publisher. And that can be even more [Read More]
Penguin Young Readers has announced the launch of a new imprint, called Kokila, that will focus on diverse books for children and young adults. According [Read More]
For writers looking to switch off and immerse themselves in their work, The Bound Writers’ Retreat in Goa is accepting applications for a five day [Read More]
Los Angeles, CA – The Greater Los Angeles Writer’s Society (GLAWS), the organizer of the West Coast Writer’s Conferences (WC2), teams up with Black Château [Read More]
B.E.S.T. AwardsBookstock — metro Detroit’s biggest and best used book and media sale, where proceeds benefit literacy and education projects throughout metropolitan Detroit — is [Read More]
For my entire adult life people have paid me to write. Whether it was for this newspaper or something they put on the television the [Read More]
One of the first things you notice about Amy Tan is the razor-sharp precision with which she talks. The American writer doesn’t use a word [Read More]
Nasadiya Technologies’ run self-publishing platform Pratilipi announced on Monday that it had raised $4.3 million in Series A round of funding led by Omidyar Network [Read More]
If you’re looking for advice on how to be an indie author, podcasts are an incredible resource. If you’re not already a podcast addict then [Read More]
Knowing full well that I run the risk of sounding like a cliché, J.K. Rowling’s life story is the stuff of magic. Before the first [Read More]
Medium, the pro-am Web-publishing outfit founded by former Twitter C.E.O. Ev Williams, is bringing on a new editor to oversee its content strategy, and Time [Read More]
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