The Writer’s News
The Writer’s News keeps you informed about new developments in the writing world, including award and publication announcements, news from AWP and the field, and updates about important literary figures.
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May 5, 2017
Even Books Need a Rub-a-Dub-Dub
Keeping books dust-free requires a little ingenuity. Boston Public Library uses a clever solution: a “mini car wash for books” that cleans around twelve books a minute. Read more...
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May 4, 2017
Available for Rent: Emily Dickinson’s Bedroom
In Amherst, Mass., the modest second-floor bedroom where Emily Dickinson penned much of her poetry is now available for rent. Read more...
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May 3, 2017
Granta Announces its 2017 Picks for Best Young Novelists in the US
Granta, a quarterly literary magazine founded in 1889 by students at Cambridge University, devotes an issue to new American fiction once every decade. Read more...
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May 2, 2017
HarperCollins Launches #WhyIRead Giving Campaign
HarperCollins Publishers has launched a year-long giving campaign designed to highlight literacy and commemorate its 200th anniversary. Read more...
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April 27, 2017
Independent Bookstore Day is Back!
Independent Bookstore Day—a “one-day national party” celebrating independent book stores—takes place this year on Saturday, April 29. Four hundred and fifty-eight bookstores from forty-eight states will participate, which is an increase from 435 stores that participated last year. Read more...
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April 26, 2017
American Literature Stirs Readers and Writers to Action
Since the new administration took office in January, poets and writers have become increasingly visible members of the so-called “resistance” against policies proposed by the administration. Read more...
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April 20, 2017
Poets for Science
On Earth Day, April 22, the March for Science will take place on Washington, DC’s National Mall, and along with it, there will be a teach-in featuring poet Jane Hirshfield and the Wick Poetry Center under the banner of #PoetsforScience. Read more...
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April 19, 2017
The Handmaid’s Tale, the Television Series, is Coming Soon
Margaret Atwood’s 1985 dystopian novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, is getting the television series treatment, and will star Elisabeth Moss as Offred. It will arrive on screens in less than two weeks, on April 26, on Hulu—but it’s already getting rave reviews. Read more...
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April 18, 2017
Bookstore Run by and Catered to People of Color to Open in DC
Angela Marie Spring, a Latinx New Mexico–native and the daughter of Panamanian immigrants, has decided to found a DC bookstore “owned, operated, and managed by a majority of people of color.” Read more...
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April 7, 2017
Amazon to Open New Brick-and-Mortar Bookstore in New York
Amazon will open its second brick-and-mortar bookstore in New York City this summer. Read more...
