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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August 14, 2014
Thailand Tourists Warned Not to Carry George Orwell’s 1984
According to The Telegraph, an in-flight magazine of Philippine Airlines contains a warning for passengers not to carry a copy of George Orwell’s dystopian novel, 1984, in Thailand. Read more...
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August 14, 2014
New Saturday Bookfair Policy for #AWP15 Minneapolis
Before sales opened for the #AWP15 bookfair, AWP notified previous exhibitors that we can no longer make the bookfair free and open to the public on the Saturday of our conference. Read more...
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August 14, 2014
Barnes & Noble and Google Unite for Same-Day Delivery
When book sales giant Amazon announced the expansion of its same-day delivery service to six new U.S. cities last Wednesday (totaling ten locations), Barnes & Noble swiftly partnered with Google’s new shopping service, Google Shopping, to also offer same-day delivery in three cities. Read more...
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August 14, 2014
Joe David Bellamy, Endearing Author, Teacher, and Champion of Literature Has Died
Joe David Bellamy, a former president of the AWP Board of Directors and a prolific writer of fiction, articles, essays, poetry, and reviews, died last week. Read more...
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August 14, 2014
Trending: Writers and Readers in India Explore Taboo Subject of Sex
Until Fifty Shades of Grey hit the shelves, Indian readers had been generally hesitant to peruse erotica or sexually explicit literature. Read more...
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August 7, 2014
Publishing Industry Sees Drop in Gifting of Books
According to Nielsen Book, the UK publishing industry is seeing fewer printed books bought as gifts, the number having dwindled by nine million in the span of a year. Overall, the book market dropped by four percent between 2012 and 2013. Read more...
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August 7, 2014
Frank Bidart and James Wolcott Among 2014 PEN Literary Award Winners
The PEN American Center announced the winners of the 2014 PEN Literary Awards last week, which include poet Frank Bidart, critic James Wolcott, and playwright David Rabe. Read more...
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August 7, 2014
Lost Dr. Seuss Stories to Be Republished
Random House Books for Young Readers will release a collection of four little-known Dr. Seuss stories this September, titled Horton and the Kwuggerbug and More Lost Stories. The tales were originally published in Redbook magazine in the 1950’s but have never before been released in picture book form. Read more...
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August 7, 2014
Ulysses to Become Virtual Reality Game
James Joyce’s notoriously daunting modernist tome, Ulysses, is being adapted into a virtual reality video game to appeal to a larger reading public. Read more...
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July 30, 2014
Yaddo is Officially a National Historic Landmark
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Representative Paul Tonko recently unveiled a plaque officially designating Yaddo Mansion, the secluded property of the famed artists’ colony in Saratoga Springs, NY, as a National Historic Landmark this past Saturday. Read more...