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 13, 2013
Kurt Brown, Poet and Advocate, has Died
American poetry, and the larger literary world, lost one of its biggest champions on the night of June 16, when Kurt Brown died from a stroke in his sleep, in California. Read more...
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August 6, 2013
BookBar Thrives in Denver
While infamously and historically books and booze have always gone hand-in-hand (at least for some writers), BookBar, a new bookstore/restaurant-and-bar in Denver, Colorado, provides a new way to have the book-buying and beer-drinking experience. Read more...
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August 6, 2013
The Rise of the Airport Library
Libraries are now teaming up with airports to provide frequent fliers with a new option to keep busy during and between flights. Read more...
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August 6, 2013
An Opera by Margaret Atwood Will See the Stage
Margaret Atwood’s first commissioned opera, Pauline, is due to open next May in Canada. Read more...
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July 26, 2013
Moveable Type: Talking with Ross Leckie, Editor of the Fiddlehead, Canada’s Oldest Literary Magazine
We feature international as well as Canadian writers of fiction and poetry in addition to book reviews and personal essays. Writers have really made a big name for themselves by having their work in the Fiddlehead. Read more...
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July 25, 2013
Woody Allen v. Faulkner; Judge Rules in Favor of Woody
Faulkner Literary Rights LLC lost their court case against Sony Pictures concerning a nine-word phrase spoken by actor Owen Wilson in Woody Allen’s 2011 film Midnight In Paris. Read more...
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July 25, 2013
National Endowment for the Arts Awards Translation Fellowships
The National Endowment for the Arts announced $250,000 in grants were given to sixteen translators in support of translating works into English from thirteen languages and fifteen countries. Read more...
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July 19, 2013
I Am Legend Author Richard Matheson, Dead at 87
Author Richard Matheson died at his home Sunday, June 25th, 2013. He was eighty-seven years old. Read more...
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July 16, 2013
Mobile Library in Mexico City
A new project brings books to the streets of Mexico City. Local arts nonprofit Alumnos 47 converted a Freightliner M2 20K truck into a 215 square-foot mobile library with the capacity for 1,500 books on visual art and culture. Read more...
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July 16, 2013
Will Jane Austen be the Next Face on the Ten Pound Note?
Jane Austen might become the face of the new £10 note according to retiring Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King. Read more...