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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September 28, 2012
Writer’s Bloq to Launch Bloqparty Reading Tour
Beginning November 4th in Cambridge, MA, and ending November 9th in New York City, Writer’s Bloq is hosting a series of literary events, the Bloqparty Tour, to be attended by both writers and publishing professionals in eight cities up and down the northeast coast. Read more...
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September 25, 2012
Ulysses to a Scholar: Catching Up with a Joyce Scholar Just After the Annual Bloomsday Celebrations in Dublin
Every time it's significant. Every time it's somewhat different. And every time I just needed to get back to the text. The book gets different as you age–your relationship to the story changes as you change. When you're younger than the characters, or the same age, or older, it changes Read more...
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September 25, 2012
Awards
Award listing reprinted from the October/November Writer's Chronicle. Read more...
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September 19, 2012
Star Actress Signs on to Upcoming Emily Dickinson Biopic
Emily Dickinson, the great 19th century American poet and noted recluse, will be portrayed by actress Cynthia Nixon in an upcoming film. Nixon is perhaps best known for her role as Miranda in the television series, Sex and the City. Read more...
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September 19, 2012
Live Novel-Writing: The Naked Writer Project
Fantasy writer Silvia Hartmann has made the composition of her next novel, The Dragon Lords, open to the public. She's calling it "The Naked Writer Project." Read more...
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September 19, 2012
On Demand Books to Become Major Presence
On Demand Books, makers of the Espresso Book Machine, has partnered with Eastman Kodak and ReaderLink Distribution Services. Currently, the Espresso can only be found in a few bookstores and libraries throughout the nation, but this partnership promises to make on-demand book printing paired with the Kodak Picture Kiosk available at approximately 105,000 new locations worldwide. Read more...
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September 11, 2012
The Early Days of AWP
In the beginning, at the dawn of the 1970s, there was Verlin and Kay Cassill at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Read more...
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September 7, 2012
Natasha Trethewey Gives Inaugural Reading as Poet Laureate
Natasha Tretheway, a member of AWP's board of directors since 2010, will give her inaugural reading as Poet Laureate next Thursday, September 13 at 7:00 p.m. in the Coolidge Auditorium of the Library's Thomas Jefferson Building, 101 Independence Avenue SE. Read more...
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September 4, 2012
Career Advice Article Opportunities for Writers: Teaching English Abroad
You've completed your degree and are ready to do something different. But you need to earn money, too. Living and working abroad, whether short- or long-term, can be a valuable experience, especially for writers. Read more...
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September 4, 2012
Advice from the Field MA and MFA: The Final Word
While an MFA in creative writing is considered by most to be the terminal degree for those writers seeking academic training and the rewards thereof, many English departments and writing programs offer an MA in English (magister artium in the Latin) where creative writing can be chosen as a specialization area rather than technical communication, rhetoric/composition, literature, linguistics, or even film. Read more...
