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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January 31, 2017
Roxane Gay Pulls Book from Simon & Schuster in Protest of Milo Yiannopoulos’s Book Deal
The bestselling author Roxane Gay found herself at odds with her publisher after she learned of its $250,000 book deal with the “alt-right” Breitbart Tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos. Read more...
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January 27, 2017
How Do We Advocate for the Arts and Humanities?
News of the Trump administration’s budget proposal to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) alarmed arts advocates last week. Read more...
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January 27, 2017
Sales of George Orwell’s 1984 Surge in the First Week of Trump’s Presidency
George Orwell’s 1984, a dystopian novel about an authoritarian government that uses language to control society, is suddenly flying off the shelves. Read more...
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January 26, 2017
Susan Howe Awarded Frost Medal from the Poetry Society of America
Susan Howe has been awarded the 2017 Frost Medal. The annual award is the Poetry Society of America’s highest honor, given for a poet’s lifetime achievement. Read more...
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January 25, 2017
Booksellers Draw In Women’s March Participants
We now know that over the weekend, a crowd of about 500,000 people packed the streets of Washington for what was one of the biggest worldwide political protests in US history. Read more...
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January 25, 2017
Winners of ALA Notable Books Awards, Carnegie Medals, Newbery Medals, Caldecott Honor Books, and Printz Honors Announced
The winners of the 2017 American Library Association (ALA) Notable Books Awards, Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction, Newbery Medal, Caldecott Honor Books, and Printz Honors were announced over the weekend. Read more...
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January 20, 2017
Plan to Defund Federal Government Arts Programs Is Revealed
On Thursday, January 19, The Hill reported that the incoming administration had a plan to cut the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities from the federal budget, and to privatize the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Read more...
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January 19, 2017
Rep. John Lewis’s Books Sales Jump Following Trump’s Censorious Tweet
US Representative John Lewis, who was a friend to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and fellow civil rights activist, drew the attention of President-elect Donald Trump on Friday when he said on “Meet the Press”: “I don’t see the president-elect as a legitimate president.... I think the Russians participated in helping this man get elected.” Read more...
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January 19, 2017
The Influence of Books on Obama Through His Presidency
On Friday, January 13, The New York Times’s chief book critic, Michiko Kakutani, interviewed Barack Obama about the influence literature has had on his presidency. Read more...
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January 13, 2017
National Book Critics Circle Announces Emerging Critic Fellowship
The National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) has launched a new fellowship as part of an initiative to support emerging critics. Read more...
