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 18, 2016
Moveable Type: Small Beer Press
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August 18, 2016
The BBC Plans to Install a George Orwell Statue
The BBC is installing a bronze statue of one of its former employees: the Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four novelist, George Orwell. Read more...
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August 16, 2016
Barack Obama’s Latest Summer Reading List
President Barack Obama shared his 2016 summer reading list. Read more...
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August 12, 2016
News Roundup
Some things that caught our attention this week. Read more...
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August 11, 2016
American Novelist Hopes to Save James Baldwin’s Home
The Paris-based American novelist Shannon Cain aims to save James Baldwin’s seventeenth-century Provençal home in the town of Saint-Paul-de-Vence from development into luxury flats. Read more...
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August 10, 2016
Westminster College and English Professor Score $105,400 Grant for Seminar Series
The National Endowment of the Humanities has awarded a $105,400 grant to Dr. Bethany Hicok, a professor of English and director of the honors program at Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, to lead a three-week, poetry-centered summer seminar for college and university professors on “Elizabeth Bishop and the Literary Archive.” Read more...
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August 9, 2016
A Chapter a Day Keeps the Doctor Away, Study Finds
People who read books live an average of two years longer than people who don’t read books, according to new research. Read more...
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August 8, 2016
British Muslim Woman Detained for Reading a Book of Syrian Writing
On return to England from her honeymoon in Turkey, a British Muslim woman was detained for reading a book. Read more...
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August 4, 2016
Sales of “Pocket” Constitution Soar After an Emotional Speech at the Democratic National Convention
Since a father’s emotional speech at the Democratic National Convention last week, sales of a fifty-two-page pamphlet-sized version of the Constitution have skyrocketed. As of Monday, the pocket Constitution, which costs $1, was the second bestselling book on Amazon, reports The Los Angeles Times. Read more...
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August 2, 2016
JK Rowling “is done now” with Harry Potter
During this past Saturday’s premiere of JK Rowling’s pair of plays and accompanying scripts, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child—Parts One and Two, the author told Reuters: “Harry is done now.” Read more...
