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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July 20, 2016
Want to Work at this Bookstore? Take the Quiz.
The Strand Book Store of New York City’s Greenwich Village has a special requirement of prospective employees: a “pass” on its book quiz. Read more...
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July 19, 2016
Suspension of Author’s Blog Provokes Concerns Over Censorship
Google’s unexpected and unexplained suspension of a writer-artist’s blog has provoked outcry from the arts community. Read more...
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July 15, 2016
The NEA’s Big Read Program Shifts Gear for 10th Anniversary
The NEA announced for the tenth anniversary of its Big Read program that it was changing its list of titles to focus on contemporary authors. The list includes twenty-eight books, thirteen of which are new to the Big Read. The list is geared toward “community programming” beginning this fall. Read more...
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July 15, 2016
The Print Books Renaissance Continues
Publishers Weekly reports that sales of print books have continued to rise in the first half of 2016. Read more...
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July 13, 2016
Juan Felipe Herrera’s Poem Commemorates Lives Lost to Recent US Violence
US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera shared an original poem that commemorates the lost lives of Philando Castile, Alton Sterling, Dallas police officers Lorne Ahrens, Michael Krol, Michael J. Smith, Brent Thompson, and Patrick Zamarripa, their families, and the injured. Read more...
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July 13, 2016
Six Kinds of Emotional Arcs Make Up Literature, Study Finds
Only six kinds of core emotional narratives make up literature, according to a study performed by a team of scientists at The University of Vermont, Science Alert reports. Read more...
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July 11, 2016
The Center for Fiction Announces its 2016 Fellows
The Center for Fiction has named the nine writers—selected from seven hundred and two applications—chosen for 2016 fellowships. Read more...
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July 11, 2016
Marvel’s New Iron Man Stars Fifteen-Year-Old Black Female Lead
A new character will succeed Tony Stark as Iron Man in Marvel’s Civil War II comic series: a fifteen-year-old African American woman named Riri Williams. Read more...
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July 7, 2016
Poets Geoffrey Hill and Yves Bonnefoy Have Passed Away
Over the last week we lost three giants of world literature: Elie Wiesel, previously written about on our news blog, and two poets, Geoffrey Hill and Yves Bonnefoy. Read more...
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July 6, 2016
South African Writer Lidudumalingani Wins £10,000 Caine Prize
Lidudumalingani, a South African writer as well as a filmmaker and photographer, has won the 2016 Caine Prize for African Writing for his short story, “Memories We Lost.” Read more...
