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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November 12, 2015
Charlie Hedbo Editor’s Manifesto on Free Speech to be Published Posthumously
In January 2016, Little, Brown and Company will publish a manifesto about free speech by Stephane Charbonnier, the assassinated editor of the French satire magazine Charlie Hedbo. Read more...
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November 11, 2015
Virtual-Reality Journalism Comes to the New York Times Magazine
The New York Times Magazine released its first contributions to the virtual-reality journalism field on Sunday—two films that convey different narratives. Read more...
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November 10, 2015
University Press Week Begins!
University Press Week, an annual celebration of academic presses, launched this past Sunday. Read more...
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November 6, 2015
News Roundup
A selection of literary goings-on that caught our eye this week. Read more...
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November 4, 2015
First American Writers Museum to Open in Chicago
The American Writers Museum (AWM), founded in 2010 by Malcolm O’Hagan, a retired executive, will open on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago in early 2017. Read more...
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November 4, 2015
National Novel Writing Month Begins!
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) kicked off this past Sunday, which means writers everywhere are drafting 50,000-word novels until 11:59 pm on November 30. Read more...
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November 4, 2015
Apple Asks Supreme Court to Reverse the E-Books Price-Fixing Decision
Apple asked the Supreme Court to overturn a 2013 appeals court decision by Judge Denise Cote, which found the company liable for conspiring with five publishers to increase e-books prices. Read more...
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November 4, 2015
“The Poetry Method” Creates Difficult-to-Crack Computer Passwords
Two computational linguists at the University of Southern California have found that the “Poetry Method” may hold the key for creating computer passwords that are both memorable and difficult to crack, reports USC Village writer Sheyna Gifford. Read more...
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October 28, 2015
Ongoing Civil War Spurs Revolution in Syrian Poetry
Syria’s ongoing civil war has galvanized Syrian poets to produce more documentary poetry and less coded metaphor and allegory, reports Los Angeles Times writer Jeffrey Fleishman. Read more...
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October 28, 2015
Campus Equity Week Highlights the Plight of Adjuncts and Untenured Faculty
Campus Equity Week 2015, an annual event founded by the Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor that aims to raise awareness of adjunct and faculty equity issues, kicked off with a Congressional briefing on Monday, October 26. Read more...