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 8, 2015
The First Vietnamese Literary History Museum Opens in Ha Noi
The first Vietnamese literary history museum, a three-story, almost 40,000 square-foot building, has just opened in downtown Ha Noi. Read more...
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July 8, 2015
Poets in the World Series Aims to Open a Window for the US Literary Community
When poet Ilya Kaminsky worked at the Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute from 2011 to 2013, he began to edit a series of books with Institute Project Manager Beth Allen to bolster the awareness in the United States of poetry from outside our borders. Read more...
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July 1, 2015
Writers Respond to the Supreme Court’s Marriage Equality Ruling: “It’s Not Over”
Following the Supreme Court’s ruling that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, Los Angeles Times writers Carolyn Kellogg, David Ulin, and Nick Owchar compiled a list of twenty “classic” works of gay literature Read more...
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July 1, 2015
Are University Presses Living in a Golden Age?
Big-trade publishers have been releasing nonfiction titles that pale in comparison to those released by university presses, or so alleges Sam Leith in The Guardian. Leith argues that this heralds a golden age for university presses. Read more...
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July 1, 2015
One Publisher Answers Author Kamila Shamsie’s Call for a Year of Publishing Women
Since author Kamila Shamsie’s “provocative” call for a “Year of Publishing Women” in 2018 earlier this month, the publishing house And Other Stories has pledged to release titles written only by women in 2018, according to The Huffington Post. Read more...
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July 1, 2015
Kickstarter Features a New Publishing Venture: Waterproof Books for the Bath
Bibliobath, a company based in the Netherlands, aims to raise $10,140 to fund its mission to create waterproof books for the bath, the beach, or other potentially damp environments. Read more...
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June 25, 2015
Simon Armitage Elected to Oxford Professor of Poetry Post
The graduates of Oxford University elected British poet Simon Armitage to serve as the Oxford Professor of Poetry, beating out Wole Soyinka, A.E. Stallings, Ian Gregson, and Seán Haldane. Read more...
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June 25, 2015
Novelist and Short Story Writer James Salter Has Died
James Salter, whose scrupulous works The Washington Post essentially called “heart-breaking,” died last week in Sag Harbor, NY. Read more...
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June 25, 2015
National Endowment for the Arts’ Study Finds That One in Four Americans with Disabilities Participate in the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts just released the results of a 2012 survey of public participation in the arts that shows that 20 percent of 28 million disabled adults in the U.S. (12 percent of the adult population) are participating in the arts in some way. Read more...
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June 25, 2015
Librarian Cynthia Hurd Among Charleston Shooting Victims
After the massacre last week in Charleston, South Carolina, many are mourning the nine victims who have now been identified, including librarian Cynthia Hurd. Read more...