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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May 7, 2015
Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle to Become a TV Show
Kurt Vonnegut’s 1963 novel, Cat’s Cradle, will be adapted for television by IM Global Television, Entertainment Weekly reports. Brad Yonover and Sandi Love will serve as co-executive producers for the series. Read more...
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May 7, 2015
The Obama Administration’s Pledge to Donate eBooks to Low-Income Children Raises Concerns
During his visit to the Anacostia Library last week, President Obama announced his plan to donate $250 million dollars’ worth of eBooks to children of low-income families. Read more...
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May 7, 2015
Bob Shacochis Wins the 2015 George Garrett Award
The AWP Board of Directors presented this year’s George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature to Bob Shacochis. Read more...
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May 1, 2015
Moveable Type: Talking with Richard Peabody, Owner of Paycock Press & Editor of Gargoyle Magazine
Richard Peabody, the owner of Paycock Press and editor of Gargoyle Magazine, answered our questions about what keeps the press around. Read more...
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April 29, 2015
The Emoji Translation Project
Fred Benenson and Chris Mulligan are trying to raise $15,000 through Kickstarter to fund their brainchild, The Emoji Translation Project, which consists of a digital dictionary and print phrasebook that will translate emoji into English. Read more...
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April 29, 2015
Writer Argues that Awards Honor Young Writers Over “Late Bloomers”
Meryl Streep’s development of The Writers Lab, a program of New York Women in Film & Television that seeks to develop screenplays by female writers who are forty years old and older, is her attempt to combat ageism in Hollywood. Read more...
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April 29, 2015
Salman Rushdie and Andrew Solomon Respond to Critics of PEN’s Charlie Hebdo Tribute
In response to critics of PEN American Center’s decision to award Paris-based satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo with the 2015 Freedom of Expression Courage Award at the 2015 PEN Literary Gala—set to occur on May 5, 2015—Salman Rushdie had some strong, fighting words. Read more...
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April 22, 2015
Anthony Doerr, Gregory Pardlo, & Elizabeth Kolbert Among Pulitzer Prize Winners
The 99th annual Pulitzer Prize winners in Letters, Drama, and Music, as well as in Journalism, were announced today by Columbia University. Read more...
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April 22, 2015
D.A. Powell Receives 2015 Shelley Memorial Award
The Poetry Society of America has announced that D.A. Powell, author of five poetry collections, including Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys, has received the 2015 Shelley Memorial Award. Read more...
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April 22, 2015
First Bookstore that Sells Only Self-Published Books Opens in Florida
Seeking a platform to showcase the work of self-published authors while building a literary community, independent authors Patti Brassard Jefferson and Timothy Jacobs have founded a bookstore in Fort Myers, Florida that only sells self-published books. Read more...