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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March 19, 2015
Kazuo Ishiguro’s Latest Novel Triggers Genre Wars
Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant, a novel about an old couple seeking their lost son while fighting off both ordinary and supernatural threats, is “...the weirdest, riskiest, and most ambitious thing he’s published in his celebrated 33-year career... " Read more...
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March 19, 2015
Whiting Foundation Announces its Ten Whiting Award Winners
The Whiting Foundation has announced its Whiting Award winners, which are given annually to ten emerging writers in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. Read more...
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March 19, 2015
City Lights to Publish First Children’s Book
City Lights, a sixty-year old independent bookstore and publisher in San Francisco notable for its publishing Allen Ginsberg’s Howl and Other Poems in 1956, is publishing its first children’s book. Read more...
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March 19, 2015
Andrew Solomon Elected President of PEN American Center
The PEN American Center has elected writer and lecturer Andrew Solomon to serve as its new president. Read more...
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March 18, 2015
Maine Innkeeper Hosts Essay Contest to Give Away Her Property
Janice Sage, an innkeeper, is giving away her twelve-acre property in Maine, Center Lovell Inn and Restaurant, to the lucky winner of her 200-word essay contest. Read more...
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March 18, 2015
Straight-to-Audio Books is a Rising Art Form
Given the comeback of oral storytelling on platforms like National Public Radio (NPR), companies like Audible are calling for “straight-to-audio” books. Read more...
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March 18, 2015
Poet Richard Siken Paints to Raise Funds for Copper Canyon Press
The upcoming release of Richard Siken's second, long-awaited poetry collection, War of the Foxes, coincides with a fundraising campaign to raise $10,000 for the independent publisher Copper Canyon Press. Read more...
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March 18, 2015
National Book Critics Circle Award Winners Include Claudia Rankine & Marilynne Robinson
The recipients of the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Awards were awarded their prizes last week at a ceremony at the New School. Read more...
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March 1, 2015
Moveable Type: Talking with Lisa Pearson, Founder & Publisher of Siglio
Lisa Pearson, the founder and publisher of Siglio, answered our questions about what it means to be dedicated to publishing. Read more...
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February 27, 2015
The Poetry Foundation’s Poets in the World Series Spotlights International Poetry
Poets in the World, a series edited by poet and translator Ilya Kaminsky, is a project of the Poetry Foundation’s Harriet Monroe Poetry Institute that offers “a rare glimpse” at poetry collections. Read more...