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 5, 2014
Librarians vs. Computer Algorithms
What’s better: computer-generated book recommendations, or the recommendations of a librarian? Read more...
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November 5, 2014
The Windup Bird Cafe in Toronto Offers Literary-Culinary Fusion
Less than a year ago, restaurateur, fiction writer, and playwright Sang Kim opened the Windup Bird Cafe (named after Haruki Murakami’s novel The Windup Bird Chronicle), which provides extensive literary programming to Torontonian foodie-literati. Read more...
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November 5, 2014
Florida Judge to Be Removed from Bench for Promoting Her Book in Court
The Florida Supreme Court ordered the removal of Florida Judge Judith Hawkins from Florida’s Second Circuit Court in Leon County, where she had presided since 1996, for promoting and selling her self-published book in court. Read more...
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November 5, 2014
NaNoWriMo Is Underway
It’s National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) again, which means that, for the entire month of November, thousands of aspiring and established writers everywhere are trying to work up a new novel totaling 50,000 words. Read more...
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October 30, 2014
Galway Kinnell, Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet, Has Died
The post-World War II poet, Galway Kinnell, died on Tuesday at his home in Sheffield, Vermont. He was 87. His wife, Barbara K. Bristol, attributed his death to leukemia. Read more...
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October 30, 2014
A Tweet Leads to an Organized Bookstore Lock-in
Last Friday, Waterstones hosted a sleepover for nineteen guests, who slept on airbeds with sleeping bags and took their pick of one free book. Read more...
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October 30, 2014
San Antonio International Airport Unveils Digital Public Library
Did you forget to bring a book on your trip? At San Antonio International Airport in San Antonio, Texas, you can now download up to three books from the airport’s two digital library kiosks onto your mobile device—for free. Read more...
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October 30, 2014
National Adjunct Walkout Day Set for Early 2015
Social media is buzzing about the first-ever National Adjunct Walkout Day (NAWD) planned for February 25, 2015. Read more...
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October 23, 2014
Toni Morrison’s Papers to Be Archived at Princeton
According to The New York Times, the works of Toni Morrison will be permanently archived at Princeton University. Read more...
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October 23, 2014
Elmore Leonard’s Works Will Go to the University of South Carolina
The University of South Carolina announced that it has acquired the works of the late crime writer Elmore Leonard, which include more than 450 drafts of manuscripts, short stories, and screenplays, and will feature all forty-five of his novels, among other materials. Read more...
