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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August 14, 2014
Trending: Writers and Readers in India Explore Taboo Subject of Sex
Until Fifty Shades of Grey hit the shelves, Indian readers had been generally hesitant to peruse erotica or sexually explicit literature. Read more...
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August 7, 2014
Publishing Industry Sees Drop in Gifting of Books
According to Nielsen Book, the UK publishing industry is seeing fewer printed books bought as gifts, the number having dwindled by nine million in the span of a year. Overall, the book market dropped by four percent between 2012 and 2013. Read more...
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August 7, 2014
Frank Bidart and James Wolcott Among 2014 PEN Literary Award Winners
The PEN American Center announced the winners of the 2014 PEN Literary Awards last week, which include poet Frank Bidart, critic James Wolcott, and playwright David Rabe. Read more...
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August 7, 2014
Lost Dr. Seuss Stories to Be Republished
Random House Books for Young Readers will release a collection of four little-known Dr. Seuss stories this September, titled Horton and the Kwuggerbug and More Lost Stories. The tales were originally published in Redbook magazine in the 1950’s but have never before been released in picture book form. Read more...
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August 7, 2014
Ulysses to Become Virtual Reality Game
James Joyce’s notoriously daunting modernist tome, Ulysses, is being adapted into a virtual reality video game to appeal to a larger reading public. Read more...
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July 30, 2014
Yaddo is Officially a National Historic Landmark
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Representative Paul Tonko recently unveiled a plaque officially designating Yaddo Mansion, the secluded property of the famed artists’ colony in Saratoga Springs, NY, as a National Historic Landmark this past Saturday. Read more...
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July 30, 2014
Three J.D. Salinger Stories Out of Print for 70 Years Now Available
Darrin Devault and Tom Graves of independent publisher Devault-Graves have published three stories written by a young J.D. Salinger in the 1940s. Read more...
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July 30, 2014
J.K. Rowling Appeared as Alter Ego Robert Galbraith for Recent Interview
Dressed very business-like in suit and tie, J.K. Rowling made a rare appearance at the 2014 Harrogate Crime Writing Festival as her pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Read more...
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July 30, 2014
North Carolina Poet Laureate’s Resignation Draws Attention to Importance of Laureateship
The swift resignation of North Carolina’s recently appointed poet laureate Valerie Macon this month, whose appointment caused uproar in the state’s literary community, has drawn the attention of the reading public to the purpose and importance of state poet laureates. Read more...
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July 24, 2014
Giovanni’s Room, the Country’s Oldest LGBT Bookstore, Rumored to Reopen
To the delight of brick-and-mortar bookstore supporters and print book fans everywhere, Giovanni’s Room in Philadelphia, the oldest existing LGBT bookstore in the country, is rumored to reopen this fall. Read more...
