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 1, 2014
The Search for Cervantes's Remains
At the time of his death in 1616, Miguel De Cervantes was not the writer of fame to which the novel The Adventures of the Ingenious Nobleman Don Quixote of La Mancha would later propel him. Read more...
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May 1, 2014
Moveable Type: Talking with Amber Nelson, Poetry Editor of alice blue review
alice blue review, based out of the Pacific Northwest, is an online journal of poetry and prose founded in 2005 by Sarah Gallien, Amber Nelson, and Will Gallien. Read more...
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April 30, 2014
A Global Mobile Reading Revolution
A year-long study conducted by UNESCO shows that a “mobile reading revolution” has begun in developing countries. Nearly five thousand people in seven countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Zimbabwe, participated in the research. Read more...
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April 30, 2014
Idaho Parents Call Police on Teen for Giving Away Banned Book
Idaho junior high student Brady Kissel raised controversy when she decided to give away Sherman Alexie’s banned young adult novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian as part of World Book Night. Read more...
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April 25, 2014
Gender and Books: Men prefer the movie version
A recent study conducted by OnePoll found that, among 2,000 British men and women surveyed, almost three-quarters of the men indicated they would choose to watch a film or television adaptation rather than read the book. Read more...
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April 18, 2014
Gabriel Garcia Márquez Has Died
Internationally beloved Nobel laureate and author, Gabriel Garcia Márquez, 87, died Thursday, April 17. Read more...
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April 18, 2014
The NEA Awards $1.4 Million in Literary Grants
With an overall budget of $146 million for 2014, up from $138 million last year, the National Endowment for the Arts announced plans to award $1.42 million to fifty-six literary nonprofits in America. Read more...
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April 17, 2014
Do Print Text Books Lead to Higher Reading Comprehension Than Their Digital Counterparts?
According to a new research study from West Chester University of Pennsylvania, print textbooks may be more effective as learning tools than digital. Read more...
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April 17, 2014
The 2014 Pulitzer Prize Winners
This year’s Pulitzer Prize for fiction went to Donna Tartt for her work Goldfinch. Read more...
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April 11, 2014
Publisher Plans to Put All Wikipedia Articles Into Print
PediaPress, a German publisher, aims to take the virtual encyclopedia Wikipedia and print it in a colossal 1,000-volume set of hardcover books. Read more...
