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 13, 2014
Amtrak Offers Writing Residencies Aboard Trains
Amtrak has started offering free round-trip rides, long ones of two-to-five days in length, dedicated to writing aboard its trains. Read more...
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March 13, 2014
Have $200K? Buy Your Way Onto the Bestseller List
Should authors be able to pay their way onto best-seller lists? A company named ResultSource Inc. (RSI) would likely answer yes. Read more...
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March 13, 2014
Helsinki Library to Include Sauna
Helsinki’s new central library will not only feature a movie theatre and restaurant, but there will be a sauna as well. Read more...
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March 1, 2014
Moveable Type: Talking with Ravi Shankar, Founding Editor & Executive Director of Drunken Boat
As the founding editor and executive director of Drunken Boat, Ravi Shankar took some time out to answer questions about his journal. Read more...
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February 20, 2014
AWP 2014 Seattle Conference & Bookfair opens February 26, featuring 2,000 Presenters and 550 Literary Events
Now the largest literary conference in North America, the 2014 AWP Conference & Bookfair will take place February 26 to March 1 at the Washington State Convention Center and Sheraton Seattle Hotel. More than 11,000 people are expected to attend. Read more...
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February 19, 2014
#AWP14 Bookfair is Open to the Public Saturday
The bookfair will be open to the public free of charge on Saturday, March 1. Read more...
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February 19, 2014
Reading and Drinking in Public, Quietly
Once a month, the Fireside Room at the Sorrento Hotel in Seattle holds a popular silent reading party. On the first Wednesday of every month, patrons are invited to bring a book, grab a drink, sit by the fire, and read. Read more...
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February 19, 2014
New in the UK: Get an MA in Self-Publishing
The University of Central Lancashire has launched the first degree program in self-publishing. Beginning in September this year, the Master’s program aims to “legitimize” self-publishing and consists of a mix of lectures, seminars, and workshops. Read more...
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February 12, 2014
Petitioned by Protesters, Penguin Quits New Book in India: Is This the Next Satanic Verses?
Prompting an outcry from scholars, writers, lawyers, and other free speech advocates, Penguin recently withdrew publication in India of The Hindus: An Alternative History by Wendy Doniger in response to a petition from a Hindu fundamentalist group. Read more...
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February 12, 2014
Congress Gives Attention to College Adjunct Controversy
Maria C. Maisto, an adjunct professor at Cuyahoga Community College and leader of the adjunct advocacy group New Faculty Majority appeared before Congress last fall to address colleges’ responses to the Affordable Care Act. Read more...
