NPR

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NPR staff interviews authors for the 20th annual Library of Congress virtual National Book Festival.

SFX

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RELEASED OUT NOW! 442 pages | Hardback/ebook/audiobook Author Rena Barron Publisher HarperVoyager There’s something comforting about epic fantasy. You know the broad strokes you’re likely to get: protagonist with a destiny, dark lord, invented land w

Da Man

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1 “Figure It Out” is a nonfiction collection of essays by poet, artist, critic and novelist Wayne Koestenbaum containing twenty-six ecstatic collisions between his mind and the world. It is both a guidebook for, and the embodiment of, the practices o

Poets & Writers

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Feedback from readers Kevin Larimer’s “Maybe This Is Enough for Now” (July/August 2020), calmed the ruthless self-critic who kept nagging me for not using quarantine time to write. After reading the Editor’s Note, I recalled the 2019 Kauai Writers Co

The Millions

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The Aspen Words Literary Prize was awarded yesterday to Tayari Jones for An American Marriage, at a ceremony in New York City. The prize, which operates out of the Aspen Institute, awards $35,000 annually to “an influential work of fiction that illum

Poets & Writers

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The program offers tracks in these genres. P = Poetry; F = Fiction; N = Nonfiction; T = Translation; NGS = Not Genre-Specific; + = Additional Genres, such as playwriting/drama, screenwriting, TV writing, writing for children and young adults, popular

Writer's Digest

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Give your writing the love it deserves at this long-running specialty conference where romance is king. WHEN: July 24–27, 2019. WHERE: New York Marriott Marquis, New York City. PRICE: $549 for RWA members, $624 for nonmembers through June 26; $649

Poets & Writers

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Areas of interest: Adult upmarket and literary fiction, literary memoir, narrative nonfiction On her bookshelf: Luster (FSG, 2020) by Raven Leilani, Sabrina & Corina (One World, 2019) by Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Salvage the Bones (Bloomsbury, 2011) by J

SFX

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RELEASED OUT NOW! 336 pages | Paperback/ebook Author Breanna Teintze Publisher Jo Fletcher Books Of all the jobs you read about in fantasy novels, you have to feel for the mages. Take Corcoran Gray. He can do all sorts of fancy magic just by writing

Capper's Farmer

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My dream of writing professionally seemed impossible. I was raising three kids on a farm and I was filled with uncertainty. You may feel the way I did. Then I saw an article like this one for the Institute of Children’s Literature, and I wanted to se

Philippine Tatler

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A woman of substance and as a novelist of great calibre are just a few of the words that have been used to describe Gina Apostol, the award-winning author of Insurrecto― a novel that tackles the famed Balangiga Massacre as the basis for two conflicti

The Writer

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How can we be more culturally sensitive in these challenging times? When is it OK to write about experiences that aren’t our own? These are two of the questions that international faculty members and attendees at the San Miguel Writers’ Conference &

Nashville Lifestyles Magazine

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Beach Read by Emily Henry (Berkley) January Andrews and Augustus Everett couldn’t be more different. January is a bestselling romance author, and Augustus writes highbrow literary fiction. But when they both find themselves with writers’ block and li

Writing Magazine

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Juno Dawson’s Proud, an anthology of stories and poetry by YA LGBTQ+ authors, was named Book of the Year at the Visionary Honours 2020, the UK’s first showbiz awards to celebrate diversity and inclusion in the arts, culture and entertainment industri

The Millions

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One can hope that we might draw lessons from the Vietnam War’s legacy of near-erasure of non-white experiences; that the growth of veterans writing workshops and anthologies will represent to future generations a more complete picture of The Forever

Harper's Bazaar Australia

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It’s easy to attribute the appeal of a short story to our ever-waning attention spans, or the lack of free time to consume anything longer than a couple of thousand words. But moral panic aside, there’s always been something joyous about the fleeting

Writing Magazine

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In October 2017, a handful of Sussex-based writers began meeting for mutual support and encouragement, writes Danielle Sensier Chalk Circle Writers critiqued each other’s work, exchanged writing tips and with the help of talented guest authors, ran t

Writer's Digest

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Connect with kindred spirits and top industry professionals at this long-running conference held in California’s Santa Cruz mountains. WHEN: April 3–7, 2020. WHERE: Mount Hermon Conference Center, Felton, Calif. PRICE: Registration is based on lodg

Writer's Digest

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Learn how your writing can create change in the world at this long-running conference in the City by the Bay. WHEN: Sept. 14, 2019. WHERE: First Unitarian Universalist Church & Center, San Francisco. PRICE: $199. WHAT MAKES THE CONFERENCE UNIQUE: I

Literary Hub

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“Allen marries several distinct genres to produce an insight into what it means to be a person with a psychiatric diagnosis—as opposed to a novelist toying with the boundaries of thought … Meta-biographical writing is at such a peak of sophistication

Denver Life Magazine

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Imagine settling into your recliner to crack open a favorite book. As the scent of the dog-eared, well-worn pages hits you, can you remember the pride you felt after finishing your first book? For nearly 20 years, Book Trust has ignited that spark of

Writer's Digest

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Enjoy a full day of intense instruction at this “How to Get Published” writing event sponsored by Writing Day Workshops in Culver City. WHEN: May 2, 2020. WHERE: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Los Angeles, Westside, Culver City, Calif. PRICE: $189 regi

Popshot Magazine

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6 – Sophie Lay is a creative writing student at the University of Gloucestershire, and has performed her work at the Cheltenham Literature Festival and Cheltenham Poetry Festival. Cultivate was inspired by her suspicion of rejuvenation and gentrifica

Fine Art Connoisseur

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Hopefully sooner rather than later, art lovers will again be exploring their favorite museums and galleries. Now consider adding to your cultural itineraries some of the fascinating artists’ homes and studios described in Valerie A. Balint’s article.

Malaysia Tatler

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Elaine Lau and her husband-cum-associate Fong Min Hun of the standalone Lit Books often exchange ideas with fellow bookstore owner Nazir Harith Fadzilah, the founder of Tintabudi, ever since they delved into the niche business of independent bookshop

Writing Magazine

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Poet Aurélien Thomas is inviting poetry and flash fiction with the theme of fatherhood for a new anthology An anthology of poetry and flash fiction is being put together by Aurélien and the artist-illustrator Michelle Morrow, with the intent to donat

Writing Magazine

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[PANK] 2020 Competitions are inviting entries of full-length and chapbook-length manuscripts. • The Big Book Contest is for full-length manuscripts. A winner in each of the poetry and fiction categories will receive a publishing contract, $1,000, a $

Literary Hub

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Renowned poets Jericho Brown (2020 Pulitzer Prize winner) and Nikky Finney (2011 National Book Award winner), formerly student and teacher, reunite to address the current moment of uprising and solidarity in the face of anti-Black violence, in a visc

Sunday Independent

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Trevor Noah’s “It’s Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood”, which is a young readers adaptation of his 2016 memoir, has been awarded the Youth Literature Award for 2020. The South African Literary Awards (SALA) celebrates

Literary Hub

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In the 30 Books in 30 Days series leading up to the March 15 announcement of the 2017 National Book Critics Circle award winners, NBCC members review the thirty finalists. Today, NBCC board member Tom Beer offers an appreciation of fiction finalist J