Literary 360: Rebecca Chace on Going from Screenplay to Novel to Screenplay

June 11, 2010
Literary 360: Rebecca Chace on Going from Screenplay to Novel to Screenplay

Share By Rebecca Chace I didn’t know anything about writing screenplays, but the novel first appeared in my head as a movie. At the time I was a working actor who had grown up in a family of New York writers and didn’t think of myself as a writer. Don’t get me wrong, I wrote constantly: backstage [...]

Proof that Brooklyn Rocks the Literary World!

June 4, 2010
Proof that Brooklyn Rocks the Literary World!

Share By Erin L. Cox With this week’s release of the authors slated for The Brooklyn Book Festival, it seems clear that Brooklyn is the center of the literary universe.  As has been noted in an earlier story from our BEA coverage, Edward Nawotka, Publishing Perspectives‘ Editor in Chief, and I often diverge on the debate of Brooklyn’s [...]

Oxford’s AIA Guide to New York City Makes Me Glad to Be a New Yorker

June 4, 2010
Oxford’s AIA Guide to New York City Makes Me Glad to Be a New Yorker

Share By Erin L. Cox Last night, I attended a delightful event at The Queens Museum of Art in honor of Oxford University Press’ new edition of the AIA Guide to New York City.  If you have never seen an AIA guide, they are a truly impressive record of all of New York City’s architectural offerings….and I [...]

Novelist, Psychologist Shira Nayman on Sharing the Burden of Memory

May 31, 2010
Novelist, Psychologist Shira Nayman on Sharing the Burden of Memory

Share Earlier this year, writer and clinical psychologist Shira Nayman published her powerful novel, The Listener. Set two years after the end of World War II in an American psychiatric hospital, the story focuses on the relationship between the chief psychiatrist and a troubled patient who is suffering from severe Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder following his return from the front lines. [...]

Amazon’s Jon Fine on Self-Publishing, Plans to Publish in Translation, and More

May 28, 2010
Amazon’s Jon Fine on Self-Publishing, Plans to Publish in Translation, and More

Share By Erin L. Cox On Monday, May 24th, Book Expo America hosted the DIY Authors Conference and Marketplace in association with Writer Magazine and The Gotham Writers’ Workshop. Jon Fine, Director of Author & Publisher Relations for Amazon.com, was one of the speakers with a talk entitled “Advance Your Career with DIY Publishing.” Publishing Perspectives was able [...]

The International Forum of the Novel, The Villa Gillet

May 28, 2010
The International Forum of the Novel, The Villa Gillet

Share By Cédric Duroux This week, The Villa Gillet and Le Monde, in partnership with France Inter, hosted The International Forum on the Novel. Raphaëlle Rérolle and Guy Walter are the co-directors of the event. This is an event where writers, translators and the literary press come together for discussions about contemporary literature. Yet other fields such [...]

Join the 50th Anniversary Celebration of To Kill a Mockingbird

May 27, 2010
Join the 50th Anniversary Celebration of <em>To Kill a Mockingbird</em>

Share By Erin L. Cox July 11th marks the 50th Anniversary of the publication of Harper Lee’s classic To Kill a Mockingbird. Publisher HarperCollins has pulled out all the stops and created a summer-long anniversary celebration, bringing together those that have loved the book in a variety of ways. Want to show your love for To Kill a Mockingbird?  [...]

Invite Recap: Will I See You On the Party Circuit at BEA?

May 21, 2010
Invite Recap: Will I See You On the Party Circuit at BEA?

Share By Erin L. Cox On May 5th, I wrote a blog post shamelessly asking for Book Expo America party invites.  I have been asked for some follow-up, so I wanted to let you know that two weeks later, I have a few real party invites and a few reminders to come to big events/soirees. With just a few [...]

The Best Kinds of Authors are the Ones Who Get You Drunk

May 18, 2010
The Best Kinds of Authors are the Ones Who Get You Drunk

Share By Erin L. Cox Let me start by writing a disclaimer.  Please drink responsibly…and preferably with a mixologist on-hand!  That’s what I did Sunday night at The Manhattan Cocktail Classic Event, “Chasing the White Dog in Manhattan: The History of Moonshine with the Legendary Junior Johnson and the Craft Distilling of Today.” My friends and mixologists Paul [...]

Mister Splashypants Goes to Washington

May 14, 2010
Mister Splashypants Goes to Washington

Share By Erin L. Cox Okay, this story has nothing to do with Mister Splashypants directly, but it brings up a lot of questions that arose in an earlier post I wrote about Alexis Ohanian’s speech at TED about Greenpeace’s “Name the Whale” campaign and how, once you let things out online, it is near-impossible to try to control [...]

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