The acclaimed debut novelist talks of his fellow-feeling for ‘aspiring writers, who are writing from a place similar to where I began.’ Gunaratne divides his time between London and Malmö.
Jerusalem International Book Forum Opens With Joyce Carol Oates’ Jerusalem Prize
Speaking of the conscious effort it takes to nurture literary creative talent, Joyce Carol Oates accepts the Jerusalem Prize on the opening of the 2019 Jerusalem International Book Forum.
Interview: Amanda Ridout on Her Boldwood Books’ Rights Strategy
Launched earlier this year and looking for commercial fiction, Boldwood Books promises to publish its new titles in ebook, audio, and print-on-demand on the same day internationally.
Words Without Borders May: New Omani Writings and Translating ‘Unsettlement’
Guest curators at ‘Words Without Borders’ this month offer ‘unsettlement’ as ways ‘of reconsidering what we think we know, whether about Oman, our own countries, or the uses of literature.’
US Authors Guild Praises Nora Roberts’ Legal Action on Digital Plagiarism
The leading author-advocacy trade organization in the United States announces that it’s in talks with Amazon on issues of ‘plagiarism and scams.’
Nicole Brossard Receives Canada’s Lifetime Griffin Trust Award for Poetry
French-Canadian author Nicole Brossard is named the 2019 recipient of the Griffin Trust’s lifetime achievement award the honor to be conferred June 6.
‘Author-Driven’ German-Norwegian Literature Festival in Oslo This Week
Norwegian authors are bringing “the spirit of Frankfurt” to Oslo in the form of a three-day literary festival featuring Norwegian and German writers in conversation.
The UK’s Society of Authors’ 2019 Awards Surpass £100,000 in Value
The nine authors’ awards administered by the Society of Authors this year will break a new record in terms of combined prize money for honorees.
The UK’s Young Writer Prize Opens for Submissions and Remixes Its Sponsors
The newly renamed Sunday Times/University of Warwick Young Writer of the Year Award opens today (April 12) for submissions as it announces its new sponsorship regime.
Society of Authors Calls on UK Government to Fight Online Book Piracy
‘Book piracy threatens authors’ livelihoods’ according to a new appeal from the Society of Authors to the British government to help protect copyright.