As Simon & Schuster prepares to release new political books, the Authors Guild condemns Trump’s assaults on the news media.
Visa Challenges for Authors and Artists Roil the UK Festival Community
In the UK, literary festivals report that invited authors from the Middle East and Africa are increasingly seeing their visa applications denied.
Sisters in Crime Names Mia Manansala Winner of the 2018 Eleanor Taylor Bland Award
Mia Manansala, a writer of crime fiction featuring a Filipina-American sleuth, has been named the 2018 Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for writers of color.
Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction to CE Tobisman for ‘Proof’; Abigail Strom Wins RITA Award
This eighth annual prize in legal storytelling, created with Harper Lee’s authorization, goes to CE Tobisman for her novel about a potential elder abuse case, the second book in her series about attorney Caroline Auden.
Publisher Perilous Worlds Created To Advance Sci-Fi and Fantasy Brands With Books
Intended ‘to expand the boundaries of well-known series,’ a new publishing company called Perilous Worlds heads for Frankfurter Buchmesse with game-designing authors on tap and some high-visibility fantasy brands to work with.
The 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction Longlist Is Announced in London
‘Slavery, ecology, missing persons, inner-city violence, young love, prisons, trauma, and race’ all are said to figure into the Man Booker Prize for Fiction longlist, as the award starts its second 50 years of competition.
Hay Festival Querétaro Program Features Global Activism, US Policy
Innovations in STEM and gender equality are featured as social topics in this year’s Hay Festival Querétaro in September, the 13th iteration of the Mexican event in Hay’s annual cycle of international stagings.
PEN America Announces Refocused Short Story Debut Award, the Bingham Prize
The coming together of the United States’ two PEN chapters has given the organization a chance to refocus its Bingham Prize for debut short stories, and it will be awarded in February.
Authors from the Arab World: Translator Recommendations
At a recent seminar in New York on Arabic literature in translation, several literary translators recommended Arabic authors they’d like to see published in English.
Segovia Programming Opens International Hay Festival Season: ‘Global Crises’
Addressing world political issues through the creative industries’ perspectives, the international series of Hay Festival events has announced that its programming in Spain will feature issues of ‘coexistence, the future of Europe, and debates on gender.’