Rushdie goes very public
Valerie Merians
In this report in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Author Salman Rushdie said that he is planning on writing a book about his time in hiding. “It’s my story, and at… Read more »
In this report in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Author Salman Rushdie said that he is planning on writing a book about his time in hiding. “It’s my story, and at… Read more »
A handwritten memoir by “the 18th century lothario, spy, writer and adventurer whose name has become an international synonym for lover”—Jacques Casanova—that “that shocked publishers two centuries ago,” and “was… Read more »
Writers have always battled distraction, but there seem to be more distractions closer at hand than there used to be. At least, that seems to be one of the things… Read more »
“In the book world, it is forbidden and uncouth to publish one’s own work,” observes Brian Robert Hischier in a commentary at The Antipodes. “A work without the guidance of… Read more »
Starting a new job in the editorial department of a London publisher in 1984, the instructions awaiting the new employee were simple: “Open all unsolicited manuscripts. Log them in the… Read more »
In a bizarre commentary for The Prospect, Julian Evans admits recent Man Booker International winner Ismail Kadare was a part of the brutally repressive government of dictator Enver Hoxha and… Read more »
A controversy has broken out in China over the winners of one of the country’s most prestigious literary awards, the Mao Dun Awards. As a China Daily story reports, “some… Read more »
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi “is suing a British author and the Italian publisher of a book exploring corruption and organised crime in Italy” for more than €1million ($1.2 million),… Read more »
The impact of Foetry.com continues to reverberate throughout the poetry world with a shocker from the University of Georgia Press: after 25 years it has decided to end its prestigious… Read more »
“The CIA is squelching publication of a new book detailing events leading up to Osama bin Laden’s escape from his Tora Bora mountain stronghold during the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan,… Read more »