Writer's Digest

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Bob Eckstein is a New York Times bestseller and award-winning cartoonist and illustrator for The New Yorker and The New York Times. His newest book is Everyone’s a Critic: The Ultimate Cartoon Book by the World’s Greatest Cartoonists. ■

Poets & Writers

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POETS & WRITERS MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES application information for writers conferences, literary festivals, residencies, and colonies of interest to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. Applications for the following events are due sh

Woman & Home

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In Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, dramatic events mark the relationship between governess Jane and gruff Edward Rochester. They do marry, but only after facing a series of challenges that include a hidden wife locked in an attic, a devastating fire i

Heritage Commercials

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There was a letter in the August issue of Heritage Commercials titled MEMORIES STIRRED, unfortunately, the writer’s name was missed off the bottom. It was written by Ed Valentine of Aberdeenshire, our apologies to Ed for this error and thank you for

Time Magazine International Edition

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AUTHOR U.S. REPRESENTATIVE (R., N.Y.) SHOWRUNNER, PRODUCER AND SCREENWRITER MUSICIAN COMEDIAN PLAYWRIGHT OLYMPIC SNOWBOARDER WRITER AND DIRECTOR LUMI LABS CO-FOUNDER CO-FOUNDER AND CEO OF LAST MILE HEALTH

TIME

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JENNIFER EGAN JOINED THE WHO’S WHO of American letters in 2011 when she won a Pulitzer for A Visit From the Goon Squad, an interlinked-story-collection-as-novel that bucked more than a few conventions. Her new novel Manhattan Beach is more convention

New Zealand Listener

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Tusiata Avia is an acclaimed poet, performer, writer for children and a 2020 Arts Foundation Laureate. Her latest poetry collection, The Savage Coloniser Book (VUP), is released on October 8. These are among the books that have made me shake my head

Country Life

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As devotees know, William Boyd is the master of dysfunctional heroes and wearing research lightly. Here, it's Brighton 1968 and the making of a typically 1960s film. Three characters lead double lives: a novelist whose work about Virginia Woolf is st

Independent on Saturday

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POETRY Africa’s virtual festival starts on Monday with more than 30 poets performing live, giving passionate and inspirational perspectives on life and current events. The festival, presented by the Centre of Creative Arts at the University of KwaZul

WHO

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The London-based, Australian writer, 61, found success after co-authoring Puberty Blues in 1979, and with later novels like Mad Cows and Nip ’n’ Tuck. Her most recent, HRT: Husband Replacement Therapy, is out now. Lette tells WHO about the book that

The Millions

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I let go of any book that lacked sincerity in 2019; I plan to maintain that rule. Still, I’ve never in my life felt more grateful to return to words at the beginning or end of my days. The post A Year in Reading: T Kira Madden appeared first on The M

Writing Magazine

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The W&A Working Class Writers’ Prize is open for entries. Lisa McInerney, this year’s judge, will mentor the winning writer for a year. Writers & Artists welcome submissions of unpublished work by writers who identify as working class who do not have

The American Poetry Review

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APR welcomes comments, criticism, and dialogue in response to work in the magazine. Authors of poems, essays, and other work will be given an opportunity to respond to letters scheduled for publication. Letters should be sent to: Letters to the Edito

Cobblestone

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American writers produced a number of books in the 1920s. Here’s brief list of some of those titles, authors, and the year in which they were published. Not all of these works of fiction or poetry were bestsellers at the time they were published, but

Entertainment Weekly

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BY Valeria Luiselli PAGES 375 GENRE Fiction HOWEVER WE DECIDE WHAT defines a Great American Novel in 2019, it must feel a lot like what’s inside Valeria Luiselli’s Lost Children Archive. Not only because the narrative unfolds across a literal r

Literary Hub

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An English teacher once asked me, “Are you a writer or an editor?” This isn’t an unusual question, it seems: plenty of writers (and readers) have come up against it, even if it all just boils down to how many hours they have in the day. But some magi

Poets & Writers

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“In the beginning BatCat was truly an experiment,” says Deanna Baringer, the managing editor and supervising teacher of BatCat Press (batcatpress.com). “I didn’t know if high school kids would be capable of, let alone interested in, publishing and bo

Literary Hub

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Our beloved fellow books site—Book Marks—spends most of December asking itself a lot of questions: Of the thousands of books published this year, which one received more rave reviews than any other? Who wrote the most interesting reviews of the last

Literary Hub

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Are you superstitious? Do you beware the Ides of March? Do you step over cracks on Fridays that happen to fall on the 13th of any given month? But especially October? Do you toast dead writers on their would-have-been birthdays? Well, me too. Which m

Literary Hub

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It’s mid-September, 2019, and we’re beginning to see the light (or to be slightly more accurate, the infinite pulsing darkness) at the end of the decade. In the coming weeks, we’ll be looking back at the ten years that were, as well as forward to the

Artist's Palette

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I was born to adventurous parents in the UK on 28 January 1945. Before I turned nine, I lived in five different countries: England, Egypt, Cyprus, Mauritius and East Africa. Believe it or not, I am the son of a British spy (‘Cool’ Eh!). Dad was with

Writing Magazine

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‘When I read the submission draft of How the One Armed Sister Sweeps Her House, I was drawn by the immediacy of Lala’s story, the awful brutality that she, her mother and grandmother all endure in different ways, and their stoicism and honesty and ca

New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

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Born in Wellington, she now lives in Melbourne, working as a newspaper journalist. This is her first novel. This novel was inspired by… “My career as a journalist and by my extended family. My great, big, fat, political, union, social-justice family

Writing Magazine

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Sundress Publications is a non-profit literary press collective run by volunteers. They publish chapbooks and full-length works in both print and digital formats, as well as a variety of online journals. Their mission is ‘to champion great work – esp

Literary Hub

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Book publishing can be a tricky—and fickle—thing. Some of the classics we know and love today were instant bestsellers when they were originally published—and some were huge flops. While the numbers a book puts up during its first year in the world a

Writing Magazine

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Submissions are invited for the 2021 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize. The Prize is in two categories, for published and unpublished adventure writers. Unpublished writers stand to win a publishing deal with a £15,000 advance. • The winner of the

Literary Hub

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In case you haven’t noticed, this Sunday is Mother’s Day. Be nice to your mom. Maybe you could even hang out with her. I promise she’ll like it better than flowers that come in a box, or even a new book (sacrilege, I know). And hey, these twenty-two

Writer's Digest

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Explore new perspectives at this long-running conference, which enthusiastically embraces LGBTQ writers and authors of color. WHEN: April 5–7, 2019. WHERE: The Boston Park Plaza Hotel, Boston. PRICE: $535; $395 for single day attendance. Opportunit

Literary Hub

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This year’s Windham-Campbell Festival kicks off at Yale University on September 13th, and along with a glamorous awards ceremony to honor the winners of $165,000 each grant money, there will be a keynote presentation from none other than Karl Ove Kna

Writing Magazine

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If you are an unrepresented writer over the age of eighten and have an unpublished crime, mystery or thriller novel, the Crucible First Novel Award could help, offering an introduction of your novel to a number of established agents. The award is not