Every day Poets & Writers Magazine scans the headlines—from publishing reports to academic announcements to literary dispatches—for all the news that creative writers need to know. Here are today's stories:
The Nervous Breakdown, a literary collective formed in 2006 by novelist Brad Listi, has unveiled the third incarnation of its online magazine—already chock-a-block with fiction, poetry, arts and culture reporting, and a podcast of the group’s first live show (Press Release). Writers from the site will hold a free reading on December 11 at New York City’s Happy Ending Lounge.
Sony announced yesterday that holiday demand for its wireless Daily Edition e-reader could delay shipping for some units until as late as January 8 (Reuters).
Literary agent Irene Goodman is auctioning off twenty-five partial manuscript critiques to raise money for the Foundation Fighting Blindness and the Deafness Research Foundation.
Online publishing service Scribd has begun selling graduate theses and dissertations at $49 a pop, thanks to a new partnership with academic publisher ProQuest (Press Release).
Paul LeClerc, president of the New York Public Library since 1993, announced yesterday that he will retire by the summer of 2011 (Library Journal).
American author Adam Fawer, French novelist Olivier Rolin, and Dutch author Geert Mak were among the fifty-one foreign writers featured at this year’s Istanbul Book Fair, which reportedly drew 329,000 attendees (Today’s Zaman).
Audio publisher Recorded Books has announced a new nonfiction imprint that will focus on biography, history, and memoir (Publishers Weekly).
Librarians Michael Porter and David Lee King have launched the Library 101 project, a collection of essays and multimedia resources on the evolving role of libraries during the digital shift.
