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:
Japanese author and Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oe leads the long list of ten authors up for the Man Asian Literary Prize. (Guardian)
Now that Google eBooks has been around for a week, Publishers Weekly takes an in-depth look at the program and its impact on the e-book market.
The new largest bookstore in Japan will open in Osaka next week with about two million titles in stock. (Mainichi Daily News)
In an era where most authors by necessity must vigorously market their own books, Publishing Perspectives talked to Rumpus editor in chief and The Adderall Diaries author Stephen Elliott about how to self-promote with integrity.
Utah's poet laureate is currently in Antarctica as part of the National Science Foundation's Antarctic Artists and Writers Program, and she talked to KUER about it.
Huffington Post posed this question to a panel of contemporary poets: Is American poetry at a dead end?
Jamaica's soon-to-be-opened third international airport will bear the name of Ian Fleming, the author of the James Bond books. (Air & Business Travel News)
On the occasion of the real news that a hidden code was found in the eyes of Leonardo Da Vinci's famous painting Mona Lisa, Vanity Fair posted the fake news of Dan Brown's immediately announced sequel to The Da Vinci Code, complete with a hilarious excerpt.
