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In the United Kingdom, thieves robbed Brontë Chapel, where the Brontë sisters were baptized; Arthur Krystal explores the sometimes-heated discussion concerning genre and literary fiction; literary agent Janet Reid offers advice to writers interested in self-publishing.
Barnes & Noble's credit card readers have been hacked in stores across the country; Amazon announces the Japanese Kindle; and Matthew Dickman calls on poetry lovers to send their favorite books to non-poetry readers during October; and other news.
A new recording of Flannery O’Connor has surfaced; Edan Lepucki examines the defining characteristics of the literary fiction genre; the Guardian explains how to write the first draft of a novel in one month, and other news.
Allan Gurganus writes of first meeting his teacher and friend John Cheever; David Carr profiles millionaire magazine publisher Felix Dennis, who is also a best-selling poet; Boris Kachka visits with author Tom Wolfe to discuss Wolfe's new novel, Back to Blood; and other news.
Twitter is playing host to a Twitter Fiction Festival next month—submissions are open to anyone; Louis Vuitton has opened a literary salon in Paris; photographs have surfaced of James Franco’s screen adaptation of William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying; and other news.
Cory Doctorow curated Humble E-book Bundle has garnered $847,000 as of yesterday; AppNewser explains how to publish an e-book using PressBooks; Deenah Vollmer's dispatch from Germany's Frankfurt Book Fair; and other news.
Cory Doctorow curated Humble E-book Bundle has garnered $847,000 as of yesterday; AppNewser explains how to publish an e-book using PressBooks; Deenah Vollmer's dispatch from Germany's Frankfurt Book Fair; and other news.
Tips for building your National Novel Writing Month survival kit; Barnes & Noble's founder, Leonard Riggio, intends to build and furnish one hundred homes in New Orleans; young Eudora Welty's failed attempt at landing a job at the New Yorker; and other news.
Not every great small press is active on Twitter, but here are twenty-seven that engage book culture via social media in interesting, informative, and entertaining ways.
Literary agent Rebecca Gradinger explains why writers need agents and offers tips about best practices for finding one.
