Abrams Ups Ben Izzo To Agent
deadline.com – Saturday September 26, 2015
With a roster that includes work on behalf of Argentine-Chilean writer and activist Ariel Dorfman, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Charles Fuller and the songwriting team of Sam Carner and Derek Gregor, Ben Izzo has been promoted to agent at Abrams Artists Agency's New York-based literary division, Chairman and CEO Harry Abrams tells Deadline. Izzo had been the departmental coordinator in the literary division.
No, e-book sales are not falling, despite what publishers say
fortune.com – Saturday September 26, 2015
A recent piece in the New York Times about a decline in e-book sales had more than a whiff of anti-digital Schadenfreude about it. The story, which was based on sales figures from the Association of American Publishers, implied that much of the hype around e-books had evaporated — with sales falling by 10% in the first half of this year — while good old printed books were doing better than everyone expected.
Super-agent Andrew “The Jackal” Wylie may inherit another large chunk of the world’s literary talent
qz.com – Wednesday September 23, 2015
Andrew Wylie, one of the world's most powerful literary agents, may soon gain even more sway as the representative of three more Nobel Prize-winning authors.
The Women’s Podcast: Sexism in Publishing, Culture Night and Sex Apps
irishtimes.com – Monday September 21, 2015
New York-based writer Catherine Nichols sent her new novel to literary agents under a man's name and received over eight times the number of responses than she had under her own name.
Poems for People: an anthology in solidarity with refugees
firstwriter.com – Saturday September 19, 2015
Poets in Solidarity with Refugees is a group of writers, artists and literature promoters who want to share and welcome stories in solidarity with refugees fleeing war-torn countries. Poems and fiction for the anthology will be selected by an experienced editorial panel and backed by a promotional campaign.
Build Your Own Blog New Writer Scholarship
firstwriter.com – Saturday September 19, 2015
Build Your Own Blog is looking for a talented writer to support through the New Writer Scholarship 2015.
The scholarship is open to anyone aged 16 or over, and any form of written material in English, including short stories, poems, and blog posts.
Author Cornelia Funke Launches Own Publishing Company
publishersweekly.com – Wednesday September 16, 2015
In an unusual move, bestselling children's author and illustrator Cornelia Funke, whose fantasy series Inkheart and Mirrorworld have been globally popular, cites creative differences with her U.S. publisher, and a growing wish to be free of restrictions on her artistic output, as the motivating factors in her decision to start her own press, called Breathing Books. Funke's partner in this endeavor is Mirada Studios in Los Angeles.
A brace of writers and a Cross competition
independent.ie – Monday September 14, 2015
Lunch with a leading literary agent and a publishing scout and a classy, expensive pen - of such stuff are writer's dreams made. Here's your chance. Vanessa Fox O'Loughlin of the brilliant writing resources website Writing.ie has just launched a short story competition in association with Cross Pens for aspiring writers.
Authonomy writing community closed by HarperCollins
theguardian.com – Thursday August 20, 2015
Authors are mourning the closure of Authonomy, the online community for would-be writers set up by HarperCollins seven years ago as a way to source new talent.
How I got a literary agent
firstwriter.com – Saturday March 26, 2005
Jeffrey Bishop recently placed his book with the Running Water Literary Agency, which he found using firstwriter.com's database of literary agencies. We asked him about his writing, and how he found success.
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