Orange Broadband Prize Longlist
Debut novels figure prominently in the 20-strong list as seven
first-time authors - Anita Amirrezvani, Sadie Jones, Lauren
Liebenberg, Heather O'Neill, Dalia Sofer, Carol Topolski and Patricia
Wood - appear on the longlist. Meanwhile, cries of sexism cross gender
lines as both Tim Lott and A.S. Byatt cry foul at the female-only
prize.
Longlist
Lott
item (Telegraph)
Byatt
criticism (Times)
An Update on the Iowa MFA Situation
Interim Executive Vice President and Provost of Iowa University Lila L. Lopes
issued a statement yesterday refuting earlier claims that the
university library planned to publish MFA theses by Writers Workshop
students on the Internet. "Let me say as simply and as clearly as I
can, there is no such plan nor will there be." Lopes later told Dan
Wickett that she will be meeting with students and program directors
this afternoon "to talk about a policy that is appropriate for MFA
theses," adding that the library and graduate college will be part of
the conversation later this week.
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Local Residents Rally to Save Brooklyn Store; Burlington Owner Retires After 40 Years
Residents of the East New York neighborhood in Brooklyn are rallying to
keep Diana Books Plus, the neighborhood's only black-owned bookstore,
open. The seven-year-old store may close its doors at the end of the
month unless owner Diana Ricketts can come up with over $10,000 in back
rent. A fundraiser is planned on March 22.
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Riggio Buys Up Yet More Stock Barnes & Noble
Exiled Bangladeshi Writer to Leave India
Welsh Pens Prequel to "Trainspotting"
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Kent D. Wolf joins Global Literary Management as an agent after eight
years at Harcourt Trade Publishers, where he headed the rights
department, selling titles by Umberto Eco, Jose Saramago, Joyce Carol
Oates, and Rory Stewart, among others. Previously, he was a book scout
with Mcinerney International and began his publishing career as an
editor at Dalkey Archive Press. Kent@globallit.com
Random House Publishing Group announce the
promotion of Tricia Narwani to editor.
HarperCollins
has appointed Suzie Sisoler as Director of Online Consumer Marketing,
reporting to Leslie Hulse. Sisoler was previously an online marketing
manager with the company. Adam Korn joins HarperCollins' Creative
Development Team as Senior Editor, reporting to Lisa Sharkey. Previously
he was an editor at Crown.
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