Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications will honor late New York Times columnist David Carr with the i-3 award for impact, innovation and influence at the annual Mirror Awards ceremony June 11 in New York City. Times executive editor Dean...
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KOBO Brings Acclaimed New Yorker to Magazine Store – 2015
For more than ninety years, The New Yorker has been offering a signature mix of reporting and commentary on politics and foreign affairs, popular culture and the arts, and business and technology, as well as humour, cartoons, and fiction. Kobo today announced that the...
Shortlists Announced for 2015 PEN Literary Awards
It is with great excitement that PEN today announces the shortlists for the 2015 PEN Literary Awards. After much deliberation, this year's judges have narrowed their longlists down to just five titles across awards honoring fiction, nonfiction, biography, essays,...
Vintage to Celebrate Short Story Month—2015
Vintage Books announced today that its Vintage Shorts imprint will release 31 short story e-Books during the month of May (one each day) to celebrate Short Story Month. Featured selections include short story masters Raymond Carver, Andre Dubus, and Alice Munro;...
Khadija Ismayilova to Receive PEN America Freedom To Write Award–2015
PEN American Center announced today that it will honor jailed Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova with the 2015 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award at the annual PEN Literary Gala on May 5, 2015, at the American Museum of Natural History in New York....
The Seven Good Years by Etgar Keret
The Seven Good Years Etgar Keret ISBN: 978-1-59463-326-3 Buy This Book www.amazon.com ". . . minimalistic-style narrative leads the reader into winsome paths. . ." In a series of short stories Etgar Keret shares with the reader incidents occurring...
PEN Outraged by Confinement of South African Writer Who Expressed Admiration for Rushdie
PEN American Center expressed outrage today at the harassment and confinement in a mental institution of South African psychologist and novelist Zainub Priya Dala (ZP Dala) exacted in reprisal for her comments in appreciation of the writing of former PEN American...
2015 National Book Awards
The 2015 National Book Awards entry form is open and available exclusively online at nationalbook.org until May 15, 2015, midnight PT. No late entries will be accepted. To determine eligibility, learn costs, and understand NBA submission rules, read the NBA...
Bertlesmann Revenues Hit Seven-Year High-2015
Revenues increase 3.1 percent to €16.7 billion Operating EBITDA grows 2.7 percent to €2.37 billion Group profit affected by special items Investments continue at high level and hit €1.6 billion Advances in strategy implementation improve growth profile Merger of...
Bertlesman reinvests in U S Education—2015
Bertelsmann is making another investment in its strategic growth business of education. The international media, services, and education company is significantly increasing its direct shareholding in Synergis Education, a university services provider in the United...
