Submissions are now being accepted for the sixth William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. This award, given by Stanford University Libraries in partnership with the William Saroyan Foundation, recognizes newly published works of fiction and nonfiction with a...
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Penguin Acquires Joël Dicker’s Bestseller
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HARRY QUEBERT AFFAIR has been an international publishing sensation, with sales approaching a million copies in France alone. In a heated auction executive editor John Siciliano won the rights to publish the literary thriller as a...
2014 Great Northwest Book Festival – Call for Entries
2014 Great Northwest Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual competition honoring the best books of the late winter/spring season. The Great Northwest Book Festival will consider published and unpublished works in fiction, non-fiction,...
Austin Peay University Prof Earns NEA Fellowship — 2013
Barry Kitterman, Austin Peay State University professor of creative writing, has been awarded a prestigious Creative Writing Fellowship in fiction from the National Endowment of the Arts. Only 38 writers received the award, with Kitterman being Tennessee’s sole...
2014 San Francisco Book Festival Call for Entries
2014 San Francisco Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual competition honoring the best books of the spring. The event includes a daytime publishing seminar and book expo, plus evening awards. The 2014 San Francisco Book Festival will consider...
Madeline and the Old House in Paris by John Bemelmans Marciano
Madeline and the Old House in Paris Picture book (48-page picture book, ages 4-8, Viking Juvenile) John Bemelmans Marciano October 8, 2013 ISBN: 978-0-670784851 Buy This Book www.amazon.com ". . . resurrects Ludwig’s character,...
Still Life With Bread Crumbs by Anna Quindlen
Still Life With Bread Crumbs Anna Quindlen January 28, 2014 ISBN: 978-1-400065752 Buy This Book www.amazon.com ". . . an entertaining story of a woman seeking renewal . . ." Rebecca Winters was a successful photographer in New York...
2014 Beach Book Festival Call for Entries
The 2014 Beach Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual competition honoring the summer's hottest reads. The Beach Book Festival will consider self-published or independent publisher non-fiction, fiction, biography/autobiography, children's...
2013 – 2014 Los Angeles Book Festival – Call for Entries
2013-2014 Los Angeles Book Festival has issued a call for entries to its annual celebration of books deserving more attention from the world publishing community. The Los Angeles Book Festival will consider entries in general non-fiction, fiction,...
2013 New England Book Festival Late Deadline
2013 New England Book Festival's is now in its late registration period for its annual program honoring the best books of the holiday season. The day festival and awards will be held on January 18, 2014 at the historic Omni Parker House Hotel in Boston. The...
