Editorial Staff

Editorial Staff

Annual IBPA Book Awards Now Open for Entries

Annual IBPA Book Awards Now Open for Entries

Do you have a book with a copyright of 2024 that you're really proud of? If so, get the book and your team who's worked hard on it (author, publisher, illustrator, editor, designer...everyone!) the recognition they deserve through the IBPA Book Award program. Since...

Kinky Friedman, Texas writer, humorist, singer, passed away

Kinky Friedman, Texas writer, humorist, singer, passed away

Kinky Friedman, the provocative and flamboyant Texas satirist, humorist, and singer, has passed away at the age of 7912. Let’s take a moment to remember this remarkable individual who left an indelible mark on Texas culture and beyond. Kinky Friedman’s Legacy Born in...

Writers League of Texas Contest Deadline Extended

Writers League of Texas Contest Deadline Extended

The 2024  Writer's League of Texas Manuscript Contest, has extended the submissions deadline from July 1 to  July 15, 2024. Have you been working hard on an unpublished manuscript that’s finally ready to see the light of day? Are you looking for some constructive...

Author Tracy K. Smith Wins Harold Washington Literary Award

Author Tracy K. Smith Wins Harold Washington Literary Award

Smith headlines Chicago’s Printers Row Lit Fest    (Chicago) May 30, 2024—Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith has been named the recipient of Chicago’s 2024 Harold Washington Literary Award. She will accept this prestigious award on...

Romance Writers File for Bankruptcy

Romance Writers File for Bankruptcy

Romance Writers of America filed for bankruptcy in Houston on Wednesday, May 31, 2024, citing declining membership and payment agreements with hotels to host its annual conference. According to the filing, RWA membership has declined from approximately 10,000 members...

Shanghai by Joseph Kanon

Shanghai by Joseph Kanon

Shanghai, Joseph Kanon, Scribner – In this dazzling thriller, New York Times bestselling author Joseph Kanon gives us his richest setting yet: pre-World War II Shanghai, where glamour and squalor exist side by side and murder is just a cost of doing business.