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The London Book Fair, 2021

2021 London Book Fair to Return to Olympia London

January 5, 2021

Returning to Olympia London in June 2021, The London Book Fair is the global marketplace for rights negotiation and the sale and distribution of content across print, audio, TV, film and digital channels. Don’t miss out, sign up to attend now! Uniting the most talented minds in content London has been the setting of many… View Article

ASJA Writing Awards Now Open for 2021

ASJA 2021 Annual Writing Awards Underway

January 4, 2021

Now that 2021 has finally arrived, it’s time to look through your best work of 2020 and submit it to the ASJA Annual Awards! Don’t forget the new content categories. For the first time, we have special opportunities for business-to-business and business-to-consumer content writing, so send in your best work! Entry in all categories is… View Article

Vail Film Festival

Vail Film Festival Competition Extends Deadline

December 29, 2020

The Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition is a vehicle for aspiring screenwriters to get their script read by established film producers, managers, and agents who are actively working at the top level of the film industry. See more at NetworkISA. The Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition welcomes unproduced Feature screenplays between 60 and 140 pages… View Article

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Award Winners

William Soroyan Writing Prize Winners for 2020

William Saroyan Writing Prize Picks 2020 Winners

December 9, 2020

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah and Jennifer Croft awarded the 2020 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing by Stanford Libraries Adjei-Brenyah and Croft were selected as winners, among 247 eligible submissions, for their ability to evoke raw emotion and masterfully leverage the power of language with their writing. Stanford, CA–Friday Black (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018) by Nana Kwame… View Article

Where Reasons End wins PEN award

“Where Reasons End” Wins PEN 2020 Novel Award

September 3, 2020

In March 2020, PEN America announced, the 2020 PEN America Literary Awards winners in a ceremony in New York City, hosted by Seth Meyers. The top prize for a full-length novel was awarded to Yiyun Li for the book, Where Reasons End,  (Random House) Hudson | IndieBound. We are just now catching up on some of the… View Article

Effie Lee Morris Literary Awards

WNBA Names Literary Award Winners

July 14, 2020

The Women’s National Book Association San Francisco Chapter is pleased and proud to debut the first-ever Effie Lee Morris WNBA Literary Award. Ms. Morris was a pioneering Black librarian and the founder of this chapter of the Women’s National Book Association in 1968. The Virtual Awards Ceremony will take place on July 24th, 5pm PST (see link… View Article

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Authorlink® Interviews

Fifty Words for Rain

Young Japanese Girl Struggles for Identity in WWII

January 1, 2021

Fifty Words for Rain, Asha Lemmie, Dutton – Eight-year-old Nori is dropped off by her mother at the estate of the grandparents she never knew she had. For three years, she lives in their attic, suffering acid baths to lighten her skin and beatings with a wooden spoon.
Snapshots by Eliot Parker

Themes of Loneliness Underlie Parker’s Short Stories

January 1, 2021

Snapshots, Eliot Parker, Morgan James fiction – Eliot Parker grew up in Appalachia, so it is no surprise that his award winning collection of short stories Snapshots is rooted in the people, places and customs of the region. His stories have a dark, sometimes surreal edge, befitting the author, who also pens mystery novels.
Silence is My Mother Tongue

Interview: Refugees Struggle to Lead Normal Inside Camp

December 5, 2020

Silence Is My Mother Tongue , Sulaiman Addonia, Graywolf Press – Saba, her brother, Hagos, and their mother are refugees from the war between Eritrea and Ethiopia. They live in a mud hut in a refugee camp.

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What's Hot

The Plague Cycle

The Plague Cycle by Charles Kenny

January 1, 2021

The Plague Cycle The Unending War Between Humanity and Infectious Disease, Charles Kenny, Scribner – A vivid, sweeping history of mankind’s battles with infectious disease, for readers of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Yuval Harari’s Sapiens and John Barry’s The Great Influenza.
The Gates of Athens

The Gates of Athens by Conn Iggulden

January 1, 2021

The Gates of Athens, Conn Iggulden, Pegasus Books – Evoking two of the most famous battles of the Ancient World—the Battle of Marathon and the Last Stand at Thermopylae—The Gates of Athens is a bravura piece of storytelling by a well acclaimed master of the historical adventure novel.
Alamo of the Revolution

Alamo of the Revolution by Jerald P Hurwitz

December 1, 2020

Alamo of the Revolution, Jerald P Hurwitz, Knox Press – Before the British surrendered at Yorktown, Benedict Arnold led 1,800 British troops on a punitive expedition to destroy the American privateer base in New London.

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Writing Insights

Writing Insights

How to Write a Dialogue in Essay

January 1, 2021

Writing Insights – How to Write a Dialogue in Essay
Jumbled type, when conversion goes wrong

Why Does Your E-book Look a Mess After Converting From PDF?

January 1, 2021

Writing Insights – Why Does Your E-book Look a Mess After Converting From PDF?
Point of view, defined

What Is Point of View in Literature?

December 1, 2020

Writing Insights – A writer recently asked me if every chapter in a book must have a viewpoint.

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Rants and Revelations

Review: So Many Books, Publishing in the Age of Abundance

January 1, 2021

So Many Books, Gabriel Zaid, Paul Dry Books – “Books are published at such a rapid rate that they make us exponentially more ignorant,” writes Gabriel Zaid in a little book titled, SO MANY BOOKS,
Carol Van Den Hende, author

Too Chinese for America, Too American for China

November 1, 2020

By Carol Van Den Hende When I was eight years old, my family moved to rural Maryland. I showed up for my first day at the low brick schoolhouse in my best frock, patent leather shoes and matching braids. A pale skinny boy locked eyes with mine. A new friend? I smiled. “Chinese, Japanese, dirty knees,… View Article

Writers Weekly

Two Reasons Why Some Readers are NOT Allowed to Post Reviews on Amazon!

October 1, 2020

So, your book has been published and your readers are (virtually) lined up for their coveted copies! Yea!! And, you are asking (begging!) your readers to leave reviews for your book because, as we all know, more sales and positive reviews mean better exposure on Amazon! However, did you know that some people aren’t allowed… View Article

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