From: http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/stories/1291 Hilary Mantel is tonight (Tuesday 6 October) named the winner of the £50,000 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for Wolf Hall, published by Fourth Estate. Wolf Hall has been the bookies’ favourite since the longlist was announced in July 2009. Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel was picked from a shortlist of six titles. A.S. [...]
October 6, 2009
The results and winning poems are now on the website. http://www.essex-poetry-festival.co.uk
October 6, 2009
Aldeburgh always generates its own unique atmosphere where, to quote Tom Paulin – one of this year’s 20 featured poets – “ideas fly about and bang into each other”. Starting with the family event with comic genius John Hegley through visionary encounters with the greatest living English poet Geoffrey Hill to readings by richly-rewarding Americans [...]
October 6, 2009
Scott Pack of The Friday Project described Gary Davison’s latest book, Streakers, as a book for blokes that don’t normally read books – something for their Xmas stocking. Streakers is published by Paperbooks, part of the Legend Press fold with Tom Chalmers. Many author’s with independent publishers are encouraged to help promote their books and [...]
October 4, 2009
reminds UK publishers that they have only to five tomorrow to join the Save Our Presses Campaign http://www.incwriters.co.uk/?page_id=75 # Powered by Twitter Tools
October 3, 2009
THE THIRD FLEA of the Apocalypse is loose! http://www.the-flea.com/ Mark Allinson, Mary Alexandra Agner, Maryann Corbett, Ann Drysdale, Richard Epstein, Midge Goldberg, Bill Greenwell, R. Nemo Hill, Janet Kenny, Janice D. Soderling, J.J. Steinfeld, Leo Yankevich, Marly Youmans, & Thomas Zimmerman
October 3, 2009
A marketing tie-in with the new film Bright Star invites writers to write a love letter. The love letters between poet John Keats and his muse, Fanny Brawne have inspired romantics for almost two centuries. Participants may enter the competition either by submitting a letter limited to 150 words, or, by submitting a little tweet [...]
October 2, 2009
The Google Book Settlement is on hold following a delay in an American court hearing in the case. The judge overseeing Google’s agreement with American publishers and writers to digitise millions of books called off a planned October 7, 2009 hearing into the $125m deal this week. On September 24, the Court issued an order [...]
October 2, 2009
http://www.incorporatingwriting.co.uk Issue 6 Vol 4 2009: CREATIVE WRITING (ISSN 1743-0380) So the end is here, after seven years, many issues, many writers, interviews, reviews and articles, the editorial team are hanging up their pens, throwing computers out of the window and cheering each time they hit a critic. The last issue goes back to our roots, [...]
October 1, 2009
A writing competition is encouraging you to be inspired by H.E. Bates, the Northamptonshire-born master of short stories. You are invited to write a short story on the subject of your choice, by the promoters. The competition is open internationally to all writers. Entries must be no longer than 2,000 words. Entry fee is £3 [...]
October 7, 2009
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