Public Lending Rights, or PLR, is an interesting initiative which allows authors to receive regular payments according to PLR legislation for every occasion when their books are loaned by public libraries. The fact that it is being transferred to the British Library can hardly be called news – after all,… Read More →
Salman Rushdie is one of the most prominent and well-known writers of our time; nobody would doubt that. This makes the early period of his life and the influences that formed him as an author all the more fascinating. Among other things, Salman Rushdie is the author of Midnight’s Children,… Read More →
McArthur “Genius” prize is a grant awarded every year to between twenty and forty people from all kinds of fields for exceptional creative achievements so that they could pursue their work. This year it was awarded to twenty four individuals, including several writers. As the prize is generally awarded in… Read More →
This year’s Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to a Canadian short story writer Alice Munro. Her name appears in the news not for the first time – she already received the Man Booker International Prize for her literary work, and her style is often compared to that of another… Read More →
Most people know Elizabeth Gilbert only as the author of a bestselling novel Eat, Pray, Love, telling the story of her spiritual journey from the depths of depression to self-fulfillment and enlightenment. There is, however, much more to her. It may come as news to those who have heard about… Read More →
While most writers seem to be content to work while sitting at a desk before a typewriter or a computer, a lot of them used and still use other kinds of accommodations, be it out of necessity or extravagance. And it seems that unusual workplaces don’t hinder them in the… Read More →
New Directions Press has shared a piece of fascinating news for every Emily Dickinson enthusiast out there. If you were ever interested in seeing her writing in the exact way she wrote them, then your time has probably come. The publishing house in question is going to release the first… Read More →
Hogarth Fiction subdivision of Random House is going to do publish novelization of famous Shakespeare’s plays, and has already enlisted a number of popular modern authors to do this job. However, it isn’t going to happen for quite some time – the publisher’s intention is to publish the books internationally… Read More →
It is hard to find a person who doesn’t know who Stephen King is – even if one hasn’t read a single book written by him, he still knows that King is one of the most well-known – and probably the most well-known – horror and thriller author of all… Read More →
A well-known novelist Edgar Lawrence Doctorow and Maya Angelou, an American writer and poet, are the next to be awarded by the National Book Foundation. The former is to receive the 2013 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters and the latter – the 2013 Literarian Award for Outstanding Service… Read More →
