…the debate over what should be published has reached a fever pitch. Publishing staff who feel uncomfortable about working on certain titles are speaking out more often and more loudly, through open letters and on social media. In April, more than 200 employees at S&S in the US asked their employer to pull out of a seven-figure book deal with former vice president Mike Pence. Authors, too, have withdrawn titles when their publishers sign writers they disagree with… Read more
Category: Authors
Authors to earn royalties on secondhand books for first time
AuthorSHARE, a royalty fund set up by two used booksellers with support from industry bodies, is calling for more retailers to participate. Read more
Never-before-seen Franz Kafka Drawings Go on Display
Following a long court battle, and after they had been held in a vault for decades, unknown illustrations by the great author can be seen at long last, 97 years after Kafka’s death. Read more
China to try Australian writer on espionage charges
Yang has been held since arriving in China in January 2019 and has had no access to family and only limited contact with his legal representation, according to Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne. Read more
John Steinbeck’s estate urged to let the world read his shunned werewolf novel
Years before becoming one of America’s most celebrated authors, John Steinbeck wrote at least three novels which were never published. Two of them were destroyed by the young writer as he struggled to make his name, but a third – a full-length mystery werewolf story entitled Murder at Full Moon – has survived unseen in an archive ever since being rejected for publication in 1930. Read more
Italy honors poet Dante with tomb readings 700 years after his death
Italy is honoring one of its most divine poets, Dante, on the 700th anniversary of his death with concerts and exhibits all over the country — as well as evening readings at his tomb. Read more
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John le Carré Fans Are Getting One More Novel
Viking plans to release “Silverview,” a spy novel set in an English seaside town, nearly a year after the famed writer’s death. Read more
Top author stirs anger with ‘too white’ history
Richard Cohen’s new book, which has reportedly been dropped by his US publisher despite extensive additions, is still set for British release next month. Read more
On the Best Subversive, Genre-Busting Writer You’ve Never Heard Of
Tobias Carroll Rereads M. John Harrison, an Under-Recognized Master. Read more
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HBO developing drama based on E. Lynn Harris’ Black, gay classic novel ‘Invisible Life’
Invisible no more, E. Lynn Harris’s groundbreaking novels about Black LGTBQ+ men in 1990s New York City will be finally brought to screen. Read more
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