Tag: Literary events
Poets & Writers cancels 50th anniversary gala in Manhattan
NEW YORK (AP) - Poets & Writers has called off its 50th anniversary gala, where guests of honor included Oprah Winfrey. The non-profit organization...
Finalists announced for J. Anthony Lukas book prizes
NEW YORK (AP) - Books on Silicon Valley, the criminal justice system and the 2015 massacre at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in...
Tom Stoppard to receive PEN America writing award
NEW YORK (AP) - British playwright Tom Stoppard and the Canadian poet and fiction writer M. NourbeSe Philip are among those being honored next...
Yiyun Li and Leslie Jamison among PEN award nominees
NEW YORK (AP) - Fiction by Yiyun Li and essays by Leslie Jamison and Eve Babitz are among the finalists for honors presented by...
Jerry Craft, Kadir Nelson win honors for children’s books
NEW YORK (AP) - Jerry Craft's “New Kid," a graphic novel about a 7th grader's struggle to adjust to a private school with little...
Jerry Craft, Kadir Nelson win honors for children’s books
NEW YORK (AP) - Jerry Craft's “New Kid," a graphic novel about a 7th grader's struggle to adjust to a private school with little...
Jerry Craft, Kadir Nelson win honors for children’s books
NEW YORK (AP) - Jerry Craft's “New Kid," a graphic novel about a 7th grader's struggle to adjust to a private school with little...
Free e-book includes excerpts from new Veronica Roth novel
NEW YORK (AP) - Fiction from Sue Monk Kidd and Veronica Roth, essays by comedian Mike Birbiglia and a memoir about Philip Roth are...
France’s #MeToo: Book on child-sex writer prompts outcry
PARIS (AP) - He was a middle-aged French author becoming known, even celebrated, for writing about sex with children. She was a fragile 14-year-old,...
Three finalists announced Thursday for $20,000 Story Prize
NEW YORK (AP) - Short-story collections by Zadie Smith, Edwidge Danticat and Kali Fajardo-Anstine are finalists for the Story Prize, a $20,000 award for...