Awards RITAs, Romance & Recognition By Carmen on Jul. 31, 2006 - 7:27 AM The Romance Writers of America held their annual conference in Atlanta this past weekend, and as always, the place was packed with writers, aspiring writers and those simply interested in the workings of the genre (or dying to mee ...
Comic Books Marvel Chief Brings Comics to Late Night News By Neal on Jul. 28, 2006 - 2:41 PM If you’re a fan of The Colbert Report, you’ll recognize the image at right as the mock-up comic book cover that Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada prepared for Thursday night’s show, where he brought Stephen Colb ...
Authors Author Hunger Strikes in White House’s Shadow By Neal on Jul. 28, 2006 - 11:56 AM AP reporter Brian Westley files a piece on hunger-striking political activist Diane Wilson, who is fasting near the White House since July 4 in order to protest the war in Iraq. Wilson, whose previous hunger strike against Gulf Co ...
Comic Books Pretty Boy Artist Makes Good By Neal on Jul. 28, 2006 - 10:47 AM As long as we’re chasing down memory lane this morning, let’s catch up with “hottie literati” Dan Goldman, who’s been publishing chapters of his graphic novel online all summer long. Well, as Publishe ...
Authors Quartet of Memoirists Bid “Hello, Cleveland!” By Neal on Jul. 28, 2006 - 10:26 AM Remember last month when we introduced you to the Memoirists Collective? Well, the contest they announced back then—in which aspiring memoir writers could submit excerpts for potential consideration by the Collective’s ...
Reviews Oh bother, now just anyone can get a book deal By Carmen on Jul. 28, 2006 - 8:11 AM So there’s but a faint whiff of snobbery in Telegraph society columnist Celia Walden‘s latest piece on how those godawful z-list celebrites (like former Make Me A Supermodel contestant Jasmine Lennard [above], who for ...
Publishing Lagardere’s fortunes improve thanks to TWBG acquisition By Carmen on Jul. 28, 2006 - 7:38 AM If there’s any doubt that Lagardere – the parent company of media conglomerate Hachette Livre – made the right move in buying the properties of the company formerly known as the Time Warner Book Group, then it sh ...
Adaptation BRICK LANE controversy: writers defend Ali and protesters have their say By Carmen on Jul. 28, 2006 - 7:20 AM As the controversy over shooting the film version of Monica Ali‘s BRICK LANES shows no signs of abating, the Guardian’s Maev Kennedy reports on a letter of support by the English branch of the PEN writers’ associ ...
Authors Another Turkish author acquitted after her day in court By Carmen on Jul. 28, 2006 - 6:05 AM I guess if you’re a famous author in Turkey, the government’s going to go after you. Orhan Pamuk was put on trial and acquitted; Elif Shafak faces three years in prison for comments made in a novel. Newspaper columnist ...
Book Biz We’re Having a Party—And You’re Invited! By Neal on Jul. 27, 2006 - 5:24 PM If you work in the book industry, we hope you’ll consider coming to an upcoming mediabistro.com mixer at Me Bar on Wednesday, August 9th. RSVPs are required, so follow the link and let us know you’ll be attending. And ...