Publishing | Resources Willy Chyr Invites the Internet to Contribute to Novel, One Sentence at a Time By Maryann Yin on Apr. 24, 2012 - 11:28 AM Chicago-based storyteller Willy Chyr is hosting an experiment he calls The Collabowriters, a “novel by the internet.” Here’s more about the experiment: “The novel is written one sentence at a time. For eac ...
Digital Steampunk Sherlock Holmes On Kickstarter By Dianna Dilworth on Apr. 24, 2012 - 10:23 AM Interactive book maker Richard Monson-Haefel hopes to raise $29,000 to turn his eBook Steampunk Holmes: Legacy of the Nautilus into an interactive experience. AppNewser has more: “With stolen submarines and the British Secre ...
Events Philip Levine,Tracy K. Smith & Slavoj Zizek Get Booked By Maryann Yin on Apr. 23, 2012 - 5:20 PM Here are some literary events to jump-start your week. To get your event posted on our calendar, visit our Facebook Your Literary Event page. Please announce your event one week prior to its date. Tonight (April 23), poet laureat ...
People Happy Saint George’s Day! By Dianna Dilworth on Apr. 23, 2012 - 5:00 PM Walk down any busy street today in Barcelona and you are sure to see vendors selling books and flowers on the streets. That is because today is St. George’s Day (La Diada de Sant Jordi in Catalan), a holiday for lovers and ...
Awards | Resources LA Times Book Prize Winners Revealed By Jason Boog on Apr. 23, 2012 - 3:42 PM This year’s winners of the Los Angeles Los Angeles Times Book Prizes have been revealed, celebrating the best books of the year. Below, we’ve linked to free samples of the award-winning books for your reading pleasure. ...
Book Biz | Videos BeBe Winans to Publish Memoir about Whitney Houston Friendship By Jason Boog on Apr. 23, 2012 - 2:26 PM Gospel music star BeBe Winans has landed a book deal for a memoir about his friendship with the late singer Whitney Houston. Worthy Publishing will publish The Whitney I Knew in July, complete with photos and links to video perfor ...
Comic Books Robert Kirkman Shares Comic Book Pitch Advice By Jason Boog on Apr. 23, 2012 - 2:23 PM At the Los Angeles Festival of Books this morning, The Walking Dead creator and writer Robert Kirkman shared pitching advice for aspiring comic book writers. Using the Image Comics submission guidelines as his main example, he urg ...
Digital The Fragile Earth App By Dianna Dilworth on Apr. 23, 2012 - 1:23 PM To celebrate Earth Day, HarperCollins and Aimer Media have a new app available based on the Fragile Earth book series. Like the books, the app uses birds eye photography to show how the Earth is evolving in modern times. For exa ...
Adaptation | Videos Clive Owen & Nicole Kidman Star in Hemingway & Gelhorn Trailer By Jason Boog on Apr. 23, 2012 - 11:59 AM HBO has released its first trailer for Hemingway & Gelhorn, a film starring Clive Owen as Ernest Hemingway and Nicole Kidman as the journalist Martha Gellhorn. The film captures the relationship between great novelist and a gr ...
Resources The Only 3 Pieces of Writing Advice You Will Ever Need By Jason Boog on Apr. 23, 2012 - 11:07 AM At the Los Angeles Festival of Books, we uncovered the only three pieces of writing advice you will ever need. In the middle of a panel discussion about “Creativity & Imagination,” one audience member asked three g ...