The Writer’s News
Updated weekly, the Writer’s News keeps you informed about new developments in the writing world, including award and publication announcements, news from AWP and the field, and updates about important literary figures.
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February 19, 2014
New in the UK: Get an MA in Self-Publishing.
The University of Central Lancashire has launched the first degree program in self-publishing. Beginning in September this year, the Master’s program aims to “legitimize” self-publishing and consists of a mix of lectures, seminars, and workshops. Read more...
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February 12, 2014
Petitioned by Protesters, Penguin Quits New Book in India: Is This the Next Satanic Verses?.
Prompting an outcry from scholars, writers, lawyers, and other free speech advocates, Penguin recently withdrew publication in India of The Hindus: An Alternative History by Wendy Doniger in response to a petition from a Hindu fundamentalist group. Read more...
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February 12, 2014
Congress Gives Attention to College Adjunct Controversy.
Maria C. Maisto, an adjunct professor at Cuyahoga Community College and leader of the adjunct advocacy group New Faculty Majority appeared before Congress last fall to address colleges’ responses to the Affordable Care Act. Read more...
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February 10, 2014
Long-Honored Poet Maxine Kumin, Dead at 88.
Maxine Kumin, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for her poetry collection, Up Country, died on February 6 at her home in New Hampshire. Read more...
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February 5, 2014
A New Kind of Writing Program? The Writer’s Hotel Master Class.
The Writer’s Hotel (TWH), in collaboration with The New Guard Literary Review presents its first Writer’s Workshop Master Class in Fiction and Nonfiction. Read more...
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January 31, 2014
Hey Writers, Want a Free House in Detroit?.
Write A House (WAH), a nonprofit project, and a has bought three homes in a racially diverse, northern Detroit neighborhood, with the ultimate goal of offering them to writers from across the globe free of rent. Read more...
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January 31, 2014
Liberal Arts Majors Succeed Over Long Term.
A new report by the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) and the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) claims college graduates with Humanities degrees actually achieve higher salaries at peak earnings ages ($2,000 higher annual earnings for workers of ages 56 to 60) compared to graduates with professional or pre-professional degrees, such as nursing or business majors, which have higher starting salaries. Read more...
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January 31, 2014
Whitman’s ‘Song of Myself,’ a Free Six-Week Online Course.
The International Writing program at the University of Iowa has teamed with The Writing University to offer its first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), “Every Atom: Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself.” Read more...
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January 31, 2014
Religious Extremism Burns Library in Lebanon.
Vandals set fire to the Al Sa’eh Library in Tripoli, destroying an estimated 50,000 books. Read more...
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January 17, 2014
Crime Novel by Convicted Murderer Wins Award.
Cuts Through Bone by Alaric Hunt won the Private Eye Writers of America $10,000 and publishing contract prize. Read more...
