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‘The Ickabog’: a Surprise Serialized Kids’ Book from J.K. Rowling

May 26, 2020May 29, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, The Ickabog

Harry Potter creator to donate all proceeds to COVID-19 charities

CREATORS FICTION Writers

Laird Barron: the BFG Interview

May 26, 2020May 29, 2020 Philip Fracassi 0 Comments Laird Barron, Peter Straub, Worse Angels

Popular genre author on horror, crime, and his new novel, Worse Angels

CREATORS Writers

Are Writers Really Better Off At Home?

May 11, 2020May 11, 2020 Michael Washburn 0 Comments Harlan Ellison, Henry Miller, Paragraph Brooklyn, Stephen King

Here’s hoping writers’ spaces reopen as soon as possible

CREATORS History Writers

Heather Cox Richardson Has Her Eyes on The Present

May 11, 2020May 27, 2020 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments Heather Cox Richardson, How the South Won The Civil War, Letters From An American

A historian responds to current events in real time: the BFG interview

AUTHOR STUFF CREATORS FICTION Writers Young Adult

YALLSTAYHOME Festival Replaces White Moderator After Digital Outcry

April 28, 2020May 1, 2020 Sharyn Vane 0 Comments Angie Thomas, Christina Soontornvat, George M. Johnson, Kelly Yang, Lauren Myracle, YALLSTAYHOME, YALLWEST

“Straight white boys are being erased too” is not the message people wanted to hear

AUTHOR STUFF CREATORS FICTION NON-FICTION Politics Writers

New Twitter Account Calls Out the Publishing Industry

April 27, 2020April 29, 2020 Katie Smith 0 Comments @PublishrsWeakly, Publishers Weekly

The cheekily named @PublishrsWeakly continues the conversation started by ‘American Dirt’

COMICS CREATORS Writers

Comic-Con Gone

April 23, 2020May 1, 2020 Rob Kutner 0 Comments Comic-Con, David Hasselhoff, Kevin Feige, San Diego

SDCC-goers grapple with a cancellation

CREATORS FICTION NON-FICTION Writers

Dear George Will: We Haven’t Stopped Reading

April 21, 2020April 28, 2020 Neal Pollack 2 Comments Coronavirus, George Will, H.L. Mencken, literacy

And we haven’t lost much

CREATORS Writers

Six Ways To Support Your Favorite Writers

April 21, 2020April 23, 2020 Katie Smith 0 Comments Autostraddle, Bitch Magazine, N.K. Jemison, Philadelphia Writers Emergency Fund, Roxane Gay, Shea Serrano

Book tours canceled. Speaking events delayed. Here are some resources to help writers in trouble.

COMICS CREATORS FICTION NON-FICTION Writers

Reading is Not an Essential Activity

April 17, 2020April 22, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Grant Snider, I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf, New York Times, reading

Don’t toss out your phone

COMICS CREATORS Remembrance Writers

The Five Best Drucker-DeBartolo Mad Magazine Parodies

April 16, 2020 Ron Hart 1 Comment

Mort Drucker, RIP

CREATORS Writers

The Wrong Word

April 14, 2020April 15, 2020 Morgan Beatty 2 Comments Censorship, editing, literary journal, slut, the Great Awokening, Working from home, writing

Are writers censoring what their fictional characters say?

CREATORS FICTION Writers

Coronavirus Ruined My Stupid Book Tour

April 7, 2020April 13, 2020 Beth Lisick 0 Comments Beth Lisick, book tour, California, Edie on the Green Screen, On The Road, The Road

a minor tragedy for a queen of indie lit

FICTION Writers

Trapped in Quarantine With a Serialized Lena Dunham Novel

April 6, 2020April 21, 2020 Janet Steen 0 Comments Girls, Lena Dunham, Verified Strangers, Vogue.com

Verified Strangers, running in a parallel universe on Vogue.com

CREATORS Politics Writers

Writers Accuse Internet Archive of Theft

April 1, 2020April 3, 2020 Katie Smith 0 Comments Alan Brennert, American Dirt, Chuck Wendig, Internet Archive, Margaret Owen, National Emergency Library, Neil Gaiman, NPR

The National Emergency Library allows unfettered access to more than one million free ebooks