Believe it or not, it’s not just publishing houses that keep the literary world moving and grooving. There’s a whole host of foundations that keep the American publishing industry on its feet. Here’s a list of the groups, communities, and foundations helping keep literary life fun, exciting, and fair. National Book Foundation The National Book Foundation is most famous for their yearly National Book Awards, but they also host a bevy of other literary awards, like Trendsetter favorite 5 Under 35, as well as events like Eat, Drink, and Be […]
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The Beginner’s Guide to American Literary Organizations
0 Comments | Category: Industry Insight | Tags: 5 Under 35, Association of Writers and Writing Programs, AWP, AWP Annual Conference, BookUp, Center for Fiction, CLMP, Community of Literary Magazines and Presses, Eat Drink and Be Literary, Elaine Pagels, Isabel Wilkerson, James McBride, Maxine Hong Kingston, Mercantile Library, National Book Awards, National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanities, NEA, NEH, PEN America, PEN International, Prison Writing Project, Ron Chernow, Sandra Cisneros, Stephen King, The First Novel Prize, Tobias Wolff, World Voices Festival
NYC Bookternet IRL: Brooklyn Book Festival
On Sunday, my roommate Katie and I went to the 9th Annual Brooklyn Book Festival, which was our first book festival ever. We knew there was no way I’d be able to do everything on my to-do list, but also we knew I’d have to give it my best shot. The numbers weren’t on our side, a fact that I blame largely on the deficiencies of time travel research. We had 8 hours – minus breaks for the bathroom, coffee, and food – to visit approximately 930 booths and attend […]
0 Comments | Category: Industry Insight | Tags: Ann Brashares, Book Festival, Brooklyn Book Festival, Feminist Press, Francine Prose, Hirsh Sawhney, James McBride, Jennifer Baumgardner, Joyce Carol Oates, Kiese Laymon, Leslie Jamison, Lev Grossman, Paul Auster, Phil Klay, Robert Frost, Roxane Gay, Salman Rushdie, Scholastic, Scott Westerfield, This Is Where I Leave You, Walt Whitman, Zadie Smith