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Awards Season: Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu Wins the PROSE Hawkins Honor
February 14, 2022 at 7:35 am

Seeing what the Vietnamese experienced 'narrated through their skin,' NYU's Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu wins the AAP's 2022 RR Hawkins Award. The post Awards Season: Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu Wins the PROSE Hawkins Honor appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

I’ll fight to overturn US ban on my ‘Queer Bible’, says British author
February 13, 2022 at 1:30 am

Former model Jack Guinness caught up in furore over Mississippi mayor’s attempt to withhold funding for library until ‘homosexual materials’ are withdrawnA British writer, presenter and former model says he is shocked to find himself at the centre of an unprecedented wave of book banning in the US.A Mississippi mayor has told the Madison County…

The Great Gapsby? How modern editions of classics lost the plot
February 12, 2022 at 9:11 am

F Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece is the latest title to appear in a cheap modern version after copyright expires“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.” It is one of the most memorable literary payoffs in history, the end of F Scott Fitzgerald’s defining novel of the 20th century, The…

Awards Season: British Academy Prize Names Jurors, Opens Submissions
February 10, 2022 at 12:07 pm

The 2021 jury for the British Academy Book Prize for Global Understanding returns in the 2022 cycle, seeking works that  'public understanding of world cultures.' The post Awards Season: British Academy Prize Names Jurors, Opens Submissions appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre: Activities and Online Presence
February 10, 2022 at 8:54 am

Having participated in programming at the Cairo fair, the Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre opens a new partnership and site redesign. The post Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre: Activities and Online Presence appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.