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Amazon Literary Partnership Opens for 2021 Submissions
October 29, 2020 at 3:13 pm

Supporting everything from PEN America to the Asian American Writers' Workshop, Amazon Literary Partnership focuses on author development. The post Amazon Literary Partnership Opens for 2021 Submissions appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Amazon Literary Partnership Opens for 2021 Submissions
October 29, 2020 at 3:13 pm

Supporting everything from PEN America to the Asian American Writers' Workshop, Amazon Literary Partnership focuses on author development. The post Amazon Literary Partnership Opens for 2021 Submissions appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Hay Festival’s Difficult Autumn: Two Separate Matters, UK and UAE
October 29, 2020 at 1:32 pm

In two unresolved cases that have come to light recently, the highly regarded Hay Festival finds itself dealing with sensitive allegations from within its ranks. The post Hay Festival’s Difficult Autumn: Two Separate Matters, UK and UAE appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Hay Festival’s Difficult Autumn: Two Separate Matters, UK and UAE
October 29, 2020 at 1:32 pm

In two unresolved cases that have come to light recently, the highly regarded Hay Festival finds itself dealing with sensitive allegations from within its ranks. The post Hay Festival’s Difficult Autumn: Two Separate Matters, UK and UAE appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Never-ending stories: from Bond to Galbraith, why is everything so long?
October 29, 2020 at 2:00 am

Films are bum-numbers, books are doorstoppers – even podcasts go on for hours. What’s behind the rise of cultural epics – and is it time someone gave them a trim? About halfway through Tenet, the mind-frying Christopher Nolan film, I began to wriggle in my seat. Twenty minutes later, I had to sit on my…

SoA and Creative Scotland to distribute £600k in hardship grants
October 29, 2020 at 1:45 am

Creative Scotland has partnered with the Society of Authors to distribute £600,000 in financial grants, in bursaries of up £2,000 each, among authors and other creative practitioners in the literary field based in Scotland who are experiencing financial hardship as a result of the pandemic.