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Writers from coast to coast in the United States have each formed picket lines in order to demand for higher and fairer pay, and protest their working conditions and the possibility of industry dependence on AI tools. Some celebrities have also voiced their support for these writers on strike, and as one of them pointed […]
According to a report, many are concerned about the impact the pandemic has had on writers’ mental and physical well-being.
The Reclaim Her Name initiative, sponsored by Baileys, has recently been launched to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Women’s Prize for Fiction. Twenty-five classic novels by female writers, previously published under male pseudonyms, will be re-released for the first time with the real name of the author on the cover in an effort to […]
VILNIUS, Lithuania — J.D. Salinger, the American writer best known for his 1951 novel “The Catcher in the Rye”, was honored Friday with a sculpture featuring a rye field near the Lithuanian village where his ancestors lived. The writer, whose book was popular among the post-World War II generation of college students in the United […]
Renowned novelist Lualhati Bautista is pushing to junk the anti-terror bill, which has recently passed the third and final reading in Congress.
MADRID—Chilean writer Luis Sepúlveda, author of the novel “The Old Man Who Read Love Stories,” has died after a six-week battle with the new coronavirus. He was 70 years old. The Spanish regional government of Asturias, where Sepúlveda lived, confirmed his death Thursday. It gave no further details. Sepúlveda showed the first symptoms of infection […]
Mary Higgins Clark, the “Queen of Suspense” whose tales of women beating the odds made her one of the world’s most popular writers, died Friday at age 92.
Booker Prize will pit literary giants Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie against four emerging stars when it unveils the winner on its 50th anniversary.
Ernest Hemingway, born July 21, 1899, was one of the most popular and celebrated writers of the 20th century. His seven novels, six short story collections, and two nonfiction works are characterized by his economical use of words and understated storytelling. His particular writing style has greatly influenced American literature, and he was awarded the Nobel […]