Fiction Writing News: Page 35
Stephen King Pens Poem for Playboy Magazine (November 4, 2009): Stephen King has written a new poem for Playboy magazine called "The Bone Church.
Anne Rice Talks About Vampire Popularity (November 3, 2009): The Wall Street Journal Speakeasy blog has an interesting interview with Anne Rice, author of Interview With a Vampire.
New York Public Library Acquires E. Annie Proulx Archive (November 3, 2009): The New York Public Library just acquired treasure trove of research notes, book drafts and other materials belonging to novelist E.
Ang Lee to Direct Film Version of Life of Pi (October 28, 2009): Director Ang Lee says that he has finally gotten a first draft of the screenplay for the film version of Yann Martel's 2002 Man Booker prize-winning novel Life of Pi.
Alice Munro Reveals Cancer Battle (October 26, 2009): At a literary event in Toronto, Man Booker Prize-winning Canadian author Alice Munro revealed that she has been battling cancer.
Mexico's Secret Service: Gabriel Garcia Marquez Was a Cuban Spy (October 21, 2009): Uncovered records reveal that Columbian author and Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez was spied on for decades by the Mexican intelligence agency DFS, which is now defunct.
Patricia Cornwell Suing Financial Advisors Over $40 Million Loss (October 20, 2009): Bestselling author Patricia Cornwell is suing her financial advisors and accountants for negligence.
Edgar Allan Poe Finally to Get Proper Funeral (October 9, 2009): 160 years late, Edgar Allan Poe has finally been properly gotten a proper burial.
Nobel Prize for Literature to Be Live Webcast (October 6, 2009): The Nobel Prize for Literature will be broadcast live from the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, on Thursday, October 8, at 1:00 p.
J.K. Rowling Joins Twitter (September 29, 2009): Tired of other people impersonating her, J.
Stephenie Meyers' The Host to Be a Feature Film (September 23, 2009): Twilight isn't the only Stephenie Meyer novel that will live on in the movies.
Tom Wolfe Takes Aim at Fallen CEOs (August 26, 2009): Tom Wolfe has a new short story in Vanity Fair magazine called "The Rich Have Feelings, Too, in which he channels the self-righteous anger of the CEOs who have lost jobs and perks like private jets after the bottom fell out of the banking industry.
Bloomsbury Group Letters Going to Auction (August 24, 2009): Letters from the Bloomsbury Group are expected to fetch up to 80,000 pounds sterling at auction.
Sir William Golding's Personal Papers Reveal He Was an Attempted Rapist (August 17, 2009): Well, here's something we would really rather not have known.
Thomas Pynchon Narrates His Own Book Trailer (August 13, 2009): The reclusive author Thomas Pynchon really is the voiceof the narrator in the new book trailer for Pynchon's new book, Inherent Vice.
MWA Teams Up With SFWA to Support Writer Beware (August 11, 2009): The Mystery Writers of America (MWA) is going to co-sponsor the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America's (SFWA) Writer Beware program.
Oscar Winning Screenwriter Budd Schulberg is Dead at 95 (August 6, 2009): Novelist, boxing journalist and Oscar-winning screenwriter Budd Schulberg has died.
Clive Cussler Pays $20.9 Million, Appeals Sahara Ruling (July 29, 2009): Philip Anschutz's production company has finally collected the last payment of the $20.
2009 Man Booker Prize Longlist Announced (July 28, 2009): The judges for the 2009 Man Booker Prize have announced the longlist of 13 titles - also known as the Man Booker Dozen.
Jeff Bezos Apologizes for Kindle Controversy (July 27, 2009): Jeff Bezos has issued an apology for deleting Kindle users' copies of two George Orwell's books, 1984 and Animal Farm.
