Fiction Writing News: Page 37
Jodi Picoult Blasts Dan Brown's Writing Skills (May 11, 2009): Author Jodi Picoult is very critical of Dan Brown's writing skills and says The Da Vinci Code is poorly written.
Napoleon Bonaparte's Romance Novella to be Published for First Time (May 7, 2009): A long lost romantic novella written by Napoleon Bonaparte has finally been translated and will be published.
Cormac McCarthy Wins PEN/Saul Bellow Lifetime Achievement Award (May 4, 2009): Cormac McCarthy has won another literary honor.
Google Copyright Lawsuit Settlement Delayed Again (April 29, 2009): In a surprise ruling the judge in the Google Book Search copyright lawsuit has agreed to a four month extension requested by a group of authors.
How Ron Howard Got Around the Vatican's Ban (April 27, 2009): Just the mention of Dan Brown's name was enough for the Vatican to ban Ron Howard from filming at any of Rome's churches for the film version of Angels and Demons.
Elizabeth Strout Wins Fiction Category at 2009 Pulitzer Prizes (April 23, 2009): The Pulitzer Prizes have been announced.
HarperCollins Releasing Tolkien's Works in Ebook Format (April 21, 2009): Fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings will soon be able to read the classic fantasy tales on their favorite ereader.
Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol Gets Release Date (April 20, 2009): Doubleday announced today that the sequel to The Da Vinci Code will be released on September 15, 2009.
Ann Weisgarber Gets Double Orange Prize Noms for Debut Novel (April 8, 2009): Ann Weisgarber has scored double Orange Prize nominations.
Twilight is a Hit in the Middle East (April 2, 2009): Stephenie Meyer's Twilight books have been translated into Arabic and they look to be a hit in the Middle East.
Author R.N. Morris Serializes His Novel on Twitter (March 20, 2009): R.
Nobel Laureate Heinrich Boll's Private Papers Destoryed in Freak Accident (March 6, 2009): Nobel Laureate Heinrich Boll's private papers have been lost to history after a building collapsed.
Happy Birthday to Dr. Seuss (March 2, 2009): Today Theodor Seuss Geisel would have turned 105.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to Publish Two More Philip Roth Books (February 25, 2009): Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announced that it will publish two upcoming books by Philip Roth.
Salman Rushdie Blasts Oscar-Nominated Films (February 24, 2009): Salman Rushdie, who is currently teaching at Emory University in Atlanta, has slammed the books and story that were made into Oscar-nominated films, including Slumdog Millionaire, The Reader and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Margaret Atwood Pulls Out of Dubai Festival (February 18, 2009): Author Margaret Atwood has pulled out of the debut Dubai literary festival because of the festival's treatment of British author Geraldine Bedell, who was banned from the festival for having a gay character in her novel.
Author Banned From Dubai Book Festival For Having Gay Character in Novel (February 17, 2009): British journalist and author Geraldine Bedell says she has been banned from the first International Festival of Literature in Dubai because one of the characters in her novel is gay.
Sara Nelson Talks Books (February 5, 2009): Publishing insiders were shocked when Sara Nelson, the innovative and well-liked editor in chief of Publisher's Weekly was summarily laid off by Reed Information systems as part of an overall corporate restructuring.
Duquesne University Officials Unhappy With John Grisham (February 2, 2009): Duquesne University officials are very unhappy with bestselling author John Grisham.
Harry Patterson Celebrates 50 Years of Writing (January 21, 2009): Novelist Harry Patterson - who is known to readers as Jack Higgins - is celebrating his 50th year of writing this year.
