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    Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre

    Announcing Voyage Into Genre Live!

    By Tor Presents: Voyage Into Genre   February 28, 2024
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    Over 600 writers have signed this open letter to PEN America.

    By Dan Sheehan  February 9, 2024
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    Palestinian-American writer Randa Jarrar was dragged out of a PEN event.

    By Dan Sheehan  February 2, 2024
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    Two novelists have cut ties with PEN over its Mayim Bialik event and Gaza silence.

    By Dan Sheehan  January 31, 2024
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    Read novelist Lana Bastašić’s blazing response to yet another act of literary censorship.

    By Dan Sheehan  January 30, 2024
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    Thousands of KidLit professionals are calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

    By Dan Sheehan  January 22, 2024
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    NYC and LA are holding vigils for the martyred writers, poets, and journalists of Gaza.

    By Dan Sheehan  January 16, 2024
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    Annie Ernaux has joined the boycott of German cultural institutions.

    By Dan Sheehan  January 11, 2024
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    There was a vigil for Palestinian journalists on the steps of the New York Public Library last night.

    By Dan Sheehan  December 20, 2023
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    A coalition of writers and artists are launching a Fast for Gaza.

    By Dan Sheehan  December 18, 2023
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    Watch Sally Rooney read Ghassan Kanafani’s “Letter from Gaza” in solidarity with Palestine.

    By Dan Sheehan  December 18, 2023
    African Literature

    Books That Travel: A Report From the 2023 Nairobi International Book Fair

    By Jessica Powers  December 4, 2023
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    Read Palestine Week begins tomorrow, and you can read these titles for free.

    By Olivia Snaije  November 28, 2023
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    Zibby Owens withdraws sponsorship for the National Book Awards over its “pro-Palestinian agenda.”

    By Dan Sheehan  November 14, 2023
    Book Festivals

    The 2023 Bay Area Book Festival in Six Acts

    By Jane Ciabattari  June 9, 2023
    Book Festivals

    Why Philip Roth, Why Now?

    By Literary Hub  March 13, 2023
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    Let famous authors do the reading for you in the Toni Morrison virtual marathon.

    By Janet Manley  February 22, 2023
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    Live like the other half with a Phantom of the Opera Airbnb stay.

    By Janet Manley  February 21, 2023
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    Amy Marie Spangler on loss, grief, and anger after the earthquake in Turkey.

    By Amy Marie Spangler  February 13, 2023
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    NASA is sending an Ada Limón poem into space.

    By Dan Sheehan  January 31, 2023
    Ukraine

    Why Book Festivals Matter, Even in a Time of War

    By Sofia Cheliak  October 5, 2022
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    Famous writers will “Stand with Salman Rushdie” on the steps of the NYPL this Friday.

    By Jonny Diamond  August 17, 2022
    Emerging Writers

    Who Are the “Real” Writers, Anyway?

    By Leigh Newman  June 9, 2022
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    Your Month in Free Virtual Book Events: June

    By Katie Yee  June 3, 2022
    Book Festivals

    The 2022 Bay Area Book Festival in Six Acts

    By Jane Ciabattari  May 25, 2022
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