Publishing has changed since “Animals of the Bible” won the first Caldecott in 1938 and the Newbery went to “The Story of Mankind” in 1922. There is a lot of inventiveness on the part of children’s book creators, and its paying off, capturing the public’s eye.
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In Pakistan, a national literature struggles to be born
blog, general, Home, literary news, News | 01/27/2012As intense Western interest has vaulted the work of a handful of Pakistani writers on to prize lists and foreign bookstore shelves, Pakistani novelist Mohammed Hanif hopes to build a publishing industry in the image of the one that thrives next door in India.
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Finalists Named for Jewish Literary Award
blog, feature, Home, literary news, News | 01/27/2012The Jewish Book Council has announced the five finalists for the 2012 Sami Rhor Prize for Jewish Literature, which will be awarded next month. The winner will receive $100,000, among the most generous in the literary world.
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Independence for Scottish literature
blog, feature, general, Home, literary news, News | 01/27/2012As Scottish writer Alex Salmond relishes Scottish independence, one wonders that if Scotland gains full autonomy and develops its own literature, ‘British’ writing will look rather thinner as a result.
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African literature: keep on dreaming?
blog, feature, Home, literary news, News | 01/27/2012What is the role of the contemporary African writer? At the start of the Dutch literature festival Writers Unlimited, Radio Netherlands Worldwide talked to three African writers from different corners of the continent.
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Classics going to waste
blog, feature, general, Home, literary news, News | 01/27/2012There was a time when scholars argued there was no such thing as Australian literature, but with home-grown literary bestsellers, the destiny of Australia’s literary scene is changing for the better.
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Chicago Tribune offers literature fans premium paid content
blog, feature, general, Home, literary news, News | 01/27/2012The Chicago Tribune has announced that it will be offering subscribers a new Sunday books section as a piece of premium paid content. The Tribune compares its model to cable TV subscriptions, which encourage users to sign up to a basic package and then pay for extra premium channels. The question is, will it work?
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Jack Gantos wins 2012 Newbery Medal
blog, feature, general, Home, literary news, News | 01/26/2012The American Library Assn. announced the 2012 winners of its annual Newbery, Caldecott, Printz and other awards Monday in Dallas. The awards are given to authors and illustrators of books, audio books and videos for children and young adults.
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Putin’s Scary Russian Canon; Literature’s Fanciest and Least Practical Homes
blog, feature, general, Home, literary news, News | 01/26/2012Vladimir Putin wants to establish a hundred book “Russian Canon” that’s more rigid and purpose-driven than the Western Canon . . . but others fear that texts from the likes of Dostoyevsky or Solzhenitsyn will be sacrificed for “Soviet-era schlock” literature.
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Salman Rushdie And The Jaipur Literature Festival
blog, feature, general, Home, literary news, News | 01/26/2012Bigotry. Intolerance. Censorship. Not words that you would normally associate with a literature festival, let alone one taking place in what is considered the world’s largest democracy, and yet Salaman Rushdie was banned at the Jaipur Literature Festival in India.
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Happy Holidays
blog, feature, general, Home, literary news, magazine, News | 12/23/2011Team phati’tude wishes everyone Happy Holidays!
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Give the Gift of Literature, Support phati’tude
blog, Events, feature, general, Home, literary news, News | 12/18/2011This holiday season, won’t you consider supporting phati’tude Literary Magazine? Give he Gift of Literature, Give phati’tude & pass it on!
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International conference on Persian poet Rumi kicks off in Tehran
blog, Events, Home, literary news | 12/18/2011An international conference on the Persian poet and mystic Jalal ad-Din Rumi entitled From Balkh to Konya opened Saturday at Iran’s Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia.
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NLNG Prize has not helped Nigerian literature
blog, Events, feature, general, Home, literary news | 12/18/2011Egya Sule, a poet and a literary critic teaching at the University of Abuja, Sule , criticizes the Nigeria Prize for Literature for not helping African writers, and publicly states that fellow African writer, Chinua Achebe, is overrated.
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Publishing has changed since “Animals of the Bible” won the first Caldecott in 1938 and the Newbery went to “The Story of Mankind” in 1922. There is a lot of inventiveness on the part of children’s book creators, and its paying off, capturing the public’s eye.
Continue →In Pakistan, a national literature struggles to be born
As intense Western interest has vaulted the work of a handful of Pakistani writers on to prize lists and foreign bookstore shelves, Pakistani novelist Mohammed Hanif hopes to build a publishing industry in the image of the one that thrives next door in India.
Continue →Finalists Named for Jewish Literary Award
The Jewish Book Council has announced the five finalists for the 2012 Sami Rhor Prize for Jewish Literature, which will be awarded next month. The winner will receive $100,000, among the most generous in the literary world.
Continue →Independence for Scottish literature
As Scottish writer Alex Salmond relishes Scottish independence, one wonders that if Scotland gains full autonomy and develops its own literature, ‘British’ writing will look rather thinner as a result.
Continue →African literature: keep on dreaming?
What is the role of the contemporary African writer? At the start of the Dutch literature festival Writers Unlimited, Radio Netherlands Worldwide talked to three African writers from different corners of the continent.
Continue →Classics going to waste
There was a time when scholars argued there was no such thing as Australian literature, but with home-grown literary bestsellers, the destiny of Australia’s literary scene is changing for the better.
Continue →Chicago Tribune offers literature fans premium paid content
The Chicago Tribune has announced that it will be offering subscribers a new Sunday books section as a piece of premium paid content. The Tribune compares its model to cable TV subscriptions, which encourage users to sign up to a basic package and then pay for extra premium channels. The question is, will it work?
Continue →Jack Gantos wins 2012 Newbery Medal
The American Library Assn. announced the 2012 winners of its annual Newbery, Caldecott, Printz and other awards Monday in Dallas. The awards are given to authors and illustrators of books, audio books and videos for children and young adults.
Continue →Putin’s Scary Russian Canon; Literature’s Fanciest and Least Practical Homes
Vladimir Putin wants to establish a hundred book “Russian Canon” that’s more rigid and purpose-driven than the Western Canon . . . but others fear that texts from the likes of Dostoyevsky or Solzhenitsyn will be sacrificed for “Soviet-era schlock” literature.
Continue →Salman Rushdie And The Jaipur Literature Festival
Bigotry. Intolerance. Censorship. Not words that you would normally associate with a literature festival, let alone one taking place in what is considered the world’s largest democracy, and yet Salaman Rushdie was banned at the Jaipur Literature Festival in India.
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Digital literature: Coming to a small screen near you . . . Christmas books of the year
Although industry experts predict a digital literature boom next year, a lot of inspiring work has already hatched during 2011.
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Fifty things I’ve learned about the literary life
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CanLit sails into 2012 on high note
Canadian literary circles are pleased by this years’ emerging homegrown authors such as Patrick deWitt and Esi Edugyan, as well as established writers Michael Ondaatje and Margaret Atwood, strutting their stuff on an international stage.
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Bilingual Bookstore Seeks A Permanent Home In East Harlem
West Coast transplant Aurora Anaya-Cerda found a community in East Harlem and now she wants to open a bookstore there to nurture the area’s passion for literature.
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Alice Oswald withdraws from TS Eliot prize in protest at sponsor Aurum
Award-winning poet Alice Oswald has pulled out of prestigious poetry award the TS Eliot prize in protest over its sponsorship by an investment company.
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New scholarly journal on Hispanic studies comes to Austin Peay State University
Introducing Polifonia Scholarly Journal, a new a peer-reviewed, online journal of literary criticism and culture of Hispanic studies, housed in the Austin Peay State University’s Department of Languages and Literature, led by Dr. Osvaldo DiPaolo, assistant professor of languages and literature.
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‘Best European Fiction’ is a rich, varied collection
Sarajevo-born Chicagoan Aleksandar Hemon, editor of “Best European Fiction 2012,” an annual anthology. in its third year, selects 34 stories out of 28 countries,from Norway to Montenegro.
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Cuba’s 2011 Literature Award to Nersys Lopez
Nersys Lopez, a writer from westernmost Pinar del Rio province, was announced as the recipient of the 2011 National Literature Award, for her narrative and poetic work mainly for children.
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2011 was yet another glorious year for literature. . . . there is no denying that the quality of our writing has gone from strength to strength, that the calibre of our literature is better than it has ever been.
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