Former interns Jennifer Crystal Johnson and Rebecca Kaye are moving up the ladder at phati’tude Literary Magazine. Johnson, formerly Associate Editor is now Managing Editor; and Kaye, formerly Editor is now Associate Editor. It just goes to show that growth opportunities truly exist at Team phati’tude!
The editors of phati’tude Literary Magazine is pleased to announce Kevin Tobar Pesántezan is our Spring 2012 intern. Kevin is a Queens-born (NYC), Ecuadorian writer, spoken word poet, and facilitator who is a great addition to Team phati’tude.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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