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Book Culture: Where to Find It in NYC

I’m routinely asked how I like living in New York City. If it’s by a New Yorker, this is usually phrased as “Don’t you love it here? I mean, I love it. I could never live anywh… more →

Jho in The City

So, where am I now?

andreamullaney wrote 1 month ago: Firstly, here’s a blog I wrote for The Scotsman on the first Edinburgh Historical Fiction Fest … more →

Tags: Articles, Competitions & Awards, interviews, Literary Magazines, writing, Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Commonwealth Writers', Edinburgh, Granta

Performance And Presentation — 3 comments

andreamullaney wrote 6 months ago: Yesterday I found myself repeatedly walking out in front of a small group of people and swearing at … more →

Tags: Alex Gillon, Algebra., Glasgow University, Readings, Scottish Book Trust, spoken word

31 submissions

andreamullaney wrote 6 months ago: Well, lately I have just been racking up story rejections. As any fule kno, this is actually good, b … more →

Tags: Stories, Literary Magazines, Competitions & Awards, Competitions

July update

andreamullaney wrote 9 months ago: Not too much writing news to report this month, just keeping on going … well, sort of. I have … more →

Tags: Articles, Reviews, Research, Teaching, TV, The Scotsman, ben shepherd, writing historical fiction, Strathclyde University

Granta & Hay

andreamullaney wrote 11 months ago: Photo by MartinlianoHere is a link to my Commonwealth prize-winning story on Granta. I absolutely lo … more →

Tags: Competitions & Awards, Stories, Awards, Bernadine Evaristo, Bridge House Publishing, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Commonwealth Short Story Prize, Commonwealth Writers', Competitions

World Book Night USA Giver Experience: I'm Glad I Participated

Nancy C wrote 1 year ago: I’ve officially finished giving out all my copies of A Reliable Wife and it was certainly a fu … more →

Tags: Brooklyn, NYC, Workman Publishing, a reliable wife, robert goolrick, Algonquin Books, World Book Night US, central park, Bally Total Fitness

World Book Night 2012 Official Giver-Finding Good Locations for Giving

Nancy C wrote 1 year ago: After months of eager anticipation, the first celebration of WORLD BOOK NIGHT  in the U.S will take … more →

Tags: a reliable wife, Algonquin Books, April 23, book giver, Free Books, New York City, robert goolrick, Workman Publishing, World Book Night

Ridley Pearson at St. Louis County Library

mariabarron wrote 1 year ago: Saturday, April 7, 7:00 pm – Library Headquarters, Auditorium Ridley Pearson, “Kingdom Keepers V: Sh … more →

Tags: Author Event

March is Women's History Month

mariabarron wrote 1 year ago: March is Women’s history month.  We have set up a display of books featuring women of great ac … more →

February update — 3 comments

andreamullaney wrote 1 year ago: Just noting a few of the writing-related things I have been up to this month (which has also seen a … more →

Tags: Books, Research, Stories, raymond soltysek, Edinburgh, spoken word, Readings, a thousand cranes, Cargo Publishing

Love as Solidarity: Filipino Writers and Artists in Queens

Nancy C wrote 1 year ago: On a cold winter afternoon in February, the warmest place in Queens, NY may have been the Bayanihan … more →

Tags: Love, Solidarity, Filipino, Community, Asian American Writers Workshop, Bayanihan Filipino Community Center, woodside queens, Filipino poetry, valentine's day

Book Culture: Where to Find It in NYC

jhointhecity wrote 1 year ago: I’m routinely asked how I like living in New York City. If it’s by a New Yorker, this is … more →

Tags: New York City, cityboy, Reading, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, thankful, mcnally jackson, Center For Fiction

New Year Marks Foray into the Online Book Club World, The HuffPost Book Club — 3 comments

Nancy C wrote 1 year ago: Reading The Tiger's Wife on a comfy lounge sofa. Now that 2012 has arrived, I decided to commit … more →

Tags: Random House, NYC, huffington post, book club online, téa obreht, the tiger's wife, Subway, Commute, New Year resolutions

Pitiful Parliamentary Poet Laureate — 1 comment

sarahgraceross wrote 1 year ago: This past fall’s Parliamentary session did not fail to entertain. It featured both Peter MacKay and … more →

Tags: parliamentary poet laureate, poet laureate, Rodger Cuzner, Inauguration Day, Poetry Room

Sign Up to Spread the Joy of Reading on World Book Night

Nancy C wrote 1 year ago: I came across the news of World Book Night’s U.S debut earlier this week and it looks like a f … more →

Tags: Grove/Atlantic Inc., Random House, World Book Night, free book giveway, Simon&Schuster, Penguin, HarperCollins, hachette, Workman Publishing

Anne And The Skye Bun Prize

andreamullaney wrote 1 year ago: The Skye Literary Salon – which is a lovely sounding thing – runs a contest called The Baker Prize 2 … more →

Tags: Competitions & Awards, Competitions, Anne of Green Gables, Isle of Skye Baking Company, Skye Literary Salon, Money

A Literary Thanksgiving to All Independent Bookstores — 1 comment

Nancy C wrote 1 year ago: With Thanksgiving day around the corner, I thought I’d show a little appreciation for all the … more →

Tags: Brooklyn, independent bookstore, bookcourt, Thanksgiving, Bookseller, Amazon, barnes and noble, NYC Subway, Greenpoint

Literary Happenings: Colson Whitehead at McNally Jackson 10/20/2011

jhointhecity wrote 1 year ago: I love attending a reading at McNally Jackson in SoHo. It’s clean and bright and staffed by lo … more →

Tags: New York City, Reading, Fiction, literary reading, mcnally jackson, Colson Whitehead, A S Byatt, Zone One, zombies

Launch of A Thousand Cranes anthology

andreamullaney wrote 1 year ago: Today the Japanese Consul sang me a song. No, really. It was at the official reception to launch the … more →

Tags: Stories, Books, a thousand cranes, Cargo Publishing, iain paton, Cara McGuigan, alex cox, Alan Gillespie, Alex Salmond


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