Blood & Rhetoric

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Writing by Jana on Wednesday, 25 of June , 2008 at 8:00 am

Margaret Atwood wins Spain’s top literary prize: The Prince of Asturias Prize for literature.

Hamish Hamilton has launched a new online literary magazine, Five Dials, designed to promote and distribute quality writing which is unlikely to be printed elsewhere.

Annual program offering $1,000 stipend and 8-month fellowship to writers in the early stages of their literary careers. Program includes one-on-one sessions with mentors, seminars on topics such as editing or working with agents, courses in the Writers’ Program at UCLA Extension, and literary readings.

The Gaurdian Asks: Why writers can’t go it alone. We love independent filmmakers and musicians, and celebrate their maverick spirit, so why don’t we want independent writers?

To which I ask, have you attempted to actually read that much self-published work? It’s a scary, scary world.

Disney’s “Enchanted” was the dominant film player Tuesday night at the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror’s 34th annual Saturn Awards, held at the Universal Hilton Hotel in Universal City.

Gary Gygax’s final Novel, Infernal Sorceress, to be released this July.

An interview with Rachel Smith, founder of Bitten by Books, a new book review site focusing on paranormal fiction, urban fantasy and horror.

I’m excited to find a review site focused solely on paranormal and horror; currently 18 reviewers are reviewing (I’m saying the word “review” alot) 100 books per month, and they’re looking for more people to um…. review.

And, according to The Telegraph: The 50 Best Summer Holiday Books.

Category: Fantasy, news

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