Georges Anglade, PEN Haiti Founder, RIP
By Edward Nawotka Among those killed in this week’s earthquake in Haiti was Georges Anglade, a Haitian-Canadian scholar, writer, and politician, who in 2008 founded […]
View ArticleInterested in Contributing to a Book to Help Haiti?
By Edward Nawotka There has been an outpouring of support for the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti by members of the publishing community, […]
View ArticleThe Book That Almost Never Was: 100 Stories for Haiti
By Greg McQueen AARTHUS, DENMARK: The book 100 Stories for Haiti — a forthcoming charity anthology with proceeds going for Haitian earthquake relief — wouldn’t […]
View ArticleIf They Need to Compete With Digital, Why Can’t Publishers Work Faster?
By Edward Nawotka Earlier this year we covered the new trend of “cause publishing” and in today’s lead story, we have an example of it: […]
View ArticleHaitian Authors Star at France’s Etonnants Voyageurs Festival
By Olivia Snaije SAINT-MALO: This past weekend, the 21st edition of the French literary and film festival Etonnants Voyageurs took place in Saint-Malo, Brittany. While […]
View ArticleDoes Publishing Exacerbate the Cliche that Haiti is Cursed?
By Edward Nawotka The publishing industry has certainly done its part to help Haiti, donating half a million dollars to relief agencies in the days […]
View ArticleHas Publishing Cashed In on the Perception Haiti is Cursed?
What's stopping the publishing industry from looking beyond books that exacerbate the perception that Haiti is populated by no small number of zombies?
View ArticleReborn Haiti Lit Fest Promises Post-Quake Reading Revival
Literary Festival Etonnants Voyageurs Haiti -- "Astonishing Travelers Haiti" -- will bring 40 authors to the island for the first time since the 2010 earthquake.
View ArticleBorder Crossers: The Here/There Memoirs
Beth Kephart, author of Handling the Truth — a guide to writing memoir — discusses several of her favorite border-crossing writers and the art of geomorphology.
View ArticlePEN and UNESCO to Bolster Minority Language Publishing
PEN International and Unesco have launched new research and training programs in Kenya, Haiti, Serbia and Nigeria to bolster local book publishing industries.
View ArticleOn Dany Laferrière, Language and the Académie Française
Haitian-Canadian writer Dany Laferrière — who supports the end of the use of the term Francophone — has been admitted to Académie Française, prompting debate.
View ArticleBigger Presence of Francophone African and Haitian Publishers in Frankfurt
Africa has a larger presence in Frankfurt than ever this year, with a strong contingent of francophone publishers as part of the France Guest of Honor program. The post Bigger Presence of Francophone...
View ArticleInternational Day of the Girl: NABU Launches Haitian Creole / English Storybooks
Having conducted workshops in Haiti for authors, the literacy charity Nabu is releasing the two of a planned series of bilingual books for girls of color. The post International Day of the Girl: NABU...
View ArticleWorld Read Aloud Day 2022: LitWorld’s Innovative Partnerships
Behind today's annual Scholastic-sponsored World Read Aloud Day program lie 'innovation partnerships,' a key part of LitWorld's success. The post World Read Aloud Day 2022: LitWorld’s Innovative...
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