With some 200 author events, 150 booksellers and exhibitors, and a Kids Alley, the Printers Row Book Festival might well fulfill its claim of being the Midwest's largest free outdoor ... Read More

While BEA invades NYC's Javits Center, the Guardian Hay Festival will draw writers from all over the world to Britain for a 9-day celebration of language, May 25-June 2. Writers ... Read More

If you were disappointed by the dearth of contests for May, June looks better. Check out contests from the Indiana Review, Chelsea, and New Millennium, among others. Also, see articles on ... Read More

For creative writing teachers, the Virginia Tech shootings potentially raise questions about how to address disturbing student writing. While I'm not at all qualified to give advice in this area ... Read More

Gotham, the NYC-based writing school, is offering 6-week online creative writing classes for teens this summer starting June 19 and July 17 with separate sections for kids 11-14 and 15-18. ... Read More

Following up yesterday's romance blog with something for the horror writers, I received a call for submissions from Michael Knost, editor of a forthcoming quarterly pdf, Noctem Aeternus. He'll begin ... Read More

Second-time Romance of the Year Award-winner Rosie Thomas talks about her life as a writer in an interview in the Guardian that will interest romance and chick lit writers ... Read More

Someone from National Novel Writing Month just contacted me about a similar event in June for playwrights and screenplay writers -- or for those who aspire to be either. For ... Read More

Planning to travel this summer? Jeremy Mercer, author of Books, Baguettes and Bedbugs, a book about his time living at Shakespeare and Company in Paris, compiled a list of his ... Read More

I've never read thriller-writer Barry Eisler, but I came across some worthwhile advice on writing and publishing from him while doing research the other day. Among other tidbits, he offers: ... Read More

Things may be slowing down for summer, but there are still some worthwhile contests to shoot for this month, including the Minnesota Monthly Tamarack Award (May 15), the New Letters ... Read More

In the wake of the LA Times Book Festival, mystery writer Michael Connelly observes the drop-off in newspaper space allotted to book reviews and reflects that in the long run, ... Read More