Kickstarter launched for new online literary magazine Fictionable
The global COVID pandemic may have devastated many areas of life, but it has not quashed our love for reading. Figures from the Publishers Association showed that fiction sales for… Read more »
Solange unveils free library of rare works by Black artists and writers
Singer-songwriter, performance artist and actress Solange announced last week—via her Saint Heron foundation—that she would use the organisation’s site to host a free digital library of rare works by Black… Read more »
A winner was announced for the new(ish) Desperate Literature award
Because we all are desperate to win a literary prize, someone had to go and make a prize for our desperation. Kind of. In reality, according to the Bookseller who… Read more »
Missing Halloween? A new service brings stories to life and into readers’ homes
Are you one of those horror fiends who spends most of the year prepping for Halloween? A spooky goblin eagerly awaiting the blanket of night to cause havoc and fear amongst… Read more »
Unpublished Sylvia Plath story to be released in 2019
A never-before-published story by Sylvia Plath will be released by Faber & Faber in January 2019. Set to be published as a stand-alone book, “Mary Venture and the Ninth Kingdom”… Read more »
The New York Public Library brings iconic feminist stories to Instagram
The New York Public Library is putting the “story” back in Instagram Stories. As of this summer, they have collaborated with independent advertising and creative agency Mother New York to… Read more »
Can “Insta Novels” revive interest in reading?
There are some folks who complain about kids these days reading their social media timelines instead of reading a good book. Now those whippersnappers can have their cake and eat it,… Read more »
Need horror story inspiration? Check this out.
There’s something powerful about the way a writer’s mind reacts to old, empty spaces. Whether it’s a rotted hole in the floor or the abandoned remains of a crumbling hallway, a… Read more »
Does no one read short stories because no one sees ’em? Or does no one see short stories because no one reads ’em?
2017 was a triumphant year for the short story. Whether in the form of the gushing critical reception (and a spot on the National Book Award shortlist) for a collection like Carmen Maria… Read more »