Literary Agent Battles Online Criticism In Court
by Staff
Online Only, posted 7.02.08
Lawyers for the Electronic Frontier Foundation joined representatives for Wikipedia in a New Jersey court on Tuesday to fight for the dismissal of a lawsuit filed earlier this year by literary agent Barbara Bauer, the New Jersey Star-Ledger recently reported. Bauer sued Wikimedia, the online encyclopedia's parent company; the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Web site; and nineteen bloggers and Web site administrators who have posted disparaging comments about Bauer on sites such as AbsoluteWrite.com and YouTube.
NPR Expands Book Coverage Online
by Staff
Online Only, posted 7.01.08
In a refreshing twist on the continuing trend of dwindling book coverage, a national media outlet has actually expanded its literary presence online, Publishers Weekly reported yesterday. National Public Radio recently increased the number of weekly book reviews and other features on its Web site at NPR.org, hiring six new book reviewers, including Bookslut.com's Jessa Crispin and former National Book Critics Circle president John Freeman.
Margaret Atwood Wins Prince of Asturias Prize for Lifetime Achievement
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Online Only, posted 6.27.08
Canadian poet and novelist Margaret Atwood was recently named the winner of Spain’s Prince of Asturias Prize for Letters, which carries a prize of 50,000 euros (approximately $77,750), in recognition of the author's outstanding literary achievement and contribution to the arts. The jury selected Atwood from a poll of thirty-three nominees from twenty-four countries, stating that her multi-genre work “defends the dignity of women, and denounces social injustice.”
