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"Call some people together here, at my house, and we will form a club, and it will be a good one too." A meeting was held on November 24 at Howe's house, Ward, Winslow, Jacob Strauss, Hezekiah Butterworth, and Herbert Ward attending. It was voted to form the Boston Authors Club, and at a second meeting in December, the club was duly organized.
The first president of the Authors' Club was the novelist George Meredith; [3] he was followed by Thomas Hardy; [4] who was in turn succeeded by J. M. Barrie. [5] Subsequent presidents included the architectural historian Sir Banister Fletcher , the Anglo-Irish writer, dramatist and poet Lord Dunsany , Compton Mackenzie — author of Whisky ...
Fiction Collective Two (FC2) is an author-run, not-for-profit publisher of avant-garde, experimental fiction supported in part by the University of Utah, the University of Alabama Press, Central Michigan University, Illinois State University, private contributors, arts organizations and foundations, and contest fees. FC2 is "devoted to ...
Publishers Clearing House agreed to pay $3.5 million, not to a lucky prize winner, but to a collection of states that accused the marketing company of once again misleading consumers. A decade ...
The Authors' Club Best First Novel Award is awarded by the Authors' Club to the most promising first novel of the year, written by a British author and published in the UK during the calendar year preceding the year in which the award is presented. [1]
The awards ceremonies are held at landmark locations in New York City including the Plaza Hotel [11] [12] and the Harvard Club of New York City. [13] In 2016 the ceremony was held at the Newberry Library in Chicago. [14] The Next Generation Indie Book Awards program has been said to be the 'Sundance' of the book publishing world. [15] [16]
Jun. 29—Scammers are using a Publisher Clearing House ruse as the latest tactic to take people's money. Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes are legitimate, however, scammers have honed in on a ...
City Books is the oldest independent bookstore in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1984, it specializes in rare books with an emphasis on contemporary fiction and poetry. [1] [2] Mental Floss calls City Books one of the “Best Bookstores in All 50 States.” [3]