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Orna Ross is the pen name of Aine McCarthy, [1] born 1960. She is an Irish author, [2] former literary agent, blogger and an advocate for creativism. [3] [4] She is the founder of the Alliance for Independent Authors, [5] [6] a professional association for authors who self-publish their work, and has been named one of the top 100 most influential people in publishing by The Bookseller, the UK ...
Current and prior judges include Booker shortlisted author Clare Morrall; publisher of Tindal Street Press Alan Mahar; judge for the international Arthur C. Clarke Award Pauline Morgan; American literature and Creative Writing lecturer, Paul McDonald; Poet and Stand winner Jeff Phelps, Gaynor Arnold who was longlisted for the Booker Prize and the Orange Prize (now the Bailey's); short story ...
The National Literary Awards defines independent or "indie" literature as "books published outside mainstream publishing." [permanent dead link ] Such books are rarely recognized and hard to pin down, but some examples include "Damastor" by Dimitri Iatrou, "Returning Home" by Marcus Blake and "Hope...Joy (and a Few Little Thoughts) for Pregnant Teens" by Rachel Brigoni.
The first Full Indie Summit was organized in 2013 as a response to the migration of prominent video game studios and developer conferences such as GDC Canada away from Vancouver. The summit aims to connect and unify the larger Indie community in the Pacific North West and to provide opportunities for networking and information exchange.
[8] [10] [11] [12] He left Bossa in January 2013 to "concentrate on indie development". [7] [9] He has since worked on a Robin Hood-based stealth game named Volume, which was released on 18 August 2015 for Windows, OS X, and PlayStation 4 and Vita platforms. [13] In 2016, Bithell released EarthShape, a virtual reality game for Google Daydream.
The resulting trilogy of books is called Renegades, as is the first book in the series. It was inspired by the misreading of a sign and impacted by her love of superheroes growing up. [20] [21] Renegades was released in the November 2017, and became the number 2 book on the New York Times bestsellers in November.
Adelaide Writers' Week, known locally as Writers' Week or WW, is a large and mostly free literary festival held annually in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia.It forms part of the Adelaide Festival of Arts, where attendees meet, listen, and discuss literature with Australian and international writers in "Meet the Author" sessions, readings and lectures.
In the summer of 2008, McSweeney's issue 27 published Jollett's short story, "The Crack", which appeared between short stories by Liz Mandrell and Stephen King. [12] He was a frequent contributor to All Things Considered on NPR [13] and the Los Angeles Times, an editor at large for Men's Health, and the managing editor of Filter magazine. [14]