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Literary Guild. The Literary Guild of America is a mail order book club selling low-cost editions of selected current books to its members. Established in 1927 to compete with the Book of the Month Club, it is currently owned by Bookspan. It was a way to encourage reading among the American public through curated and affordable selections.
New York City, New York, U.S. Died. May 27, 1957. (1957-05-27) (aged 64) Westport, Connecticut, U.S. Robert Lawson (October 4, 1892 – May 27, 1957) was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He won the Caldecott Medal for his illustrations in They Were Strong and Good in 1941 and the Newbery award for his short story for ...
Junior Library Guild, formerly the Junior Literary Guild, is a commercial book club devoted to juvenile literature. It was created in 1929 as one of the enterprises of the Literary Guild, an adult book club created in 1927 by Samuel W. Craig and Harold K. Guinzburg. [ 1] Book clubs often marketed books to libraries as well, and by the 1950s the ...
The Authors Guild is America's oldest and largest professional organization for writers and provides advocacy on issues of free expression and copyright protection. Since its founding in 1912 as the Authors League of America, it has counted among its board members notable authors of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, including numerous winners of ...
Doctor of Letters, University of Western Ontario. Gold medallion, Canadian Club of New York. Spouse. Ida Randolph Spragge. Children. Molly. Dora. Thomas Bertram Costain (May 8, 1885 – October 8, 1965) was a Canadian-American journalist who became a best-selling author of historical novels at the age of 57.
Writers Guild of America. The Writers Guild of America ( WGA) is the generic term of two different American labor unions, representing writers in film, television, radio, and online media: The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW), headquartered in Los Angeles but unaffiliated. Although both organizations operate independently, they perform some ...
Grémio Literário (Lisbon) The headquarters of the Grémio Literário. The Grémio Literário (Literary Guild) is a private club in Lisbon, Portugal that was founded in 1846 for the purpose of intellectual and literary discussion. It is now also used for private and corporate events. It is housed in the Palacete de Loures in the Chiado area of ...
A book discussion club is a group of people who meet to discuss books they have read. It is often simply called a book club, a term that may cause confusion with a book sales club. Other terms include reading group, book group, and book discussion group. Book discussion clubs may meet in private homes, libraries, bookstores, online forums, pubs ...