
PRH to acquire F+W book publishing assets
thebookseller.com – Wednesday June 19, 2019

Penguin Random House is set to acquire the book publishing assets of F+W Media following the media company’s bankruptcy, with the effects on F+W's UK division unclear.
The deal, which includes F+W's new titles and 2,000-strong backlist of illustrated non-fiction books, according to Publishers Weekly, is expected to close by the end of the month. PRH declined to comment on the sale when contacted by The Bookseller.
PRH posted the winning bid in an auction held on Thursday 6th June by the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The list of successful bidders for the “communities” assets of F+W - separate to its book publishing assets - was submitted for approval to the court yesterday (Monday 17th June).
New Publisher Listing
firstwriter.com – Tuesday June 18, 2019
Publishes: Fiction; Poetry;
Areas include: Short Stories;
Markets: Adult;
Preferred styles: Literary
Publishes poetry and short story collections. Send submissions by email.
New Magazine Listing
firstwriter.com – Monday June 17, 2019
Publishes: Essays; Interviews; Nonfiction; Poetry; Reviews;
Markets: Adult;
Preferred styles: Literary
Electronic magazine featuring poetry, art, creative nonfiction, essays, interviews, and reviews by marginalised creators. Submit up to five pieces at a time in the body of an email. No attachments. See website for full guidelines.

In dropping Linda Fairstein, the book industry reveals its cowardice
nypost.com – Sunday June 16, 2019

When Galileo Galilei finished writing his last work, “Two New Sciences,” he had trouble finding a publisher.
Galileo had been branded a heretic, and his work was prohibited by the Inquisition. A patron arranged for the book to be published in Venice and then chickened out. The House of Elzevir (whose name lives on in the modern publisher Elsevier) arranged for the manuscript to be smuggled out of Italy and published in the Netherlands, then as now a stronghold of free thinking.
That defiance could very well have brought a death sentence. But a few publishers once had the grit to stand up to the Inquisition.
In our time, most of them cannot even stand up to Twitter, a measly and miserable inquisition of another kind.

Short-story writers are infinitely more creative than novelists
irishtimes.com – Saturday June 15, 2019

“I deeply detest short-story collections – grotty binbags stuffed with the aborted novels of writers too lazy to bring their progeny to full term.” That was Frankie Gaffney’s intro to his review of June Caldwell’s Room Little Darker, which he went on to praise, but I can’t help thinking some novelists should put an end to their flabby oeuvres. Modern novelists remind me of disreputable farmers injecting their cows with growth hormones to earn a few extra euros. By Frankie’s assessment, if I had been assiduous enough to gestate my short stories, I’d have 41 novels by now, which would be some going.
New Magazine Listing
firstwriter.com – Thursday June 13, 2019
Publishes: Poetry;
Markets: Adult;
Preferred styles: Literary
Online magazine accepting submissions of poetry year-round. Submit up to six poems in .doc or .docx format, by email.

Why Does Writing Suck?
thecut.com – Tuesday June 11, 2019

It is rare, in this day and age, to see a good tweet on the internet, but I did love this one, from New York Times writer Erin Griffith, which includes a graph she designed to depict the dramatic ups and downs of a writer’s self-esteem, which are entirely dependent upon the stage of the writing/editing process they’re in. There is the ecstatic high in submitting a draft to one’s editor, and the inevitable gloom that follows the first round of edits received. Writing may not be the only profession subject to such wildly variable morale, but to hear writers tell it, there’s simply nothing worse. As Dorothy Parker once said (according to the internet, anyway), “I hate writing, but I love having written.”
New Publisher Listing
firstwriter.com – Tuesday June 11, 2019
Publishes: Fiction; Nonfiction;
Markets: Adult;
Preferred styles: Literary
New York City-based independent press specialising in high-quality literary fiction and nonfiction. Send submissions by post or email. See website for full guidelines.
New Magazine Listing
firstwriter.com – Tuesday June 11, 2019
Publishes: Articles; Fiction; Nonfiction;
Areas include: Fantasy;
Markets: Adult; Youth;
Preferred styles: Commercial; Literary; Mainstream; Traditional
Fantasy ezine that publishes every quarter. We specialise in fantasy stories as well as articles that help authors old and new. There are also competitions and a myriad of tools that will help you grow as an author.
Submissions - Prose and Artwork
Query via email initially. Your query should contain your Name, Pseudonym email address and contact details. Please give us a brief overview of your piece and a brief bio of anything you have published before if we like your work we will let you know and invite you to submit your piece.
New Magazine Listing
firstwriter.com – Monday June 10, 2019
Publishes: Essays; Fiction; Nonfiction; Poetry; Reviews;
Areas include: Criticism;
Markets: Adult;
Preferred styles: Literary
Online magazine publishing poetry, fiction, essays, reviews, criticisms, visual poems and multimedia projects. Send submissions by email.
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