Josh Weil’s short story “Long Bright Line,” published originally in Virginia Quarterly, won a Pushcart Prize. The paperback edition of Weil’s most recent book THE GREAT GLASS SEA was published by Grove Atlantic on June 2, 2015. Please follow the link for more information: http://pushcartprize.com/news.html

Sally Mann’s bestselling memoir has been named to the non-fiction shortlist for the National Book Award. Little Brown published the book on May 12, 2015.

ABC Studios has purchased TV rights to THE INVADERS by Karolina Waclawiak. It will be developed as a dark, humorous soap to be written by playwright Ellen Fairey (Nurse Jackie) and executive produced by Fairey, and David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Laurie Zaks of Mandeville Films. Regan Arts published the book on July 7, 2015.

William Gass gave 5 writing tips to Publisher’s Weekly. His latest book, EYES: Novellas and Stories was published by Knopf on October 12th....

TIN STAR has been awarded the 2015 Sunburst Award for Young Adult Fiction. In announcing their decision, the Sunburst Award Society called the young adult novel “a powerful, melancholy, and ultimately surprising work, Tin Star is a coming-of-age tale that will resonate with any reader with a pulse.” Since 2001, The Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic has celebrated the best in Canadian fantastic literature in both Adult and Young Adult publications. Roaring Brook Press published the book on February 25, 2014.....

Tracy O’Neill has been named as one of the 2015 National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 Honorees. Her debut novel THE HOPEFUL was published by IG Publishing on June 9th, 2015.