Every day Poets & Writers Magazine scans the headlines—from publishing reports to academic announcements to literary dispatches—for all the news that creative writers need to know. Here are today's stories:
Amazon launched another new publishing imprint called Thomas & Mercer that will focus on mysteries and thrillers, adding to its new romance imprint, Montlake. (Publishers Weekly [2])
In another Amazon development, the online retail giant announced that it now sells more Kindle e-books than all print books—hardcover and paperback—combined. (Press Release [3])
A new BBC documentary set for release later this year will see the novelist Melvyn Bragg explore the legacy of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath in America. (Guardian [4])
The novel is not dead, according to the Boston Review [5].
The Friends of Theodore Roethke Foundation is sponsoring three days of events [6] and readings in the late poet's hometown of Saginaw, Michigan, on the occasion of the Pulitzer winner's 103 birthday this weekend. (Saginaw News [7])
UCLA is hosting a Stieg Larsson and Scandinavian Crime Fiction symposium [8] this weekend. (Jacket Copy [9])
Simon & Schuster is expanding its operations in India by opening a publishing office in New Delhi, according to the Bookseller [10].
Jan Seale of McAllen, Texas, has been appointed poet laureate of the Lone Star State. (Brownsville Herald [11])