Highlights for this week at Authorlink include an audio interview with Whiting Award winner Mischa Berlinski, and a must-listen interview with the European Booksellers Federation chair, expressing his concerns over the Google settlement with the Association of American Publishers and the Authors Guild. Let us here your comments. For all this week's news, new December columns and interviews, please go to the Authorlink site.
Audio Interview
What began as a history of the Lisu people's conversion to Christianity, was to become Mischa Berlinski's prize-winning novel, Fieldwork which became a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award and more recently, winner of the 2008 Whiting Writers Award. In this AUDIO interview, he talks about the three-year development process.
(December 2008 Feature)
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National Book Award Chair Shares
His Vision For American Literature
Harold Augenbraum discussed his vision for the National Book Foundation and America’s National Book Awards (US literature’s Holy Grail). The discussion was broadcast last week on the Internet program WordSmitten.com "About the Books, " leading up to the 59th National Book Awards held November 19 in New York City. See NBF Award winners on Authorlink November 20.
(November/December 2008 Feature)
The European Booksellers Federation, with other European publishing organizations, are preparing to air “grave concerns” to the European Union about the $125 million Google settlement with the Association of American Publishers and the Authors Guild. In this exclusive Authorlink audio interview, EBF Chair John McNamee explains their key objections and why, they say, every author should be worried.
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