“As a literary agent, I’ve been to more than fifty of these conferences. Kauai Writers Conference is my absolute favorite. Usually I’m lucky if I find one author I want to represent. Last year I met seven here with real promise. And it doesn’t hurt that it’s in paradise. “ ...
to a French mother and an English father. She grew up in Edgware, a suburb of north-west London. She attended two local convent schools. Summer holidays were spent at the house of our French grandparents in Normandy, near Etretat in the Pays de Caux. ...
I feel like oftentimes AI is portrayed, especially in media and films, as taking over everything in the very near future. It’s often a dystopian presentation. But actual AIs right now, they’re always just good at one thing. They’re very task-specific. We don’t really have anything ...
A team handles production and sound design and pay to send the writer into a studio near them to record. Anyone who wants to pitch should send samples of podcast scripts, features, or longform. NEW YORK FOCUS https://nysfocus.com/pitch New York Focus is an independent nonprofit newsroom ...
Mbongeni Ngema (May 10, 1955 – December 27, 2023) was a South African writer, lyricist, composer, director, choreographer and theatre producer best known for Sarafina, was born in Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal (near Durban). He started his career as a theater backing guitarist. He wrote the multi...
Mitali Perkins (mitaliperkins.com) has written many books for young readers, including You Bring the Distant Near (nominated for a National Book Award) and Rickshaw Girl (adapted into a film by Sleeperwave Productions), all of which explore crossing different kinds of borders. Her goal is to...