MIA COUTOHAS wins NEUSTADT PRIZE—GERARD de VILLIERS dies at 83

By MICHELLE HOGMIRE | 11/5/13

“Book News: Mozambican Writer Wins Neustadt Prize, ‘America’s Nobel,’” by NPR’s Annalisa Quinn: “The Mozambican poet, fiction writer and biologist Mia Coutohas won the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, a biennial award sometimes called "The American Nobel." Couto, […] has written dozens of books in his native Portuguese, including novels, short stories, poetry collections and a children's book.” http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/11/05/243185121/book-news-mozambican-writer-wins-neustadt-prize-america-s-nobel

11/4/13

“NaNoWriMo Writing Tip #2: Create an Outline,” by Galleycat’s Dianna Dilworth: Galleycat offers tips about National Novel Writing Month throughout the month of November. http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/nanowrimo-writing-tip-2-create-an-outline_b79631

11/3/13

“Start-Up to Offer Didion E-Books,” by N.Y. Times’ Julie Bosman: Zola Books is the only place where certain digital works by Didion will be available. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/04/business/media/ZolaBooks-start-up-will-offer-didion-e-books.html?smid=tw-nytmedia&seid=auto

11/2/13

“Gerard de Villiers, 83, French Spy Writer, Dies,” by N.Y. Times’ Robert F. Worth: “Gérard de Villiers, a French popular novelist whose raffish, long-running spy-thriller series, S.A.S., sold more than 100 million copies and became a kind of drop box for real-world secrets from intelligence agencies around the world, died on Thursday in Paris.” http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/03/world/europe/gerard-de-villiers-83-french-spy-writer-dies.html