We are thrilled to announce the 2021–2022 WNBA Authentic Voices Fellows! This second class of the WNBA Authentic Voices Fellowship has participated in a four-month-long program that introduced them to publishing. Fellows attended courses with industry professionals that focused on writing, editing, marketing, and publication. Fellows were paid a stipend and will have their work […]
Ten Tips for Aspiring Self-Publishing Authors
Long-time editor and marketer, Melissa Kirk, calls on her experience to offer advice to those contemplating self-publishing their book.
Rejection: The Writer’s Constant Curse and Companion
The first of what will probably be a torrent of rejections arrived today, beginning with the inevitable, “Thank you for . . . .” Unlike some rejections I have gotten in the past and will surely receive this time, this one was curt, only two crisp sentences. It was cold, as if my query left […]
Paths to Publication: Small Presses and University Presses
It surprises me, and makes me a little sad, when I hear writers say they have given up on a book manuscript. Either they have an agent who has exhausted the traditional Big Five publishing houses (Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster), or they were unable to secure an agent in […]
Power Behind the WNBA: Andrea Brown
The Bookwoman Blog welcomes Andrea Brown (WNBA-San Francisco) to our “Power Behind the WNBA” interview series. Read about Andrea and her career in publishing.
Power Behind the WNBA: Jane Kinney Denning
The member diversity in the Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) makes our goal of connecting, educating, advocating, and leading possible. As bookwomen, we believe “Books Have Power.” The Bookwoman welcomes Jane Kinney Denning (WNBA-NYC) to the “Power Behind the WNBA” interview series! Tell us about yourself. I am a writer, an editor, and the immediate past […]
2017 WNBA Award Winners Announced
2017 WNBA Award Winners Announced The WNBA has selected the current Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden; and novelist, poet, and bookstore owner Louise Erdrich as the 2017 WNBA Award winners. The WNBA presents the WNBA Award every other year to “a living American woman who derives part or all of her income from books and allied arts, […]