Here is a round-up of some of the latest writing news in the world of journalism and publishing.
Google’s $1Bn Pledge to Global News Industry a Far Cry from Fair Remuneration
Google’s offer to pay to license news has been welcomed by journalists’ unions around the world as an important first step, but the pledge of just $1bn over the next three years has been dubbed “a far cry from fair remuneration”. (IFJ)
Poet Louise Glück, a ‘Guiding Spirit’ for Many Writers, Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature
The Cambridge resident is praised for her “unmistakable poetic voice.” (Boston Globe)
Frankfurt Opens Virtual Book Fair
The all-virtual Frankfurt Book Fair opened, with more than 4,000 digital exhibitors, 70 hours of trade events and 260 hours of programming. Among the first topics under discussion were what U.S. readers were interested in from foreign publishers. (Publishers Weekly)
Neil Gaiman: 'Narnia Made Me Want to Write, to Do That Magic Trick'
The author on his friendship with Gene Wolfe, crying over Diana Wynne Jones and falling under the spell of CS Lewis (Guardian)
Criminally Good Writing in a Year of Unseen Plot Twists
It’s been quite a year for Christian White. The film he co-wrote, Relics, had its premiere at the Sundance festival in January and six episodes of Clickbait, the series he has written for Netflix, are in the can. (Sydney Morning Herald)
