Publishing Genres and “The Lost Island” Posted by David Gulley on Tuesday, October 21st 2014      Are publishing genres morphing, as fantastic and sci-fi elements become more commonplace? If so what does that say...

Bilal Tanweer, MFA 2010, will be presenting his debut novel The Scatter Here Is Too Great Wednesday, Oct 8, 7-8:30pm at Book Culture, 537 W 112th St, NYBilal Tanweer was...

Nearly all writers dream of finding an agent and being published; however, our up close and personal meeting with Natalie Harnett (SOTA '97) and her agent Kent Wolf indicates that this...

TRIVIA! SEE IF YOU RECOGNIZE FAMOUS PASSAGES FROM COLUMBIA AUTHORS.         Who Wrote What?Ten New York passages by Columbia alumni. Can you match the quotations and their...

Join Columbia University School of the Arts for dynamic discussions, screenings and performances that celebrate the world’s innovators in art and culture.   This fall join Columbia University School of...

Hi, folks!  The Brooklyn Book Festival is coming up next Sunday, September 21.  I've been before and it's an event-packed day with lots of authors, workshops and events.  A few...

Connection, Earthy and Ineffable   Margaret Van Every HOLDING HANDS WITH A STRANGER Librophilia (Tallahassee): 2014   Reviewed by Ellis Avery    Japanese innovators love to claim ancient precedent: when...

One of the most amazing things Natalie Harnett told the Columbia Fiction Foundry at her joint presentation with her literary agent, Kent Wolf, on September 6th was that she spent...

Character Sketch Template Ralph White Best selling author, Columbia MFA, and Fiction Foundry guest, Jean Kwok was kind enough to share her character sketch with me.  I modified it somewhat...