Newtown Literary

If I had to pick one horror plot to read for the rest of my life, it would be the haunted house

Add some upcoming LGBTQ+ novels to your TBR list for pride month.

It isn’t always the easiest task.

Anybody remember Yahoo! Answers?

One benefit of Summer was that each day we had more light to read by. Jeannette Walls

Happy book birthday to Illusionary by Queens author Zoraida Cordova! This is the finale of her Hollow Crown duology. Pick it up at your favorite local Queens bookstore today! Do you have a book/work coming out? Let us know!

The Fun Home author discusses what it had meant to be a writer, color scheme, and the difficulty of ending a project.

Neil Gaiman on where he gets his writing ideas.

Attention: Submissions for Issue 18 are NOW OPEN! After a very trying year, it's nice to get back to business in sharing the many diverse voices the borough of Queens has to offer. All Queens writers please submit your pieces at the link below, the deadline is June 10th. #queenswrites https://www.newtownliterary.org/submit

LAST CHANCE: Submissions close TODAY at 11:59pm. Submit at the link below: https://www.newtownliterary.org/submit

A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit. ~ Richard Bach

Only 3 days left!!!! Don’t miss your chance to submit to Issue 18 newtownliterary.org/submit #queenswrites

T-minus ONE WEEK until the submissions close! Don’t miss your chance! https://www.newtownliterary.org/submit

Congratulations to Caleb Azumah Nelson on his debut novel Open Water!

It’s June!! That’s means you only have 10 DAYS LEFT to submit your work for Issue 18. What are you waiting for? https://www.newtownliterary.org/submit

Make writers block productive!

Happy Birthday to Ian Fleming, British author and creators of the James Bond spy novels. Born on this day in 1908

2 WEEKS LEFT!!! Our submissions for Issue 18 close two weeks from today. Queens writers please submit your works of prose and poetry to the link below: https://www.newtownliterary.org/submit

For those who love Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In The Heights are in luck! There is now a book detailing the story of In The Heights from concept to the stage. If you order a copy through your favorite local bookstore you get a link to the virtual book launch on Thursday June 15th! Both The Astoria Bookshop and Kew and Willow Books have links to purchase. Support a local Queens bookstore and enjoy!