Kingsolver congratulates “her one and only” — the Frances Goldin Literary Agency — on 40th Anniversary
Barbara Kingsolver sends her very best wishes to The Frances Goldin Literary Agency on the occasion of the organization’s 40th Anniversary. The agency has been celebrating on its Facebook page by posting episodes from its illustrious history of books and authors. To mark Kingsolver’s long partnership with FGLA, the agency reached back to HOLDING THE LINE: Women In […]
“This is not going to end well:” Kingsolver talks climate change on CBC’s The Current
Barbara Kingsolver was interviewed recently for the CBC’s The Current, warning that “because climate change is really, really terrible, let’s face it — this is not going to end well.” The author and host Anna Maria Tremonti discussed the difficulties of admitting to such a dire prognosis, and how fiction and literature can play a role […]
Bellwether winner Lisa Ko’s The Leavers moves on to finalist of National Book Award
Lisa Ko’s powerful debut has earned a well-deserved spot on the National Book Award’s Shortlist for Fiction. The Leavers is the winner of the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Fiction, awarded by Barbara Kingsolver, for a novel that addresses issues of social justice. Set in New York and China, The Leavers is a vivid examination of borders and belonging. It’s a […]
Kingsolver among essayists featured in anthology titled Letters to a Young Farmer
Barbara Kingsolver has contributed the lead essay for Letters to a Young Farmer, an anthology that compiles insight from some of the most influential farmers, writers, and leaders in the local food movement. According to The Stones Barn Center, which edited and released the book, the United States is on the cusp of the largest retirement of […]
2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize winner announced
Lisa Ko of Brooklyn has claimed the 2016 PEN / Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction for her novel The Leavers, which will be published by Algonquin Books in 2017. The novel follows a 10-year-old boy after his Chinese-American immigrant mother leaves for work one morning and doesn’t come back. Soon, her son Deming finds himself […]
Award-winning director ‘surprise’ guest at Kingsolver Earth Day event
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Barbara Kingsolver, speaking at the Paramount Theater April 22, called special guest Nicole Kassell to the stage during the program, to discuss their collaboration in bringing one of Kingsolver’s novels to film. Kassell is an award-winning television and film director whose stunning first feature film “The Woodsman” premiered at the 2004 Sundance […]
Vigil for Ilham Tohti follows presentation of Bellwether award
Barbara Kingsolver joined hundreds who gathered in support of Ilham Tohti, the Uyghur writer and scholar recently sentenced to life in prison in China on unfounded charges of separatism. The candlelight vigil in New York City Sept. 29 followed the 2014 PEN Literary Awards Ceremony, where Kingsolver had presented this year’s Bellwether Prize to Ron […]
Climate change topic of Kingsolver testimony for Pennsylvania hearing
Barbara Kingsolver provided testimony to a House Democratic Policy Committee hearing on climate change for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Aug. 26, 2014. Her remarks were read by Julie Slavet, executive director of the Tookany / Tacony-Frankford Water Shed.
Kingsolver to receive Library of Virginia lifetime achievement award in Richmond
The Library of Virginia will honor Barbara Kingsolver with the 2014 Literary Lifetime Achievement Award, at the library’s Annual Literary Awards Celebration in Richmond Oct. 18. Click here to learn more and see the lists of finalists in other categories.
Berea College convocation will feature Kingsolver’s ‘Novel Perspective’
Barbara Kingsolver will take a Berea College stage November 6, alongside best-selling author Silas House, who is also the college’s National Endowment for the Humanities Chair in Appalachian Studies. The two will be paired for the Berea, Ky., college’s convocation, in a presentation titled “Writing and Roots: Barbara Kingsolver’s Novel Perspective, a Public Conversation with […]