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1 Subpages
2 A new category for literature: Essayists
3 The role of the editor in literature
4 Edit links
5 Portal:Literature/Did you know
6 Chapbooks
7 Swahili literature
8 Literature awards: Please contribute to a discussion about awards lists

[edit] Subpages

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[edit] A new category for literature: Essayists

I believe that this category should be added, in addition to the existing one of 'Essays'. I can't, however, figure out how to do that. If someone knows, could they help me out with that? Thank you.

Damian.kelleher 09:47, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

I can't get it on the main page of categories, however, when you click on the word literature in blue above the list, it shows up on a page of subcategories. Sorry that I couldn't be of more help.

Isabella123 -- 00:48, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The role of the editor in literature

Doesn't seem to be a good article about the profession that looks at the work of an author and makes amendments. All we seem to have is the rather poor editing.

I don't know what an article on literary editing would properly be called. But if anyone wants to take it upon themselves, they might want to add this external link:

Black day for the blue pencil
- an extensive article from The Guardian, August 6, 2005 by Blake Morrison suggesting that the art of literary editing is in decline and discussing the relationship between famous authors and their editors.

--bodnotbod 18:21, August 7, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Edit links

Someone should fix the edit links, they link to editing redirect pages... feydey 21:16, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Fixed myself. feydey 21:46, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Portal:Literature/Did you know

Is that page meant to be updated on a regular basis similar to Template:Did you know? It hasn't been edited for over a year. And what about Portal:Literature/Things you can do? <KF> 17:45, 23 April 2006 (UTC)i dont know what we are arguing about

[edit] Chapbooks

What about the category of Small Press publications, both poetry and prose, of Chapbooks. Pamphlet sized books of less than 48 pages, saddlestitched. WayneRay 23:30, 3 May 2006 (UTC)WayneRaypoopy snacks! snarf

[edit] Swahili literature

Could you please take a look at the Swahili literature article and exp,ad if possible? -- Szvest 00:27, 2 October 2006 (UTC) ^{Wiki me up ®}

[edit] Literature awards: Please contribute to a discussion about awards lists

A proposal (at Talk:Poetry prizes) has been made to merge Poetry prizes into List of poetry awards. The discussion has been broadened in an attempt to get opinions on several proposals for improving poetry awards articles (mostly made up of lists of awards). But poetry awards articles aren't much different from literary awards articles, and the same standards or guidelines (or perhaps just suggestions) should apply to all literary awards. There's also a question about how to organize the growing number of literary awards articles. Currently there is no one page for all literary awards, although List of prizes, medals, and awards#Literature has a good-sized list, and "Category:Literary awards" exists.

Incidentally, the lists of award winners are slowly being cross indexed with the "[year] in literature" articles (example: 2005 in literature), and together with the biographies of writers on Wikipedia, this project could soon produce the best site on the Web for anyone researching or even just browsing literary award winners. For people searching for a book to read and looking for clues as to who the better authors are, this could be very useful.

So please contribute to the discussion at Talk:Poetry prizes. Noroton 16:33, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

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