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Hunger Games & Writers Living in Japan: Most Popular Stories of the Week

Hunger Games actress Jennifer Lawrence, (pictured, via) authors in Japan, and Boston Globe book review cuts led our top headlines this week.

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1. Jennifer Lawrence To Play Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games Adaptation
2. Writers Living in Japan: A Twitter Directory
3. Author Leads Shelterbox Fundraiser for Earthquake Victims in Japan
4. Mary Higgins Clark to Lead St. Patrick’s Day Parade in NYC
5. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt CEO  Barry O’Callaghan Resigns
6. National Book Critics Circle Award Winners Revealed
7. Betty White on Writer’s Block
8. Boston Globe Cuts Two Book Reviewers
9. James Frey To Self-Publish ‘Radical Book’ About the Messiah
10. Women in Publishing Twitter Directory

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Thursday May 23: Real Talk about Life after Publication

These days, writers aren’t just writers: They’re social-media mavens, seasoned public speakers, and one-person publicity machines. And they still have to find time to write their books! Find out what life is like once you've landed that dream book contract in a free web chat with young-adult authors Elizabeth Norris (Unraveling and Unbreakable) and Brodi Ashton (Everneath and Everbound) — plus special guest Kristin Rens, editor at HarperCollins imprint Balzer + Bray. Thursday, May 23 at 7:00 p.m. ET. on Figment.com.