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- Cover Stories: strong debuts on prize list; the Bhutto perspective; Linley deal; Doyle's farewell (Independent)
* Good to see that "sparkling new fiction" doesn't necessarily equal chicklit and beach reads. The shortlist for the first Desmond Elliott Prize, announced this week, highlights some strong debuts: there's Sunday at the Cross Bones by John Walsh of this parish (Fourth Estate); Gifted by Nikita Lalwani (Viking); and Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith (Simon & Schuster). The 1/2 favourite, it is set in ...
- New in Paperback: A travel writer's spell-binding tale - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Colin Thubron spent eight months on foot and aboard bus, train, hired car and donkey cart to follow in the Shadow of the Silk Road (Harper Perennial, 344 pp., $15.95). His 7,000 miles, moving east to west, took him through some of the most remote ...
- Letter: Thanks to all who made literary festival a success - Newburyport Daily News
During the last weekend in April, Newburyport celebrated its third literary festival with the arrival of over 60 authors and poets speaking and reading at over 50 events. How lucky for us! This year we honored Newburyport's own Rhina Espaillat for ...
- Yes. I agree. It enforces straight male stereotypes. - RainbowNetwork.com
Cathy Davey was always destined to be a musician. Having grown up with parents who were creative types - her mother is a sculptor, her father a musician and composer - conventional means of academia just didn't appeal to her. Having dyslexia didn't ...
- Writer Colin Dexter pays tribute to the teacher who opened up the ... - guardian.co.uk
Writer Colin Dexter pays tribute to the teacher who opened up the ...guardian.co.uk, UK - 33 minutes agoMr HB Sharp was a senior English master who ran the school magazine and I caught his eye when I wrote an article about poetry for the magazine. ...
- Nuclear Terror: Federal/Local Coordination Still a Challenge - HSToday
Nuclear Terror: Federal/Local Coordination Still a ChallengeHSToday, MD - 2 hours agoFor all the good news at the national level, however, translating what McHale called the poetry of high strategy into the “prose” of seamless tactical ...
- Mary Alice Stollak - Lansing State Journal
Mary Alice Stollak is about to enter the final year of her career as a choral instructor and founding director of Michigan State University's children's choir. Rather than being anxious about it, she's looking forward to it like no other. The first ...
- Poetry in motion at dance fest - Globe and Mail
Poetry in motion at dance festGlobe and Mail, Canada - 1 hour agoHer precise, clean, crisp physicality is poetry in motion. The text spoken mid-dance about the various worlds we inhabit, however, was unnecessary clutter. ...
- CGCC Writing Contest Recognizes Teen Writers - Media Newswire (press release)
CGCC Writing Contest Recognizes Teen WritersMedia Newswire (press release), NY - 2 hours agoThe course is designed for writers interested in improving their original, imaginative works of poetry and prose. "I see this class as something that would ...
- Writers take note - The Westerly
Writers take noteThe Westerly, Canada - 58 minutes agoThe Pacific Region Arts Council (PRAC) and Polar Express Publishing and the Poetry Institute of Canada are all running poetry and short story contests until ...
- Calling all youths! A site about YOU, for YOU and by YOU... - AsiaOne
AsiaOneCalling all youths! A site about YOU, for YOU and by YOU...AsiaOne, Singapore - 53 minutes agoJack Ho, 31, lead singer and frontman of local band EIC, describes his youth as "the most important years of my life". As a musician who discovered his ...
- Values Briefs 5/10 - Lincoln Journal Star
Muslims and Christians will have a chance to learn from one another Wednesday at East Lincoln Christian Church, 7001 Edenton Road. “An Interfaith Evening: A Disciple/Muslim Dialogue” will include members of Lincoln’s Muslim population and ...
- Beaverbrook story takes 2 Atlantic Book Awards (CBC Newfoundland and Labrador)
New Brunswick author and CBC reporter Jacques Poitras has won both the Booksellers' Choice Award and the Best Atlantic Published Book Award for his investigative account Beaverbrook: A Shattered Legacy.
- Partnership With 'Web 2.0' Company Makes Creating Sites Easy - Earthtimes
TeachersFirst Helps Teachers Build Collaborative Projects Online RESTON, Va., May 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- One of the web's leading sites for teachers is partnering with an innovative technology company in a pilot program to help teachers create ...
- Swede Heart - BlackBook Magazine
BlackBook MagazineSwede HeartBlackBook Magazine, NY - 8 hours ago“I’ma bipolar city girl. My mind is in New York, but I would love to live in Argentina, drink red wine and write poetry no one understands.”
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