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- The Presence wins Welsh award (Guardian Unlimited)
Dannie Abse's memoir of his 50-year marriage, written after his wife Joan died in a car crash, took the prize for a Welsh author writing in English
- Pulped fiction (Financial Times)
It is an exclusive little literary club. It meets at a portal between heaven and earth, since some of its members are dead. It meets to weep and chuckle, and sometimes rail and wail, over chance, fate and the movies.
- Camano library sale an emotional, financial success (Everett Herald)
There was a successful book sale Saturday. Camano Island Friends raised more than $1,000 to support the year-old Camano Island Library. It was emotional.
- Timeline:The life of Radovan Karadzic (Times Online)
- June 19, 1945: Born in Savnik, Yugoslavia, in what is now the Republic of Montenegro.
- Three Alaska writers are conference presenters - Anchorage Daily News
The Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference began as an experiment, an exploration, maybe even a hope, and quickly grew into an array of workshops, dialogues and readings that turn the Homer Spit into a literary haven every June. Before the first conference ...
- London bishop to investigate gay church ceremony - Seattle Times
The bishop of London said Sunday he would order an investigation into whether two gay priests exchanged rings and vows in a church ceremony, violating Anglican guidelines. The priests walked down the aisle in a May 31 service at one of London's ...
- Book news: Of poetry, prizes, publishing - Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Book news: Of poetry, prizes, publishingPittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - 4 hours agoBy Bob Hoover, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Poetry makes its annual summer appearance on the South Side tomorrow when a trio of poets give voice to their words ...
- Rock Me, Ahmadinejad! (Time Magazine)
The power of conservative clerics can slow, but not stop an alternative music scene from mushrooming in Iran
- Jamie Oliver chef faces jail over £1million jewellery robbery - Daily Telegraph
Self-confessed drug addict Tom Baisden, 26, was chosen to take part in Jamie's Chef in 2007 and given the chance to win the prize of running his own restaurant. Despite being pipped at the post by contestant Aaron Craze, Baisden credited Oliver with ...
- In glow of victory, equations change in the BJP - Rediff
In glow of victory, equations change in the BJPRediff, India - 3 hours agoIt was left to Vajpayee to indulge in poetry and emotion. But those close to Advani will tell you that he is sensitive and gets easily hurt and upset. ...
- Arabeyes: Mourning for Mahmoud Darwish - Global Voices Online
Arabeyes: Mourning for Mahmoud DarwishGlobal Voices Online, MA - 8 hours agoBorn in historical Palestine, in what is now Israel, Darwish leaves behind over 30 volumes of poetry and eight books of prose, and millions of fans. .. the ...
- The 10 greatest golfers ever (The Observer)
1. JACK NICKLAUS (USA) Won 18 majors between 1962 and 1986 After winning the 1962 US Open at the age of 22 in a play-off with Arnold Palmer, the Golden Bear amassed 18 majors, surpassing the combined total of his great rivals - Palmer and Gary Player - throughout the next two decades.
- Original piece of choral music created to grace opening of hospital - The Register-Guard
Original piece of choral music created to grace opening of hospitalThe Register-Guard, OR - 2 hours agoJohnson read poetry about suffering and death by the yard, to no avail. “There aren’t any poems like that,” he said. “Most of the poems are about death and ...
- Mannix is back! And he brought the rest of the '70s back with him. It ... - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Remember the '70s, when private eyes were private eyes? Jim Rockford, Frank Cannon, Harry O and the baddest of them all, Joe Mannix. The first season of "Mannix," which ran on CBS from 1967-75, is out on DVD. How tough was Mannix? When he got shot ...
- 'Beauty' finds a voice - Wilmette Life
'Beauty' finds a voiceWilmette Life, IL - 6 hours ago"Poetry was the rock music of the day," Okin explained. "It was recited in salons. For a woman to have her poems published was very unusual at that time. ...
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