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- Cover Stories: Jenny Colgan; Alistair Cooke; Booker longlist (Independent)
* At the first Literary Salon at Shoreditch House, London, on Tuesday, Jenny Colgan revealed that she is working on a "secret book" that she will release under a pseudonym in September. "It's for all those people who loved books set in boarding schools as kids and wonder why nobody writes them any more," she said.
- West County this week - Contra Costa Times
West County this weekContra Costa Times, CA - Jun 20, 2008Poetry Discussion Group — 3 pm June 28. Poetry open mic. All ages welcome. El Sobrante Library, 4191 Appian Way. Free. 510-374-3991. n Pop Culture Jeopardy ...
- Michael Phelps joins Olympic greats with ninth gold medal - Daily Telegraph
Michael Phelps joins Olympic greats with ninth gold medal Michael Phelps, having been pulled out of the mire by Jason Lezak in the relay on Monday, began his assault on the record books in earnest with the most effortless and imperial world ...
- Writing is a labour of love for Ron Butlin - Edinburgh News
From an Edinburgh orphanage to plaudits from Irvine Welsh via (almost) nude modelling, Ron Butlin hardly boasts the background of a traditional poet laureate. JOANNA VALLELY is charmed by the city's new Makar. IT is the absolute opposite of fast food ...
- What's Happening: July 30, 2008 - Blue Mountain Eagle
What's Happening: July 30, 2008Blue Mountain Eagle, OR - 31 minutes agoCounsil, who has taught creative writing and poetry at the University of Oregon will cover topics specific to writing your life story. ...
- Fellini and Bellinis (Boise Weekly)
In the shade of the stately downtown post office, the street-side patio at Satchel's Grill hums with the bustle of passing cars and pedestrians.... By Tara Morgan.
- First time author, 93, saves friends from care homes with book advance - Telegraph.co.uk
First time author, 93, saves friends from care homes with book advanceTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 4 hours agoI started as soon as I could hold a pencil - fairy stories, poetry, short stories, magazine articles. It seems I've been writing for a hundred years."
- Dialect expert has the last word - Journal Live
Dialect expert has the last wordJournal Live, UK - 55 minutes agoBill Griffiths was also a poet of high reputation and visiting professor in poetry at several universities. From 2000, he was a fellow and researcher at the ...
- In 'My Sister, My Love,' Oates fictionalizes JonBenet Ramsey (Boulder Daily Camera)
"My Sister, My Love" (Ecco. 562 pages. $25.95), by Joyce Carol Oates. Some of Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. This novel, her 37th, is one of the wildest.
- The night Karadzic rocked the Madhouse - guardian.co.uk
ABC NewsThe night Karadzic rocked the Madhouseguardian.co.uk, UK - 5 hours agoThat night, there was a jamming session on the gusle, the one-string fiddle played across the Balkans to accompany epic poetry. Dabic turned up to listen ...Video: Karadzic's arrest sparks clashes - 23 Jul 08 AlJazeeraEnglishall 5,718 news articles
- Cyril Goffe - The poet at 100 - Jamaica Gleaner
Jamaica GleanerCyril Goffe - The poet at 100Jamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 4 hours agoHis work has been published in the anthology Stepping Stones, compiled by the International Library of Poetry. He is the father of Jannice Tucker Goffe, ...
- Gettysburg Festival visitors celebrate America - Evening Sun
Ben Messinger leads the Adams County Community Brass Band during a performance at the Gettysburg Festival's main stage at Gettysburg College. The band is made up of members of the Littlestown Municipal Band, the Conewago Community Band and the Apple ...
- HoCoPoLitSo's new board members and more Howard County newsmakers - Western Howard County View
HoCoPoLitSo's new board members and more Howard County newsmakersWestern Howard County View, MD - 59 minutes agoThe Howard County Poetry and Literature Society has elected new board members: Susan Thornton Hobby, an editor and journalist, returns after a brief absence ...
- Writer who prefers being a waiter is up for £60,000 prize (Evening Standard)
A 28-year-old London waiter has been nominated for one of the world's most lucrative literary prizes for his first novel. Ross Raisin's debut God's Own Country is a contender for the £60,000 Dylan Thomas Prize for authors under the age of 30.
- 'Jane Eyre,' Charlotte Bronte - Open Democracy
Recommended by Herpreet Kaur Grewal : “The idea of a passionate and independent heroine choosing her life when the status of women in Victorian times was limited is the great appeal of Jane Eyre. Although countless books with female leads now exist ...
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