Day: November 25, 2016

Woman who accused UBC creative writing head of sex assault breaks her silence

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Woman who accused UBC creative writing head of sex assault breaks her silence

Steven Galloway has been suspended from his job as chairman of the creative writing program at the University of British Columbia.
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Knitting, crocheting and jam-making improve mental health, study finds

… music, painting, drawing, sketching, digital design and creative writing. … told the Daily Mail: “WI members have enjoyed creative activities and crafts
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Daily well-being improved through creative activities

Common examples of creative activities included songwriting, creative writing (poetry, short fiction), knitting and crochet, culinary experimentation,
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Try New Recipes, Write Poetry To Boost Your Well-being

London: Everyday creative activities like writing poetry or making new recipes can boost well-being as well as creativity in young adults, new research
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Feel fresh: Sketch your own path

LONDON: Everyday creative activities such as writing poetry or making up new recipes can boost well-being as well as creativity in young adults, new
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Ken Freek joins Webcom

Webcom (Markham, Ontario), a leading provider of turnkey book printing solutions for global and independent book publishers, has announced that
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The Honest Student

By Jake Borrett – Contributing Writer … 2016 with a First-class honours in English Literature and Creative Writing, I would not have believed you.
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“Blood, Water, Wind, and Stone” tells stories of life in Wyoming

Her time this past summer as the Wyoming Humanities Council's Think Wy Road Scholar, where she traveled the state teaching creative writing
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Bestselling author Mary Pearson is keynote speaker for 2017 CCA Writers' Conference

Canyon Crest Academy's Creative Writing Club recently announced that New York Times bestselling author Mary Pearson will give the keynote
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How the Steven Galloway scandal sparked a CanLit civil war

Dawn, a Vancouver poet and adjunct professor in the creative writing program, said her health began to decline when Galloway's suspension was
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On comfortable turf

My publishers would get a person who hasn't read any of my books to read just one book and tell them what they didn't understand,” the author says.
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Glens Falls, NY (12801)

Costigan, who is majoring in creative writing, won for her submission “Resting on Vincent,” which is about the life of artist Vincent Van Gogh showed
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JCDC hosts creative writing workshops

Ruth Howard, the Best Overall Writer in the 2016 Jamaica Creative Writing Competition. receives her award from Dr. Delroy Gordon, executive director
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Swansea writer combines comedy and horror in new dreamlike short story collection

That is a thesis put forward by Dr Alan Bilton, a lecturer in creative writing, contemporary literature and film at Swansea University, who has published
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Organisers call off annual book fair

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Organisers call off annual book fair

“The publishers felt reluctant about expecting a good crowd and refused to have their book stalls, so we called off the fair,” said deputy mayor Gurmit
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BC: 15 best books of the week, November 26

Stepping Stones — Margriet Ruurs (Orca Book Publishers). The Defiant Mind — Ron Smith (Ronsdale Press). Vancouver Tree Book: A Living City
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Ghana News Agency

During such occasions, book publishers such as SEDCO, Asempa and Lantern organise book fairs in the school for pupils to have access to variety of
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Summerlin grant writer users her training to help pet rescues

England sent her to a grant-writing course offered through UNLV and, by early 2015, Blair was certified. The eight-month training cost roughly $800.
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My characters determine the course of my stories-Omotoso

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My characters determine the course of my stories-Omotoso

I didn't so much as choose to write about that. More like I always enter story through character and as I started working on these two characters,
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FlipHTML5 Diversifies the Content to Increase Sales From a Flipping Book

As a leading HTML5 digital publishing platform, FlipHTML5 has made a breakthrough in its bid to create an attractive and unique flipping book that
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Gillon Aitken, book publishing agent, 1938-2016

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Gillon Aitken, book publishing agent, 1938-2016

Two distinctive sounds and one pungent aroma announced Gillon Aitken's presence, usually from a languid 11am, at the London base of his literary
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Deborah Levy: 'Do aliens dream? Of course they do'

When I am near the finish of writing a book, I have this irrational fear that I am going to lose the whole manuscript. Of course, I save every draft and
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Dog Ear Publishing Author Turns to Crowdfunding to Finance Book Project

Dave Manousos has begun a month-long campaign to raise money via Kickstarter to self-publish his latest illustrated children's book, “The Land of
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SPF-040: Personal Branding For Authors – with Branding Expert Chris Ducker

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SPF-040: Personal Branding For Authors – with Branding Expert Chris Ducker

Personal branding. If you spend any time with online entrepreneurs (and you should if you're an author) you hear that phrase all the time. But what
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New research explores on publishing global industry for 2016

Publishing Global Industry Almanac-2016 is a new market research publication … The book publishing segment includes publishers of academic,
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Self-publishing service is re-launched

It has long been one of the drawbacks of short run digital books that they can be spotted instantly by their curly covers and their bright white pages.
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News Corporation (NASDAQ:NWSA) Under Analyst Spotlight

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News Corporation (NASDAQ:NWSA) Under Analyst Spotlight

The Company's operations are organized into five segments: News and Information Services; Book Publishing; Digital Real Estate Services; Cable
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Archer delivers new book from quiver, plans next | Pune NYOOOZ

“Thirteen publishers rejected the book, and when the 14th one agreed, they … and I found a lovely story in Kolkata, which would be part of this book.
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