Day: May 27, 2017

So you want to write better sentences than Jane Austen? Take some lesssons

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So you want to write better sentences than Jane Austen? Take some lesssons

A large cultural industry in the shape of university creative writing schools has been built around the proposition that writing, particularly “literary” fiction
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Meghalaya: Book publisher faces mob fury as rumours of forced vaccination runs high in Tura

A book publisher narrowly escaped being assaulted although his driver was beaten up during a visit to a school in Tura on Friday. The event occurred
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IHS students publish new magazine

Indianola High School's creative writing club published the second edition of the biannual literary magazine, IMPRINTS. Starting last year, the
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Boy, 16, charged with "publishing intimate photo" of ex-girl

He has been charged with two counts of publishing an intimate image and uttering threats Police would like to take this opportunity to remind parents
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Hennessy New Irish Writing, May 2017: Cracked Voices

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Hennessy New Irish Writing, May 2017: Cracked Voices

Billy Fenton has a certificate in creative writing from NUI Maynooth. He lives in south Kilkenny and works in the technology sector. This is his first
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BC: 15 best books of the week, May 27

We Sang You Home — Richard Van Camp, illustrated by Julie Flett (Orca Book Publishers). 15. Vancouver in the Seventies: Photos from a Decade
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Hennessy New Irish Writing, May 2017: Eat Yourself Beautiful

Molly Twomey was winner of NUI Galway's scholarship for creative writing in 2016 and a featured poet at Over The Edge. She is a contributor to The
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Novelist Mary Kay Andrews pens beachy-keen cookbook

… Island and has famously issued a shelf of beach-themed best sellers like so many sea shells: “Savannah Breeze,” Summer Rental,” “Ladies' Night,”
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Waldorf promotes Bascom

Tim Bascom, assistant professor of English and director of Creative Writing, has earned tenure at Forest City-based Waldorf University. He has been a
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North Plainfield High School Holds 3rd Annual Creative Writing Show

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North Plainfield High School Holds 3rd Annual Creative Writing Show

The creative writing event, said junior Samantha Merendino, 'shows how people who have a similar passion for writing can come together' through the
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“Unencumbered” encourages creative expression

Yellen is a junior pursuing a philosophy major and a creative writing minor. He is also a multi-instrumentalist and is interested in deep listening and
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Spotify Settles $200 Million Class-Action Lawsuit Against Songwriters

But smartly, Spotify will hold the funds and disperse payouts as needed. In the end, it's entirely unclear how many writers and publishers will actually
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Community Christian hires new principal

Her writing has appeared in Creative Nonfiction, Southern Journal, and New Southern magazines, and she is the author of both fiction and nonfiction
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Writer's group continues to move the narrative forward

And writers have become authors. DeeDee LaChance was able to turn a creative writing project into a published book. “My professor and fellow
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The Mall of America's Writer-in-Residence Has a Knack for Landing Offbeat Gigs

The new writer-in-residence for the Mall of America in Minnesota will be …. of the more celebrated graduate creative writing programs in the country,
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Denis Johnson, author of 'Jesus' Son' and the first Distinguished Writer at BSU, dies at 67

“We're all reeling,” said professor Mitch Wieland, who heads Boise State's Master's of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program. Johnson lived in North
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Maltese author's debut novel snatched up by crowdfunding publisher

Given that each of Unbound's authors is given three months to raise the … Following further studies in Australia he attended creative writing courses
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Award-winning author Denis Johnson dies at age 67

Celebrated author Denis Johnson died at age 67 Wednesday, his agent … He taught at several creative writing programs, including the Michener
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CYS's InkWell Encourages Youth to Move Forward through Writing

The program begins with a Mad Libs style, fill-in-the-blank format and quickly progresses to poetry and creative writing as the participants begin to get
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Third festival to honour memory of Ted Hughes

Saturday's programme will be opened by poet and scholar Andy Armitage with a creative writing workshop based on the writings of Ted Hughes's first
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Farmhouse Creative Adds to Staff

She previously worked in professional sales, media consulting and has extensive experience in creative writing and editing. Leffingwell is also very
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The Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (BMY) Stock Rating Reaffirmed by Numis Securities Ltd

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The Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (BMY) Stock Rating Reaffirmed by Numis Securities Ltd

Shares of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (LON:BMY) opened at 171.75 on Thursday. The company's market capitalization is GBX 128.53 million.
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Courses to keep your mind and body active

… activities include Bonzai, Music Appreciation, Singing, Woodcraft and Wood Carving, Memorable Movies and a range of Craft and Writing classes.
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Publishing house employee victim of rumour in Tura

TURA: A representative of a publishing company became the victim of a rumour, which started from a Facebook post, in a school here on Friday.
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New Video From Anti-Planned Parenthood Group Almost Certainly Violates Court Order

The injunction from Judge William Orrick blocks the Center for Medical Progress and David Daleiden from publishing or disclosing “any video, audio,
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Scientists Are Accidentally Helping Black Market Animal Smugglers

They're referring, specifically, to the act of publishing online available papers that include information about where to find the animals being
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Russian bank owners sue BuzzFeed for publishing unverified Trump dossier

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Russian bank owners sue BuzzFeed for publishing unverified Trump dossier

The owners of Russia's bank Alfa Bank are suing BuzzFeed for publishing an uncorroborated dossier on Jan. 10 that included explosive claims that
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Spotify Settles Class Action Lawsuit With $43.4 Million Fund

Spotify has to pay record labels to use their recordings and publishers to use the underlying compositions; it pays mechanical royalties directly to
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Tribune's habit of publishing letters critical of itself is appreciated

I respectfully suggest that there should have been an additional category for which The Tribune could be No. 1 in the nation: Publishing letters critical
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Sales Are Up In Q1

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Sales Are Up In Q1

Publishers began 2017 on a positive financial note: all four companies that reported results for the first quarter of the year had sales gains over the first
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E3 2017 has already begun, and you can enjoy it from your laptop

In the days ahead of the convention, the industry's biggest publishers — Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft, and, most recently, Bethesda — host
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How RBmedia Came to Life

In addition to a catalogue of 30,000 proprietary audiobooks from its own publishing imprints, RBmedia partners with various publishers and content
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