The allegations were made against professors and others in positions of authority specifically in Concordia's prestigious creative writing program. Spry's public essay alleges that acts of sexual misconduct have been occurring for over a decade where he silently witnessed situations of “unwanted
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“I've always loved to read and I've always had it in the back of my mind that when I retire, I will read all the books I ever wanted to read and start writing,” she says. “So I took a course at the local community college.” A writing group kept her plugging away, and after she turned to penning mysteries,
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You have your standard reading, writing and arithmetic classes, but some determined Kanab High School students have elevated their course study. Beginning in the 2017-2018 school year, students were given the opportunity to enroll in the elective class of Aviation Technology! Kanab resident and
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At Activision Publishing, Hirshberg was responsible for game series such as Call of Duty, Destiny, and Skylanders. Those franchises are some of the biggest in gaming. “Serving as Activision's CEO has been an honor and a thrill,” said Hirshberg, in a statement. “This is an amazing company. One which
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The publishers of The Sun and the defunct News of the World have settled more claims for phone hacking. News Group Newspapers offered payments to Coronation Street actor Jimmi Harkishin, TV presenter Kate Thornton, comedian Vic Reeves and former Spice Girls manager Chris Herbert. The four
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Minecraft team leader Matt Booty has been named as the new head of Microsoft Studios, and will fill the gap left by the recently promoted Phil Spencer. As reported by GamesBeat, Booty will now oversee the overall development and publishing strategy at Microsoft, making the company more agile in the
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Kevin Young has been selected as the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) 2018 Katie Jacobson Writer-in-Residence. Young will conduct workshops with CalArts students in the MFA Creative Writing Program and present public readings, which will be held at CalArts on Feb. 15 at 7:00 p.m. and at
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Trump's lawyer issued a cease-and-desist letter to the book's publisher, who in turn accelerated the book's release by a few days. Among the biggest revelations in Wolff's account is Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon calling the president's son “treasonous” for meeting with Russians in Trump
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Mint reported in November 2017 that self-publishing platform Pratilipi (Nasadiya Tech Pvt. Ltd) was in talks with investors to raise fresh funds. Apart from this, content and news focused start-ups such as InShorts, YourStory, ScoopWhoop, FactorDaily and The Ken received cash from venture investors
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Bestselling Books Week Ending 1/14/18. HARDCOVER FICTION. 1. “The Woman in the Window” by A.J. Finn (William Morrow). 2. “Origin” by Dan Brown (Doubleday). 3. “The Rooster Bar” by John Grisham (Doubleday). 4. “Little Fires Everywhere” by Celest Ng (Penguin). 5. “The Immortalists” by Chloe
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The publisher for Call of Duty needs a new commanding officer. As reported by VentureBeat, Activision Publishing's Eric Hirshberg announced to his employees today that he is leaving the company. An Activision spokesperson confirmed the report, saying Hirshberg will part ways with the company
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Throughout the day, various creators held panels about everything from the process of self-publishing to the importance of equality in ink. Art classes were taught, belly dancers danced, and some documentaries about the history of comics were shown to those who. This content is restricted to site
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Once a contributor had an account, they would self-publish to the platform without editorial review. Editors were able to make cosmetic changes to posts after they were published and the site reviewed any potential violations of its terms of use policy as they were brought to the attention of editors.
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Pell City native and University of Montevallo alumna Tina Mozelle Braziel was recently announced as the winner of the 2017 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry book contest by the Fresno State Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing. The contest includes a $2,000 award and publication of Braziel's
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Bernstein: Why Video Game Publishers Could Be 'The Perfect Media Companies'. Jayson Derrick , Benzinga Staff Writer … that might come to mind is a movie studio. But a video game publisher is very much a studio, and a compelling one that investors are underappreciating, according to Bernstein.
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Publishers commonly use Article Processing Charges (APCs) to fund open access publications, and some libraries and institutions help local authors pay these costs. However, this strategy is expensive and can usually only address one article at a time. A number of relatively new publishing initiatives
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