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Saving Christian Fiction

Barbour has two books coming from another Amish-romance star, Wanda Brunstetter—The Celebration (Feb.) and The Hawaiian Discovery (coauthored with Jean Brunstetter, June). While not a Christian press, Skyhorse will publish Home Is Where the Heart Is by Linda Byler in May. And Gilead
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Concordia University needs a 'do no harm' policy on sexual misconduct

By her account, Celeste Parr had a constructive, friendly relationship with the male professor who led one of her creative writing classes at Concordia University. It was only after she graduated that the trouble began. As the Toronto screenwriter recounted in a recent series of tweets, her married ex-prof
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Book Deals: Week of January 22, 2018

The book is the sisters' sophomore effort, following The Last Mrs. Parrish, which was a bestseller published by HC last year (and which was a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick). The publisher said this book follows two estranged friends who come together to solve the brutal murder of one of their
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Canadian Government Experiments with Publishing on Ethereum

With the help of block-tech company Bitaccess, the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) is trialing the Ethereum blockchain to transparently publish data on “government grants and contributions.” The initiative could serve as a model for other nations looking to make similar moves in the
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Art and writing contest could get teens published and cash prizes

TACOMA – Teenagers throughout Pierce County are invited to show their creative talents in Pierce County Library System's Teen Writing & Art Contest – Our Own Expressions, which runs Thursday, Jan. 18 through Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018. “We are always blown away by the talent these young
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Eagles fever spreading as NFC Championship game nears

“The better the Eagles do, the farther they go, the better it is for my business,” said Klinger, a co-owner of Klinger's Pubs. The Philadelphia Eagles are in the NFC Championship game for the first time in 10 seasons, and Klinger's at the Airport in Bern Township is hosting another Eagles party. “At 6:30
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Google suspends fact-checking feature over quality concerns

Google is suspending a search feature that displayed fact checks associated to publishers after receiving criticism from conservative news outlets. “We launched the reviewed claims feature in our Knowledge Panel at the end of last year as an experiment with the aim of helping people quickly learn more
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Facebook to prioritize news from 'high quality' and 'trustworthy' sources

After announcing last week that it will prioritize posts from friends and family members over brands and publishers, the social media site will also begin focusing on news from “trusted sources.” In a statement posted on the platform, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote that posts from news publications
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