Day: February 24, 2018

UNCW Student Media Sweeps Awards at NCCMA

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UNCW Student Media Sweeps Awards at NCCMA

“I couldn't be more proud of the Atlantis editors for selecting such beautiful pieces, the layout editor for designing such an eye-catching and creative spread, and for our contributors for writing and photographing these pieces,” said Atlantis Editor-in-Chief Carey Shook. “It's an amazing feeling to say that
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Books: Events for week of March 25

Write with Us!: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., LP Main Library, 301 W. Congress St., and LP South Regional Library, 6101 Johnston St. Explore creative writing with two writing instructors from UL-Lafayette. Discuss the writing process and get valuable feedback. Multi-genre. All writing levels are welcome. Adults only.
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Black Panther cast impresses fans with 'All My Life' rendition

As a student-athlete immersed in football—and with dreams of being a doctor— he took a creative writing class at Saint Mary's College. For one assignment, he detailed a traumatic event in his life in which his father nearly bled to death as he held him in his arms. His professor called him into her office
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Bunny in the City: Savannah Book Festival a best-seller

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Bunny in the City: Savannah Book Festival a best-seller

Loving how Smitty's passion for books is evident in his sons' lives, I cruise the Ex Libris book sales tent and convince Savannah College of Art &Design sequential art student Samantha Grant and animation student Justin Rae Ngi to pose, introduce Charles Hall to Gallery Books publisher Jennifer
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Nine years on

The decline of bookstores and libraries, the commercial dominance of the giant e-corporations, e.g., Amazon, the tilt towards self-publishing among young writers and the changes in the book-reading habits following the popularity of e-books are all raising alarming questions regarding the future of the
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Publishers Clearing House Front doors t Publisher

“If the winner is not home, we go to great lengths 31 Aug 2016 A former stonemason who lives in a wooded area outside West Chester, Greg was whacking weeds in his backyard Wednesday morning — so loudly that he didn't hear men from Publishers Clearing House banging on his front door, flowers
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Self-Shielded Arc Welding. Woodhead Publishing Series in Welding and Other Joining Technologies

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Self-Shielded Arc Welding. Woodhead Publishing Series in Welding and Other Joining Technologies

The new manufacturing and construction report has been published today. It provides updated in 2018 year analysis of manufacturing and construction industries. A detailed original perspective from a leading expert on welding metallurgy of the self-shielded arc welding process and its applications.
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Completely Awesome

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Completely Awesome

BOOK PREVIEWSCOMPLETELTY AWESOME. Curioddities Series. {“id”:1,”name”:”Completely Awesome”,”pages”:[{“title”:”Completely-Awesome_Page_001″,”src”:”http://www.ripleys.com/publishing/wp-content/uploads/sites/23/2015/02/Completely-Awesome_Page_001.jpg”
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Persian Books at Muscat Fair

This is the third time ICFI is participating in the Omani event, where it is also negotiating the sale of rights to publish books in other countries as well as inviting and encouraging foreign publishers to attend the annual international book fairs in Tehran. With over 500,000 titles presented by 878 publishers
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No, of course the media does not love mass shootings

No, of course the media does not love mass shootings … So here I am, writing to assure our readers that no, the media does not love mass shootings. … “Finally, I sat down at the computer and wrote this; for no other reason than because for me, writing can be an outlet, a way to get things off my chest.
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Vin Diesel's 'Bloodshot' To Reportedly Film This Summer

For most of his publishing history, Bloodshot has not known his true identity, and has had no life outside of being Bloodshot. The current Bloodshot Reborn series, in which he tries (and mostly fails) to have a normal life, could easily be a major influence on the feature film, as it would ground the character
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Literary translators empowering regional stories to find mainstream publishers, but not enough to …

regional stories, literary translators, translation, translated regional stories, mainstream publishers, indian When Rita Kothari won the 2018 Vani Foundation Distinguished Translator Award last month at the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), it was two decades of hard work that had finally paid off. (IE).
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Dr. David Schultz Speaks On His Book Release, Vince McMahon Blocking Him From Writing, His …

Dr. D returns from a near 25 year exile from pro wrestling to promote his new book “Don't Call Me Fake: The Real Story of Dr. D David Schultz”. Of course Dr. D pulls no punches and is in his classic form as he shoots on Vince McMahon, Roddy Piper, Hulk Hogan and of course the infamous 1985 20/20
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Horror and Fantasy for Class Act Books in February

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Horror and Fantasy for Class Act Books in February

Since the publication of her first novel in 1989, Toni divides her time between writing SF/Fantasy under her own name and romances under her pseudonym Icy Snow Blackstone. She currently has 54 published novels to her credit, most of which are featured on Amazon and Barnes & Noble websites.
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Journaling In Pregnancy: Maternal Mental Health Improved By Creative Activities

The project involved a series of workshops, facilitated by Laura and Carmine, that included creative activities introduced by visual and craft artists, poets, cartoonists and writers; Hollie McNish, Kate Evans (aka Cartoon Kate), Frances Burden and Rebecca Fortnum & Sharon Boothroyd. At each workshop
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Ernest Hecht, independent publisher who founded Souvenir Press

Publishing books and making money just filled one part of his life – but he always felt the need to help those in need. He founded the Ernest Hecht Charitable Foundation and one of many public charity events was a series of concerts at the National Gallery in honour of the great pianist Myra Hess, who
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'People who don't read are listening to audiobooks'

One of the brightest stars in international publishing, David Shelley, 41, who took over as CEO, Hachette UK, in January, has many successes up his sleeves, not least as the editor and nurturer of authors such as Stephenie Meyer, Val McDermid, Sarah Waters and JK Rowling (in her post-Harry Potter
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (BMY.L) Seeing Twiggs Money Flow Bolt Above Zero Line

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (BMY.L) shares under being placed under the lens today as the Twiggs Money Flow indicator, or TMF has climbed above the zero line, indicating bullish momentum. Twiggs Money Flow Index is a technical indicator created by Collin Twiggs. It is derived from Chaikin Money
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Body Positivity Art Exhibit Promotes Self-Appreciation

“We have to consciously celebrate body types that differ from the societal standards, and start to unlearn what we've been taught for years,” said Beatrice Helman, an MFA creative writing student. The Spring 2017 National College Health Assessment surveyed 1,190 New School students. Of those
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'The Post' renews attention for Pentagon Papers ruling

FILE – In this June 21, 1971 file photo, Katharine Graham, left, publisher of The Washington Post, and Ben Bradlee, executive editor of The Washington Post, leave U.S. District Court in Washington after getting the go-ahead to print the Pentagon papers on Vietnam. Later, the U.S. Court of Appeals
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WFIN radio will be heard on FM, too

Blanchard River Broadcasting, a subsidiary of Findlay Publishing Co., has received approval for an FM translator that allows the AM station to reach a wider … Findlay Publishing also owns Allegra Print & Imaging, Findlay Digital Design, and two daily newspapers, The Courier and the Review Times.
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I Was a Marine. I Don't Want a Gun in My Classroom.

A few days ago, the lunacy of the suggestion to arm teachers was driven home to me as I prepared to teach my undergraduate creative writing class. I arrived uncharacteristically early and sat down with a few students to banter about this and that. Suddenly, there was a loud bang outside. Everyone froze
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McLEOD: How to make people feel loved (or at least liked)

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McLEOD: How to make people feel loved (or at least liked)

When someone confesses a problem or mistake to you, the best thing you can do in that moment is empathize and connect. Deal with the person first, the problem … is the global expert in Noble Purpose. She is the author of the bestsellers “Selling with Noble Purpose” and “Leading with Noble Purpose.
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Publishers & Presses, Specialized Institutions

Publishers & Presses jobs. 1 Specialized Institutions job to view and apply for now with Inside Higher Ed Careers.
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River Publishers

Incorporated in Denmark, and with offices in The Netherlands, Japan, USA and India, River Publishers is active in many areas of Science and Technology, and we publish peer reviewed research books and journals in these fields. We pride ourselves by being flexible in our approach towards publishing
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2018 International Publishing Symposium. Scholarly Publishing in Europe and China.

Thursday 12 April 2018. 2018 International Publishing Symposium. Scholarly Publishing in Europe and China. 12-13 April 2018, St Catherine's College, Oxford UK. This new event, one of the first of its kind in Europe to focus on building collaborative networks between academic publishing houses in
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Morocco detains, summons journalists after publisher held

Moroccan police on Saturday detained a journalist and summoned for questioning two employees from an independent media group, a day after its outspoken publisher was detained, his newspaper said. Prominent publisher and journalist Taoufiq Bouachrine, known for editorials critical of authorities in
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The dangerous quest for coffee that inspired Dave Eggers' new book

1 on The New York Times best sellers list. For this book, Eggers spent years listening to Alkhanshali's story, traveling with him from California to Africa. “Your story's the most personal asset that you have,” he said. “And I couldn't have done it with anyone else. To be able to be that vulnerable, Dave is
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An array of offerings

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An array of offerings

Also, many publishers have e-book and book delivery services. There are also benches at the fair venues for visitors to catch a breath and engage in literary “addas” with their friends. Yesterday, being a weekend, the Ekushey book fair saw a huge rush of visitors. A total of 182 new books hit the fair.
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The writer's identity

Introducing her essays on life, literature, politics and culture, Smith shares a comment from a friend: “But of course your writing so far has been a fifteen-year psychodrama.” She goes on to work out her reaction to this stinging comment: “Writing exists (for me) at the intersection of three precarious,
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The Asian Avenger(The review of 'Livia Lone')

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The Asian Avenger(The review of 'Livia Lone')

The fact that this book is being explicitly released – in print – in India reveals the self-publishing juggernaut's increasing attention on this market. Expect more from the same publisher, coming soon. But anyhow. On to the actual story. Livia Lone was sold by her parents at the age of 13 to human traffickers
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Show up and vote on Alpha pool fix | Turkeys and Trophies

Byskal credits Kathleen Dowd, her middle school English teacher in Easton, for helping to channel her passions into creative writing. About 500 people took a dip in the Delaware River in Easton during this year's Lehigh Valley Polar Plunge. The air temperature for the noon-time event was 35 degrees.
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PharmGirl Adventures: The dreaded performance review

Performance review: a futile exercise in creative writing, where the employee and employer provide justification for annual raises (or lack thereof) that were already predetermined in budget negotiations the previous year anyway. I fell into a good profession by sheer luck. Advice from a sage high school
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Authors Beth Vrabel, Willie Vlautin make Boise visits

Writer's Bloc: Open Write and Discussion: 6-7 p.m.., Meridian Library, 1326 W. Cherry Lane. An evening of discussion and prompts relating to all things writing. Tricia Levenseller & Erin Summerill author event: 7 p.m., Rediscovered Books, Boise. Tricia Levenseller's latest books are “Daughter of the Siren
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Cleveland's March Party show March 22-24

Admission and parking are free. The bourse (sales area) will include approximately 54 dealers offering a wide range of philatelic material available for sale, including stamps, covers, postcards, and related literature and supplies. Linn's Stamp News and Scott Publishing Co. will have a table at the show.
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The Buddy Holly Story to play at UCA March 29

For additional information, contact Horton at (501) 450-3682 or ahorton@uca.edu. The UCA College of Fine Arts and Communication includes the Departments of Art, Music, and Film, Theatre and Creative Writing, as well as the School of Communication. The College's primary mission is the preparation
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India's first book fair returns to Kolkata after 100 years

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India's first book fair returns to Kolkata after 100 years

“Among the publishers you see here today, Motilal Banarasidass Publishers from Benaras and Basumati from Kolkata participated even in 1918. It was the country's first book fair. The NCE however called it book exhibition,” said veteran academician and a former vice chancellor of Vidyasagar University
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