Following protracted negotiations, The Irish Times is to purchase all the publishing and media interests of the Cork-based Landmark Media Group for an undisclosed sum. Apart from the Irish Examiner, the company's other interests include the Evening Echo, the Waterford News & Star, the Western
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Sophomore year classes: Accelerated Honors English 10; Creative Writing; Spanish 1 and 2; ACT Prep; Geometry; Honors Chemistry; Honors Economics and Personal Finance; Visual Arts; and, Digital Art and Design. Extracurricular: lettered in cross country; member of BETA, FCA, Bible Club and
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It's the big one. This year, John Lewis' fabled Christmas ad finds Elbow covering The Beatles' Golden Slumbers in a touching film directed by Michel Gondry. “We work on the campaign for a long time,” says Abi Leland, director, Leland Music. “A lot of time is spent making sure we find the perfect song.
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When Lara Hamilton opened Book Larder in 2011, she gave Seattle its first culinary bookstore. The Larder, in the city's Fremont neighborhood, also has a kitchen and demo space, and hosts author talks as well as cooking and cocktail classes. For a holiday 'What's Cooking At,' we asked Hamilton to
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Young readers will enjoy either—or both—of these New York Times best-sellers. “Pax” (suggested retail $16.99) tells the story of a boy and his pet fox, for which author Sara Pennypacker won a National Book Award. In “The Girl Who Drank the Moon” (suggested retail $17.95), a 2017 Newbery Medal
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Quark Software Inc. has purchased a publishing automation startup — its first deal since the Denver-based company attracted new owners that back its evolution into technologies that organize business information. Quark, which pioneered desktop computer publishing in the 1980s, acquired New York
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Nothing is ever finished. Nothing is ever complete. We work and work and work, but there is no end goal. Writing very much fits into this mould. Sure, we can be good writers — even great writers …
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E.L. James keeps her crown on the iBooks bestseller list this week as Darker stays #1, with David Baldacci's End Game right behind. Lee Child's The Midnight Line is #3, and Nora Roberts's Whiskey Beach hits #4, with Dan Brown's Origin rounding out the top five. Two Tom Clancy titles—one by him,
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Authors left in limbo after the collapse of a troubled Scottish publisher have reacted with dismay to the latest venture by its co-founder: a new publishing imprint. The day after Freight Books, a home for more than 80 authors which was named Scottish publisher of the year in 2015, formally went into
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On Thursday, Nov. 30, Bob Helland, who is a second grade teacher at Madelia Elementary School, invited his colleagues to join him for a lefse making party in the cafeteria. So, a number of the staff (and Bob so graciously invited me as well) got together and had a great time learning about this very
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Our first column appeared in November 2010 and we love our connection to you who read us, whether it's every column or only occasionally. We appreciate you, and once in a while, as is the case today, we do a very personal column about some aspect of our lives that we want to share. Let us tell you
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The wait is over: The Collection at RiverPark's The Annex has officially opened, and with it come gourmet sandwiches, tapas, boba tea and, of course, beer via the second location for Newbury Park's exceedingly popular Bottle & Pint. Situated in the back corner of the opem-concept cafeteria cum
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