Day: February 17, 2018

Hanif Kureishi: my beautiful box-set binge

No Comments
Hanif Kureishi: my beautiful box-set binge

I grasped how far television had advanced, that it had replaced pop music as the major creative form, when I noticed that the best writers – from The Sopranos' David Chase and Mad Men's Matthew Weiner to Transparent's Jill Soloway – recognised it as an event. They had long given up on the idea of
See Original Article

I will not surrender the hair of a Horse's tail

Post. Posted by: kuvaszsleepybear. Total Posts: 283. Joined Date: Wednesday, 7 August 2013. https://www.amazon.com/Will-Surrender-Hair-Horses-Tail/dp/1911512765/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1518824347&sr=8-1&keywords=i+will+not+surrender+the+hair+of+a+horses+tail. Posted on: 16/02/2018
See Original Article

Report: Greeks celebrated Valentine's Day by exchanging books

The Association of Greek Publishers and Booksellers launched a campaign encouraging people across Greece to pick a book, write a wish on specially designed book marks for the day and read together. “Love is to Read Together” was the motto of the initiative which received a warm welcome by
See Original Article

Bradford on Avon historian writes book on Second World War Luftwaffe dive-bombers

The Somerset publishing company Haynes has turned its sights on the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive-bomber, which came to symbolise the terror of the German blitzkreig. The manual, published this month, has been written by Jonathan Falconer, who has already penned more than 30 books on aviation
See Original Article

Arlington author speaks at read-in at West Library

Since then, the company has released 13 books, the most recent one being published on Feb. 9. During his presentation, McClain said that Melanin Origins was created to show children images of people who look like them doing positive things while making history. Some of these children may not
See Original Article

The sloth who turned into a cheetah: The prospects of children's publishing in India are brightening

Over the last two decades, children's publishing in India has burgeoned, moving away from quasi-encyclopaedic tomes to works that break with the industry's earlier conservatism and span a variety of genres. Part of this has been driven by Tara Books, Karadi Tales and Tulika Publishers, which focus
See Original Article

Categories: Uncategorized

PCI Educational Publishing Momentum Math Level H Classroom Starter Pack

No Comments
PCI Educational Publishing Momentum Math Level H Classroom Starter Pack

Momentum Math is a mathematics intervention course created specifically to re-engage middle school students who have given up on math because they have fallen behind. The program is designed to reach all learners, including English language learners and students with special needs. Through a
See Original Article

Disney Confirms 'Descendants 3' during Zombies Musical

In the U.S. for Halloween 2017, “Descendants 2” costumes were the top three selling Halloween costumes at Disney Stores and the #1 costume at Party City. More than three million “Descendants” and “Descendants 2” dolls have been sold, and more than four million “Descendants” related books have
See Original Article

Categories: Uncategorized

All-Inuktitut university course brings educators together

No Comments
All-Inuktitut university course brings educators together

“The discussions are rich and vibrant. They're filled with hope and ideas. The participants are so dedicated,” she said. The course includes lots of reading, and writing lots of papers. Hainnu hopes the papers can be published to be used as a future resource. She imagines an academic journal in Inuktitut.
See Original Article

FROM PRISON TO PODIUM

Following on from the creative writing course we created a forum that involved Jacob and myself, students from the UEA, a selection of other prisoners and two governors from the prison itself. The forum was an opportunity for the students to ask questions and give them an insight into prison life that few
See Original Article

Publishers look to bring back Booker ban

Thirty book publishers have signed a letter calling for the Man Booker Prize to reverse a controversial change to entry requirements that opened the prize to American authors. The letter argues that the change, which has resulted in American authors Paul Beatty and George Saunders winning the prize
See Original Article

Categories: Uncategorized

Ajit Bhandal's New Book “STEM, The Future of America” Purposefully Emphasizes the Gravity of a …

No Comments
Ajit Bhandal's New Book “STEM, The Future of America” Purposefully Emphasizes the Gravity of a …

Recent release “STEM, The Future of America” from Page Publishing author Ajit Bhandal delves into the analysis of emerging educational trends in math and … Page Publishing knows that authors need to be free to create – not bogged down with complicated business issues like eBook conversion,
See Original Article

Categories: Uncategorized

Publisher's Pen: A whole lot of upcoming shindigs

No Comments
Publisher's Pen: A whole lot of upcoming shindigs

Like I said last week, I love a good parade! And man did I see one last Friday afternoon. On the way home to Bakersfield I diverted to California City to see a friend of mine. The coffee was good, the friendship rekindled, but wow…what a parade. For the better part of two hours, I watched trucks towing
See Original Article

Music Modernization Act is certainly not fair for everyone

It basically insulates Spotify and other DSP's from liability for statutory damages and attorneys' fees for any lawsuit not filed as of Jan. 1, 2018. With essentially no notice, songwriters and publishers whose songs had been allegedly infringed by Spotify for years would essentially lose a key weapon in any
See Original Article

Categories: Uncategorized

Our First-Ever Monthly Magazine Release Party

No Comments
Our First-Ever Monthly Magazine Release Party

The Spotlight Media team had a blast at our first-ever magazine release party last night at ABOVO in Fargo. The event was organized to celebrate everyone who helped make our February issues of Fargo INC!, Fargo Monthly, Design & Living Magazine and Bison Illustrated possible. “Our team doesn't
See Original Article

NY judge says embedded tweets may violate copyrights. But don't panic!

(Reuters) – U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest of Manhattan stunned media companies on Thursday, ruling that when publishers embed tweets containing a copyrighted image, they can be liable for infringement. For more than a decade, websites have relied on 2007 precedent from the 9th U.S. Circuit
See Original Article

Poet EJ Koh grapples with love

The Seattle resident, who is working on a doctorate at the University of Washington, has degrees in both creative writing and literary translation in Korean and Japanese. While a graduate student at Columbia University, she translated the work of Korean poet Kim Myung Won and was introduced to the
See Original Article

Two Years After Raising $1.7 Million, System Shock Remaster Is On 'Hiatus'

The upcoming remake of System Shock, Kickstarted two years ago for over $US1.3 million ($1.7 million), is now on “hiatus” thanks to problems with development, the company behind it said today. Nightdive Studios, an independent game developer and publisher best known for re-releasing old games
See Original Article

Emile Short Urges Atuguba To Proceed With The Publishing Of Damning Research

Former CHRAJ boss Emile Short has urged law professor Raymond Atuguba to publish damning research whose findings attempted to draw a link between the political appointment of judges and their judgments. He said the publication of the entire work will help in critiquing the academic research
See Original Article

Categories: Uncategorized

Q5: Reduced admission days provide Wondertorium fun

No Comments
Q5: Reduced admission days provide Wondertorium fun

On Tuesday afternoons, we partner with the OSU Writing Center to present Write On! The Writing Center students coordinate fun and interactive experiences designed to enhance literacy through writing, and young writers are encouraged to bring their writing for creative consultation. On Wednesday
See Original Article

Techland Publishing

Techland Publishing is a global video game publisher.
See Original Article

Categories: Uncategorized

Best Essay Writing Service: No Longer a Mystery

No Comments
Best Essay Writing Service: No Longer a Mystery

The function for nearly any educator is to make a really fascinating classroom for students. SUMMARY to assist you in picking out the supplier for and To make your process a little easier, we've recorded out some critical products and services. The course of activity is very speedy although the bulk of the
See Original Article

Best Cookware Set

Looking for the best cookware sets? Shop Macy's best sellers to find the best selling cookware sets now!
See Original Article

Best Immersion Blender

Looking for the best immersion blenders? Shop Macy's best sellers to find the best selling immersion blenders now!
See Original Article

Looking for 100 Oregon writers

“My plan for this initial anthology work is to be comprised of unpublished, first-time Oregon-based writers (excluding myself of course) of any age so that they can then properly acclaim themselves as being published — and, no, there's no particular 'theme' I'm trying to encourage at this time, just 100
See Original Article

Bad Dream Leads to a Dream Come True

Campbell served as an editor for all three of those books, which he self-published. In college in the 1970s, Campbell studied animal science, but her true love was always in writing. One of her favorite assignment was in an English literature class where they read the classic “Moby Dick” and and studied
See Original Article

Categories: Uncategorized

Sinclair workshop supports creative writing in the younger set

No Comments
Sinclair workshop supports creative writing in the younger set

This year, Feb. 17 marked the 6th annual Jack Bennet Young Writers' Workshop at Sinclair Community College, open at no cost to Dayton-area young writers in grades 6-12. The event, held at the college, featured sessions on everything from poetry writing, to creating characters, to the art of horror
See Original Article

Categories: Uncategorized

Police: Newspaper publisher not behind racist Valentine's Day fliers in San Bernardino, culprits …

No Comments
Police: Newspaper publisher not behind racist Valentine's Day fliers in San Bernardino, culprits …

The publisher of a weekly publication called TIDBiTS spoke out Friday against racist fliers she said were inserted in a stack of pilfered newspapers and distributed in a San Bernardino neighborhood on Valentine's Day. “TIDBiTS does not condone racism, bigotry of any kind. We are a family friendly,
See Original Article

System Shock reboot that raised $1.3M on Kickstarter is now on 'hiatus'

In an interview with Polygon, director of business development Larry Kuperman said that a strategy to pitch the game to publishers, in order to secure more funding, had not been successful. He added that around 15 contract workers will no longer be working on the game, but that Nightdive is not laying
See Original Article

Solo: A Star Wars Story Publishing Slate Revealed

Lucasfilm Publishing has revealed the full slate of novels, comics, and books that will be accompanying the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story. As before, they'll provide some insights into this unexplored bit of the Star Wars galaxy; and its characters, both before and after the events of the film. Highlights
See Original Article

NY federal court decision threatens embedding and linking across the web

Getty Images backed plaintiff Justin Goldman in the case. That's because Getty stands to directly financially benefit if Judge Forrest's interpretation of copyright law becomes more pervasive. The company has a long history of aggressively litigating copyright claims against small publishers and bloggers.
See Original Article

A Warm Nashville Day Made Sunnier by Thomas Rhett Double Celebration

Finally, the writers gathered on stage, to hear their publishers recite their record of achievements. For Rhett, these were his eighth and ninth No. 1 singles as an artist. “Unforgettable” was Gorley's 35th No. 1 as a writer and McAnally's 30th. BMI, which co-sponsored the party with its fellow performance
See Original Article

President of Oxford University Press to Visit Baylor and Interact with Students, Faculty and Staff

WACO, Texas (Feb. 16, 2018) – Niko Pfund, president and global academic publisher at Oxford University Press (OUP), will visit Baylor University Feb. 19-20 as part of an effort with Baylor University Press to help develop the publishing capabilities of Baylor's faculty and graduate students, as well as
See Original Article

Categories: Uncategorized