Thomas Calder received his MFA in Fiction from the University of Houston's Creative Writing Program. He has worked with several publications, including Gulf Coast and the Collagist. For his weekly #tuesdayhistory tidbits on Asheville, follow him on Instagram @tcalder. View all posts by Thomas Calder
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Registration for the creative writing conference, which features workshops in poetry, fiction, and more, is $45 for students and educators, and $80 for community members. The conference is sponsored by the college's English Department, Associated Students, and several local businesses. More details
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I start this month's comment with what I hope will be a three part series on the subject of music licensing and publishing. In this publication we will start with Music Licensing. So what is “Music Licensing?” Music licensing is intended to ensure that the owners of copyrights on musical works are
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“Everyone is different and different is not bad,” read Tyrrell Mahoney who is President of Chronicle Books. (KGO-TV). KGO. by Melanie Woodrow. Wednesday, March 21, 2018 07:00PM. SAN FRANCISCO –. “Everyone is different and different is not bad,” read Tyrrell Mahoney who is President of
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Governor Scott Walker, center, visited the Florence County Library last Wednesday, where he signed Act 142, expanding the Wisconsin TEACH grant program to include rural libraries. The Act lets small rural libraries apply for up to $5000 each. The entire TEACH grant fund was increased by $22.5
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Hong Kong, China — (ReleaseWire) — 03/21/2018 — Every publisher knows the importance that security plays in their projects, whether it's an online magazine or a best-selling eBook. Anna Lee, chief designer at PubHTML5 announced that the company's digital publishing platform provides an unlimited
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(WIVB) – In the Freshmen Seminar class at Lake Shore High School, students learn study skills, creative writing, and critical thinking- as well as how to use social media responsibly, ironing, and how to write a check. The program is the brainchild of teacher Jeff Connors. He stopped by the News 4 Studio
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Following a massive 2017, which included international plays from the likes of Sir Elton John and Zane Rowe, Australian six-piece Winston Surfshirt are kicking on in 2018, today announcing they've signed a global publishing deal with BMG. The signing comes just weeks out from the Sydney band
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It reached No. 1 on Amazon's best-sellers list. Oliver's The Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo audiobook, featuring the voices of Jim Parsons, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jeff Garlin, Ellie Kemper, John Lithgow, Jack McBrayer, and RuPaul, is also Audible's No. 1 best-seller as of Wednesday night. The proceeds
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The startup uses blockchain technology to create direct, secure, and transparent connections between content creators, publishers and consumers to foster what the new chief executive officer calls an “incentive-based content ecosystem” where viewers are paid for sharing. Media Protocol, a startup
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In addition, the media and publishing company confirmed that it will explore the sale of Time, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, and Money brands, which are outside the wheelhouse of Meredith's female-skewing lifestyle titles. The layoffs are part of Meredith's plan to save $400 million to $500 million in cost
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Works will be judged by Darren Johnson, a communications instructor and longtime journalist and creative writer, and other editorial staff at Campus News. Trophies will be awarded to the winner in each category. Second, third and honorable mention awards will also be given. “Winning a Byline Award
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Meizu has just announced its second phone with a Qualcomm SoC which could be one of the best-sellers of 2018. This midrange looks like a perfect rival of the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro, the new affordable Xiaomi handset which already had huge success in Asia. Will Meizu be able to compete with
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The tales will be accompanied by photos. The Blaine Historical Society received hundreds of them and is aiming to include about 300 in the book. At a council workshop meeting in February, Lindquist reported that the cost to publish will range from $16,000 for 300 books to $24,000 for 750 books.
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Giramondo Publishing has appointed Léa Antigny to the newly created position of publicity manager and Kate Prendergast to the role of publishing assistant. Antigny previously worked as a publicist at Pan Macmillan and Text Publishing, as well as in key account sales at Penguin. In her new role, she
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Robert Thomson, CEO of News Corp and digital platform critic, has been discussing the growing power of the digital platforms for over a decade, particularly their effect on publishers' commercial prospects and the social and cultural implications of this power. “There's no virtue in victimhood; it can't just
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Numis Securities upgraded Bloomsbury Publishing plc (LON:BMY) on Tuesday, October 24 to “Buy” rating. The firm has “Hold” rating given on Thursday, May 19 by Numis Securities. As per Tuesday, December 22, the company rating was maintained by Peel Hunt. Peel Hunt maintained it with “Buy”
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Red Room Poetry established the fellowship in 2017 to 'foster poetic and professional development of an individual within the wider poetic community' and to encourage poets to 'undertake an intensive period of creative development'. As previously reported by Books+Publishing, the inaugural Red
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New Zealand writer Kara Isaac, who was also nominated last year, is a finalist in the Romance with Religious or Spiritual Elements category for her self-published title Then There Was You. The nominations for the RWA Golden Heart awards, which recognise excellence in unpublished manuscripts,
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Mogy Joel R Counsel Inc stated it has 0.34% of its portfolio in Bloomsbury Publishing plc (LON:BMY). Highlander Limited Liability Company invested 0.84% in Bloomsbury Publishing plc (LON:BMY). 44,206 were reported by Choate Inv Advsr. Jensen Inv reported 33,000 shares. Gillespie Robinson
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Do you feel like as a creative writing professor you have a unique vantage to observe the anxieties and interests of young people? Sometimes that changes in terms of what my students are dealing with. I guess I would say I've seen some increase in real-world worries and anxieties in my students, as in
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The startup — which is developing a value-based advertising business model — uses blockchain technology to create direct, secure, and transparent connections between content creators, publishers and consumers to foster what the new chief executive officer calls an “incentive-based content
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“Customers raved about the fabric hues we used in our Horizon Pillow Beds so much so that we decided to expand on this collection,” said Lisa Hismune, director of sales at P.L.A.Y. “Considering our Pet Teepees and Chill Pads have always been best-sellers, we knew these would be the perfect lines to
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The book, “A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo” appears at Chronicle Books in San Francisco on Wednesday, March 21, 2018. … The San Francisco-based publisher is behind the number one best-selling book on Amazon titled “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents: Day in the Life of Marlon
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Don Quixote famously tilted at windmills; now the Booksellers Guild of Madrid is using Cervantes's 400-year-old novel to take a tilt at the Spanish court system, highlighting 80,000 words in Don Quixote to make the text of a recently banned book about drug smuggling available to readers online.
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