Day: March 24, 2018

The Wire Science – Submission Guidelines

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The Wire Science – Submission Guidelines

For anything related to The Wire Science, write to Vasudevan Mukunth at mukunth at thewire.in. 13. We don't pay per word. We pay per piece, with each piece valued according to usefulness, length, amount of work required to produce it, newsiness and, of course, the quality of writing. 1. Our preferred
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US Columbia University Press launches Chinese literature book series

Since 2008, Columbia University Press has published three books edited by Cai — now all part of the series — starting with “How to Read Chinese Poetry: A Guided Anthology.” The book has been popular among students, scholars and other readers, paving the way for the idea of publishing a series.
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Award winning debut author visits school

The school's librarian, Sheila Compton, comments: “Penny spoke to the whole of Year 7 and then did some creative writing workshops with smaller groups … I've always written so there's no first time but when I started writing this book Jemma's inner voice came through so strongly and I felt this book was
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Oreste D'Arconte: The power of youth

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Oreste D'Arconte: The power of youth

The newspaper industry predicts this added cost — and newsprint is a huge portion of any newspaper's budget — puts at risk the 600,000 jobs in the printing and publishing sector, and endangers those small community newspapers struggling the most. The United States does not now produce enough
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The top per cent best sellers on Steam earned half the Steam's revenue in 2017

SteamSpy has revealed the top 20 best earners on Steam for 2017. According to the service, they almost earned as much money as the rest of 21000 games on Steam. While not 100 per cent correct, these numbers are the best estimate up to date. It was reported earlier that 2017 was the record year
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Children's Book is First for New Malibu Author

Malibu resident Anita Gnan took a giant leap last October when she launched her first children's book, “Kibble: The Monarch Caterpillar Afraid to Get Wings,” printed by her own newly formed publishing company, West Creek Media. Gnan said writing a children's book was something she always wanted
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Letter to the Editor: C'mon, man! Of course Connecticut needs tolls

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Letter to the Editor: C'mon, man! Of course Connecticut needs tolls

Letter to the Editor: C'mon, man! Of course Connecticut needs tolls … I am writing you today to implore you to establish tolls in Connecticut. That's right, I want tolls, and I want as many of them on as … I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. I trust you realize by now that I oppose tolls.
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Literature on fire

Meriting long-awaited recognition are writer and labor activist Isabelo de los Reyes and Vicente Sotto, father of Cebuano literature and a senator who … years, a literary camp on April 2-4 for 104 student delegates from all over the country will be mentored by resource speakers on creative writing.
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Becoming the Baltics: Novelist Rein Raud Reflects on the Literary Life of His Region

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Becoming the Baltics: Novelist Rein Raud Reflects on the Literary Life of His Region

To the rest of the world, the Baltic countries seem to be a single entity, so much so that it is often considered unnecessary to call each of them by name. After all, they seem to have been firmly united by their recent history: 50 years of mostly Soviet occupation, repression, and cultural oppression, followed
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Publisher's Pen: You can't have it your way

Full disclosure – everything below the line was published in the Taft Midway Driller yesterday. But since then, more developments. I've learned Supervisor David Couch has engaged an attorney in an effort to get his voice heard at the upcoming MALDEF-Kern County hearing on Wednesday in U.S.
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Here's why journal writing is good for you

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Here's why journal writing is good for you

However, she went on to add, “Yet there is little physiological evidence for whether writing about past failures or other negative events improves performance by reducing stress.” The study saw researchers examine effect of writing about past failures on future task performance. During the course of the
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Peel Hunt Reaffirms Add Rating for Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY)

The firm currently has a GBX 210 ($2.90) target price on the stock. Bloomsbury Publishing (LON BMY) opened at GBX 178 ($2.46) on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $128.44 and a PE ratio of 1,483.33. Bloomsbury Publishing has a fifty-two week low of GBX 150 ($2.07) and a fifty-two week high
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Around the Banks: Spring has sprung in North Florida

She had no formal training, and I truly believe what Truman Capote said once, Creative writing can be refined by education, but, really it can't be taught. People can either write creatively or they can't, and that is the truth. If you can order this one. It's worth your while. A fabulous spring time read.
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Private Lives In Public: 6 Short Stories By Indian Women (1932-2014)

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Private Lives In Public: 6 Short Stories By Indian Women (1932-2014)

Reading about the early decades of Indian contemporary literature revealed to me that the short story form of creative writing gained traction among women writers in India because of its brevity and pithiness. Undertaking shorter pieces of work meant women were able to focus on their household duties
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Teen of the Month: Megan Michelotti of Butte Central

Like these famous authors, Michelotti has a talent for creative writing. “In terms of writing, … Michelotti, who also has a talent for illustrating, said that she sees writing as art. “With writing, you are creating pictures in people's heads,” she said—adding that she hopes to pen her own novel, one day. Though
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Investec Raises Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY) Price Target to GBX 215

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Investec Raises Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY) Price Target to GBX 215

Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) had its price target lifted by Investec from GBX 210 ($2.90) to GBX 215 ($2.97) in a research report released on Tuesday morning. Investec currently has a buy rating on the stock. Separately, Peel Hunt raised their price objective on Bloomsbury Publishing from GBX
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Sean Hillen has worked as a newspaperman in Washington, Kansas, Romania … and also …

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Sean Hillen has worked as a newspaperman in Washington, Kansas, Romania … and also …

Sean now divides his time between a home on the Black Sea and one at Bloody Foreland in Donegal, where he and his Transylvanian-born wife, Columbia, run what they call their Ireland Writing Retreat. The creative writing school operates twice a year for budding writers from all over the world.
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Production Editor – Editorial

Ensure the quality of all published articles in print for our main book; Editing stories, checking facts, rewriting and improving copy and headlines with care and sensitivity; Ensuring all stories have the appropriate visual elements. Job Requirements. Minimum 3 years experience in news operation, a wire
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Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY) Price Target Raised to GBX 248 at Numis Securities

Bloomsbury Publishing (LON:BMY) had its price objective boosted by Numis Securities from GBX 238 ($3.29) to GBX 248 ($3.43) in a report released on Tuesday. The brokerage currently has a buy rating on the stock. Other research analysts have also recently issued research reports about the stock.
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Spotlight on Robert Webb

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Spotlight on Robert Webb

In 2009, Robert Webb, best known for the U.K. TV series Peep Show and Back (now on the Sundance channel) and the sketch show That Mitchell and Webb Look, performed on Let's Dance for Comic Relief, dancing to “What a Feeling” from the movie Flashdance dressed as a woman. The performance
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Publishing in Nigeria challenging, distribution networks weak –Ayisha Osori

Ayisha Osori is a lawyer, activist and politician. She is the author of 'Love Does Not Win Elections'. In this interview with IBRAHIM RAMALAN, she speaks on her experience and the startling discoveries she made during her sojourn into politics in Nigeria, as reflected in her book. Your book, Love Does
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