Six years later, the course – named, yes, Seeing Rape – is unique among both college classes and campus rape prevention programs alike, combining the study of media representations of rape with writing and performing new, oftentimes more complex ones. During the semester-long class, more than
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Leading publishers from Indian and abroad share their picks. Sarah Savitt, publisher, Virago. The Little Book Of Feminist Saints by Julia Pierpont, illustrated by Manjit Thapp “It's the perfect book to bring on a summer holiday. I guarantee you'll want to share these incredible stories of women who've
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Do you know what the scholarly community was talking about this month? Here's a curated list of the some thought-provoking posts that got the scholarly publishing talking in the month of April. In addition to trending discussions on “zombie” papers, depression among researchers, fake acceptance
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I've been in the classroom for 24 years. My family has been amazingly supportive. I didn't say much about the book until it had been accepted, but since they found out, they have been my biggest cheerleaders.” Dehel holds a Bachelor of Arts in English and studied Creative Writing as part of her degree.
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In his upcoming lecture on Friday, May 18 at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, broadcaster, curator, author, and filmmaker Philip Hoare poses the question, “When (Herman) Melville declared in Moby-Dick, 'We account the whale immortal', was he making a presumptive statement–or looking forward
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Just under a month until the European Union's General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) come into force, and trade bodies representing publishers on either side of the Atlantic have co-signed an open letter to Google which questions “the legality or fairness” of its proposed compliance policies for
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A Danish citizen of Yemeni descent has been charged with publishing fake news in Malaysia, the first person to be charged under a new law that prohibits the sharing of inaccurate information. Salah Salem Saleh Sulaiman, 46, was charged with spreading false information in a YouTube video where he
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Screen Training Ireland is seeking participants to fill the final places of their upcoming writing course – 'The Basic Principles of Storytelling on the Screen'. … She teaches screenwriting in The UK and The US, across Europe as well as in Ireland for Screen Training Ireland among others. She has written
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The Incorporated Society Of Musicians (ISM) has appointed former Music Publishers Association CEO Sarah Osborn as head of services and operations. ISM is the UK's professional body for musicians and a nationally-recognised subject association for music, supporting more than 8,500 members.
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The revenue from the U.S. book publishing market is forecasted to slightly increase in the coming years, with projections reaching nearly $44 billion dollars in 2020. The largest gains are coming from the adult and juvenile nonfiction category, and both have seen year over year increases. A segment
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The revenue from the U.S. book publishing market is forecasted to slightly increase in the coming years, with projections reaching nearly $44 billion dollars in 2020. The largest gains are coming from the adult and juvenile nonfiction category, and both have seen year over year increases. A segment
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