NEW YORK: Google News is about to undergo a redesign, according to reports that suggest the revamp is about helping publishers consolidate how they interact with Google's various news platforms. First reported by Advertising Age, which spoke to people “familiar with the plans” on the condition of
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This year's University of Santo Tomas (UST) National Writers' Workshop, organized by the UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies (CCWLS), had 15 fellows, the most number of participants since its revival seven years ago. We had a screenwriter (Nigel Santos); two playwrights (Gil
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KOCHI: The VJT Hall is overflowing with red-covered books, with Chintha Publishers organising a bookfair to commemorate Karl Marx's 200th birth anniversary. The four-day event featuring books from more than 60 publishing houses was inaugurated by CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan on
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German Ambassador to Zimbabwe Dr Thorsten Hutter has said German companies are keen to invest in the country and are excited about Zimbabwe's drive to attract foreign direct investment. He said this during an address to the University of Zimbabwe creative writing press club in the capital recently.
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Copyright was and is the tool by which traditional publishers seize control over a creators work, and via which the publishers get rich while most creators starve. For most of human history creativity has been funded by either live performances and/or patronage. With the Internet, patronage supported by
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McGregor, who also teaches creative writing at the University of Nottingham, has had a gilded writing life. His first novel, If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things, was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2002, making him the youngest ever to achieve such recognition. In 2012, he scooped the International
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