Tag: writing
group name: communitylibrary
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May 27, 2007 10:54 AM EDT --
Last year I went to Book Expo America and carried home fifty pounds of advance copies that I read and reviewed from July to December. It was a really fun experience to consume the Fall Big Books before . . . more
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July 24, 2006 10:53 PM EDT --
This evening, I received a lovely thank-you message from Vina Byrne, a librarian at William B. Ogden Free Library in Walton, NY. Vina has created many illustrative scrapbooks on events and programs . . . more
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August 02, 2006 10:02 PM EDT --
When I first moved to the city, it took me a while to get my bearings and just come to grips with all the abundance of opportunities. I took an easy job at the airport, so I'd have lots of time . . . more
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September 28, 2006 01:53 AM EDT --
Since this is the 4th time this has happened to me, I decided to post a warning to everyone before I quit for the night.
I stupidly start writing an article, I get into it, I wax eloquently, and, unfortunately, . . . more
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January 04, 2007 09:42 AM EST --
Review of Sergio Ruzzier's The Room of Wonders.
Pius Pelosi, the rat and hero of The Room of Wonders, collects many delightful things he discovers in the course of his daily routine: shiny keys, . . . more
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September 21, 2006 03:23 PM EDT --
I was tagged. Posted this on my blog. Enumerating what came first in my mind. There are too many....I left out Kafka, Nietzsche....
BOOK MEME
1. One book that changed your life?
Fountainhead by Ayn . . . more
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September 22, 2006 07:06 AM EDT --
I had picked this book long time back. I only got around reading it recently. After I finished it, I felt nothing has changed. A woman is still dubbed a scarlet one if she has a child outside of marriage . . . more
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December 29, 2006 06:53 PM EST --
Matt Beam has taught in various capacities in Toronto, Vancouver, Guatemala, Fiji, Australia, and New Zealand and has written for newspapers that include the Toronto Star, the National Post, Toronto Life, . . . more
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June 30, 2007 11:13 AM EDT --
I am telling you what I see as must reads, based on the advance reviews that I have read and the advance copies in my hands. I am not focusing on fiction blockbusters here because those do not interest . . . more
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October 18, 2007 07:52 PM EDT --
On Oct. 11, the Swedish Academy announced that Doris Lessing (87) had won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Most bloggers reacted to the news by recounting meetings they have had with Lessing and by discussing . . . more
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January 07, 2007 08:01 PM EST --
Our house is filled with books. There isn't a room that doesn't contain an overflowing bookshelf or several boxfuls or stacks of books, and in the crawlspaces there are still more boxes that . . . more
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September 24, 2007 01:07 PM EDT --
www.fantasybookspot.com gives away free books now and again--this month it's Goblin Quest by Jim Hines. Hines will also be doing a live chat interview in a couple of weeks over at the same . . . more
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November 02, 2006 12:24 PM EST --
While I've found them here and there, it is a rare book that can truly get me to reconsider my beliefs. The Innocent Man by John Grisham was one of those books. I do believe in the death . . . more
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September 20, 2006 05:48 PM EDT --
This week I finished listening to The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. It was narrated by Alyssa Bresnehan. I had been hearing about The Lovely Bones for some time, but I knew that the story was . . . more
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September 29, 2006 01:09 PM EDT --
I almost forgot in my "upcoming Gaiman" article about Coraline! I was so excited to hear that they are making Coraline into a movie. This entertaining book by Neil Gaiman is . . . more
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November 27, 2006 02:54 PM EST --
I'm a huge book dork and so I'm always eager to see what books I have read that made the NYTimes Notable books list. Last year I had read quite a few on the list, but this year I've only read four . . . more
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September 05, 2007 06:36 PM EDT --
Jim Hines has his second Goblin Adventure out "Goblin Hero" and to generate interest, he's giving away a couple of copies of the first in the series, Goblin Quest.
I've read . . . more
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October 05, 2006 10:47 AM EDT --
Just Beyond: Short Stories
by Anjan Ray. Stellar OmBooks International. Pages 251. Rs 195
When a friend of mine gave me this to read and comment upon, I was kind of thrilled for two reasons. . . . more
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August 04, 2006 01:06 AM EDT --
Crystal Clear Creators is a not-for-profit organization, which develops, records, showcases and promotes new and established talent for radio.
Founded in 2004 by Robin Webber-Jones and Jonathan . . . more
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October 28, 2006 06:33 AM EDT --
Welsh author Rachel Trezise has won the inaugural EDS Dylan Thomas prize for her collection of short stories, Fresh Apples.
Lucy Caldwell; Ian Holding; Nick Laird; James Scudamore and Liza Ward had all . . . more
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