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- Welcome return for writer Simon - Huddersfield Examiner
Welcome return for writer SimonHuddersfield Examiner, UK - 11 hours agoSimon peppers his work with family anecdotes, carefully observed humour and self-deprecating tales of his own live poetry readings. ...
- Des O'Connor to leave Countdown - BBC News
Veteran TV presenter Des O'Connor has announced he is stepping down as the host of Countdown at the end of the current series in November. He began as quizmaster on the Channel 4 show two years ago, replacing Des Lynam, who took over the reigns when ...
- Joyce Carol Oates enters 'tabloid hell' - Arlington Heights Daily Herald
Some of Oates' books feel as if she wrote them as dares to herself. This novel, her 37th, is one of the wildest. Oates sets out to solve a fictionalized version of the JonBenet Ramsey murder, with skating prodigy "Bliss" Rampike replacing the real ...
- Reluctant 18-year-old poet sees work chosen for top prize - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Merit O'Hare, 18, a poet from McCandless. After years of denial, Merit O'Hare has finally come to terms with her inner poet. The 18-year-old from McCandless with a penchant for creative writing had never read or written poetry until this year. She ...
- Opportunity knocks twice for author - New Zealand Herald
3 News NZOpportunity knocks twice for authorNew Zealand Herald, New Zealand - 6 hours agoGrimshaw won the fiction category for her collection Opportunity, and later took the overall Montana award for fiction or poetry. It was a stellar night for ...Grimshaw stays in touch with award-winning characters 3 News NZGrimshaw reunites with award-winning characters Otago Daily TimesCharlotte Grimshaw wins Montana Medal Newstalk ZBall 11 news articles
- Emotional see-saw - Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldEmotional see-sawSydney Morning Herald, Australia - 1 hour ago"Performers use a combination of languages from visual arts, dance and poetry. In one scene, children rearrange model houses while, in another, ...
- Fresh-Air Weekend - Emporia Gazette
Fresh-Air WeekendEmporia Gazette, KS - 1 hour agoSaturday’s events will include a two-mile guided walk to Allegawaho Heritage Memorial Park, a quilt show, early American rug-hooking demonstration, ...
- Mark's Steel confused (Ilford Recorder)
STAND-UP comic, satirist, columnist, quiz show panellist and author, Mark Steel is a rare being, writes MARK TAYLOR. He is multi-talented.
- THE SCORE — Neruda, Prokofiev lovers take note (Aspen Daily News)
If you love Pablo Neruda and Sergei Prokofiev, Friday’s chamber symphony program is for you. Full of poetry that inspired composer Peter Lieberson to write an award-winning song cycle, Kelley O’Connor and David Zinman will bring further inspiration to these songs.
- Hometown team gets 2nd in National Poetry Slam first bout - The Capital Times
Hometown team gets 2nd in National Poetry Slam first boutThe Capital Times, WI - 16 hours ago"[The poem] had kind of the recurring theme of 'he's not my father, he's not yours either,'" Mata noted. Unlike other teams throughout the competition, ...
- Professor contributes to Web site project - Arizona State University
Professor contributes to Web site projectArizona State University, Tempe - 3 hours agoThere are sections for children’s literature, poetry, prose, travel accounts, tracts, essays, speeches and contemporary slave narratives, and visitors can ...
- Images of revolution - Calcutta Telegraph
Calcutta TelegraphImages of revolutionCalcutta Telegraph, India - 28 minutes agoAugust 3 at Rooftop, 120 Lenin Sarani; 4.30 pm - 6.30 pm: Srijan presents Open House for Poetry, where poets will read a selection from their writings not ...
- Del Martin, longtime crusader for lesbian marriage rights (Rocky Mountain News)
Pioneering lesbian rights activist Del Martin, who married her lifelong partner in June on the first day that same-sex couples here gained that right, died Wednesday. She was 87.
- Wake Forest students celebrate Chinese Moon Festival (Wake Forest University News Service)
Wake Forest University will celebrate the Chinese Moon Festival, the second largest holiday in Chinese culture, from 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Sept. 13 in the Green Room of Reynolda Hall.
- A calendar for the bibliophile - New Orleans Times-Picayune Blogs
Who: Owner Michele Lewis reopens The Afro-American Book Stop with an appearance by Zane, the best-selling author of Afro-American erotica. Where: 7056 Read Blvd. When: Saturday, 3-5 p.m. Mary Morrison signs 'Who's Loving You?' Friday, 3-5 p.m., at ...
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