Posted on March 27, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Monkey Sri reports on the Book Festival: Last night I attended a book festival presentation entitled Wayward Sons – it featured two authors whose latests books explore the parent/child relationship. One of them was a young Israeli with a head full of political commentary and a terrible reading voice. One was an older Irishman who, [...]
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Posted on March 27, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Hello from VABook News! The festival is “in swing” right now at the Omni Hotel, where we’re now listening to the Flashbacks jazz stylings fill the lobby, and are about to hear Jan Karon at the Festival luncheon (11:45AM). (LUNCHEON TIP: Spare tickets for last-minute cancellations are known to pop up for those who lurk [...]
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Posted on March 26, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
From The Hook: In a freakish convergence of fate and fiction, previous contest winner and published novelist Sally Honenberger, left, took second AND third place. Less-published writer Christy Strick, former catering manager at Farmington, takes home the grand prize of $700. Her story, “Moving,” according to [judge John] Grisham is “Not the typical way to [...]
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Posted on March 26, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Tuesday, April 1, Living Education Center Open House, 7pm, LEC Main Space, Old Michie Building, corner of Market and 7th Street. This evening is for prospective students and parents to meet teachers, students and parents and to learn more about LEC’s High School program and our move to our new home next year! Please tell [...]
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Posted on March 25, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
From Virginia Center for the Creative Arts: VCCA Sponsors VA Book Panel, March 28 On the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, the VCCA and Second Street Gallery present three practitioners and an astute observer of art and conflict to reflect on how artists address the most pressing social and political issues. “Depravity, Upheaval [...]
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Posted on March 25, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Finally! I will be at the opening ceremony tomorrow at noon, at Central Library, and attending and recording several sessions throughout the week. Don’t forget about the Science Writing panel. See you there!
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Posted on March 25, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Netflix down for at least five hours | Tech news blog – CNET News.com Four Thousand « ReadingWritingLiving “What a sad, tragic, outrageous, heartbreaking, unnecessary number.” Research Sources for Writers: A Guide to Backing up Your Words ‘Woman’s World’ Author Graham Rawle Dissects a Page of His Novel — New York Magazine HT Bookslut.com Literary [...]
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Posted on March 24, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Book Review: How NOT To Write a Novel « Damian Daily Perpetual Folly: The Complete Works More awesomeness from the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton.
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Posted on March 24, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
American Chestnut: The Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Perfect Tree by Susan FreinkelRead more about this book… As soon as you try to tell the story of a single organism, you run into trouble. No creature lives in isolation; all living beings exist inextricably in a network of relationships and dependencies. Meteorologists joke that [...]
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Posted on March 23, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Nancy Damon, Executive Director of the Virginia Festival of the Book, was on the Coy Barefoot Show last week to preview the Festival. Listen here. The Book Festival schedule is on line, or you can pick up a copy of today’s Daily Progress for a printed schedule. :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: [...]
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Posted on March 22, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Next week, Colm Toibin will be appearing with Nathan Englander at the Wayward Sons session at the Virginia Festival of the Book. You can get a preview of Toibin’s style in this NYT review of Nicholson Baker’s Human Smoke. Toibin considers Human Smoke more worthy of a respectful reading than did NYT reviewer William Grimes, [...]
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Posted on March 22, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
WSUI AM 910–”Live from Prairie Lights” The Best of Current Literature on Local Public Radio HT: Dan D. The 2008 Tournament of Books – Judge Ted Genoways “Even in defeat, Marche garners some serious praise from Genoways. Being called ‘Nabokovian’ is like crack to many literary authors, sort of the inverse of a standup comedian [...]
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Posted on March 22, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream: A Day in the Life of Your Body by Jennifer AckermanRead more about this book… The three authors on the Science Writing panel at next week’s Virginia Festival of the Book have a theme in common: Life cycles. Susan Freinkel writes about the cycles of growth, maturity, and death in [...]
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Posted on March 22, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
VQR tantalizes us with an advance release of one of their Spring issue articles. Bill Sizemore, author of The Christian with Four Aces, has been writing about Robertson for over twelve years. Now that’s a whole lotta fruitcake. I spoiled Pat Robertson’s birthday. I know, because he told me so. On March 22, 2007, the [...]
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Posted on March 21, 2008 by Elizabeth McCullough
Democratic Central:: March 20, 1852 — Uncle Tom’s Cabin is published Web Worker Daily » Google Launches Helpful Site Aimed at Non-Profits «
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