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Thursday | Daily Journal

Alsop closing book on library career

It was Nancy Alsop's love of books that first led her into the library business.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Viking, MN, Arts, Fergus Falls, MN, Litchfield, MN

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Indianapolis Star

Former Zionsville author awarded Bronze Medal for Popular Fiction

Author Marti Healy's second book, her first novel, "The Rhythm of Selby," has been awarded the Bronze Medal for Popular Fiction in the 13th annual national competition Recognizing Excellence in Independent Publishing.

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Related Topix: Zionsville, IN, Arts

Sun Jun 28, 2009

The Star Online

It's your awards

THE Popular-Star Readers Choice Awards organised by Popular Book Co Sdn Bhd and Star Publications is into its second year and will, once again, honour local authors and publishers.

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Related Topix: Arts, World News, Malaysia,

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Asbury Park Press Online

For Grisham, a time to remember

John Grisham's legal pad was blank and his knees like putty as he approached the judge's bench.

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Related Topix: John Grisham, Vocal, Arts, Desoto County, MS, Hernando, MS, Memphis, MS

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Silver Bullet Comics

In partnership with New York University's Asian/Pacific/American...

In partnership with New York University's Asian/Pacific/American Studies, AACC Announces New Featured Guest: Science Fiction Author and Pulp Historian William F. Wu In partnership with New York University's Asian/Pacific/American Studies, AACC Announces New Featured Guest: Science Fiction Author and Pulp Historian William F. Wu The organizers of ...

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Related Topix: New York University, Sweden, World News, Japan, Arts

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Salon.com

So many vampires, so little time: A literary guide

Seventeen years ago a high school cheerleader in Southern California learned that she was the one girl of her generation chosen to stop the spread of evil -- namely, by slaying vampires.

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Related Topix: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Joss Whedon, Supernatural, Arts, True Blood

Thu Jun 18, 2009

Asahi Shimbun

Diet heckling a sign of lazy, childish behavior

"Seken Munesanyo" by Ihara Saikaku is an ukiyozoshi , a genre of popular fiction that developed in the Edo Period .

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Related Topix: Arts

Tue Jun 16, 2009

Cherokee County News

Raymond L. Atkins Wins 2009 Georgia Author of the Year Award

Rome author Raymond L. Atkins has been named a 2009 Georgia Author of the Year for his first novel, The Front Porch Prophet.

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Related Topix: Arts

Sat Jun 13, 2009

The Star Online

Vote & win

IT'S time to exercise your right to vote - for good reads, that is. The Popular-Star Readers Choice Awards is back this year, after getting off to a great start in 2008.

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Related Topix: Arts, Southeast Asia, World News, Malaysia

Wed Jun 10, 2009

HorrorScope

VWC Genre & Popular Fiction Program for June

The Victorian Writers' Centre has a particularly excellent genre and popular fiction program on offer this month - ranging from panel discussions to intensive all-day workshops.

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Related Topix: Arts, Poetry, Australia, Oceania, World News

Sun Jun 07, 2009

Philly.com

Moms can't help but keep on tweaking

Mother Mary has a new job that benefits us all. Before I reveal it, let me explain that, when I was growing up, Mom and Pop Scottoline weren't big readers.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opinion

Sat May 30, 2009

The New Zealand Herald

Scholar, author inspired decades of English literature students

Dr Terry Sturm, CBE, professor of English. Died aged 67. Almost every student of English since 1980 at Auckland University would have felt Terry Sturm's influence during their studies.

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Related Topix: Europe, World News, United Kingdom, Personal Finance, Retirement, Oceania, New Zealand, Arts

Sat May 23, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk

We still believe in Sherlock Holmes even in the age of DNA

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born 150 years ago today, but it doesn't feel like that, does it? There are some authors you don't feel separated from by the mere passage of time; that's true of Conan Doyle, but still more of his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes.

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Related Topix: Vocal, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, The Lost World, Arthur Conan Doyle, Arts

Thu May 21, 2009

MediaGuardian.co.uk

Exploring Wold Newton, the motherlode of popular fiction

A geeky parallel universe, where the plots of everyone's favourite books are traced back to a meteor strike in East Yorkshire, has outlived its author Are they related? Sherlock Holmes and Tarzan .

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Related Topix: Arts

Tue May 19, 2009

The Wildhunt Weblog

Is Ross Douthat Living in Dan Brown's America?

I'm not a fan of Dan Brown's writing. I think he's something of a hack, who lucked out by stumbling onto a deep yearning to embrace the divine feminine .

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Related Topix: Arts, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Pagan/Wiccan, Page, AZ

Sun May 17, 2009

Squamish Chief

Getting a handle on rhubarb

I had the pleasure last year of hearing one of my favourite authors of all time speak at UBC.

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Related Topix: Arts, Life, Food, Vegetables, Local Food

Fri May 15, 2009

PEDABLOGUE

Writer Wanted: Open Faculty Position in Writing Popular Fiction

The following search on our campus -- for a published mystery author qualified to teach creative writing -- has been extended, and will continue until filled.

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Related Topix: Arts

National Post

Author Dan Brown feels the wrath of Catholics

Tom Hanks, centre, stars as Robert Langdon, a Harvard "symbologist," in the new movie Angels & Demons.

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Related Topix: Angels & Demons, Dan Brown, Vocal, Tom Hanks, Arts, Roman Catholic Church, Religion

Thu May 14, 2009

The Mumpsimus

George Steiner at The New Yorker

The essays are certainly fascinating and wide-ranging, but there are only twenty-eight of them.

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Related Topix: Arts, Literature

Tue May 12, 2009

Curve

The Great Divide: Chick-Lit and Queer Chicks

Recently, as I was languishing in a three-hour layover, my half-hearted quest for reading material led me to an airport bookstore.

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Related Topix: The Great Divide, Country, Arts, Gay/Lesbian

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