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Best reads for kicking back at the beach
A good read completes the perfect day at the beach along with a sip and some sun.
Thursday May 24 | The Daily Star
The High Court on May15 expressed its hope that popular fiction writer Humayun Ahmed would delay the publication of his historical novel Deyal.
Ester Bloom: "Men's Fiction" vs. "Mommy Porn"
Starting in June,A Esquire magazine, in conjunction with Open Road Media, will publish e-books of what it is callingA "Fiction for Men." According to The New York Times : David Granger, the editor in chief of Esquire, said he has lamented the loss of space that magazines devoted to publishing fiction.
Chick lit that's Kiwi to its lovely core
Although there's a steady flow of New Zealand literary fiction being published, Kiwi chick lit barely manages a trickle.
The Magic Theater: Let The Right One In
The Magic Theater is the name I gave to this slot, a broad space where I can discuss books and sometimes mangas, and ideas related to them, and share it with other people who hopefully have similar interests or at least enjoy what I have to say and how I say it.
"Seriously, what is the worst possible thing that could happen to someone if they haven't read a popular novel?" Don't knock the important value of learning how to deal with murderous psychokinetic teens, vampires, ghosts, werewolves, reanimated cats, clowns, and Plymouth Furies.
Joe Golem and the Drowning City
The slightly larger format of this new work from the collaborative team of Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden is reminiscent of the picture books you carried into bed as a child.
New Indian novels mirror contemporary man-woman relationships
New Delhi, May 16 - Contemporary Indian popular fiction that narrates 'desi' cosmopolitan stories has been mirroring the changing man-woman relationship in a more open and accepting urban India, a leading literary agent says.
Controversy in Fifty Shades of Grey
Selection seeks to protect the right of the reader to read; censorship seeks to protect - not the right - but the reader himself from the fancied effects of his reading .
Dhaka bans novel over presidential massacre
Bangladesh yesterday banned a novel by popular fiction writer Humayun Ahmed for allegedly distorting how the nations first president and his family were murdered in 1975.
Chorus Abilene will hold auditions for its three youth choirs, for grades 1-12, beginning Saturday and continuing through May 20.
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In the best of company: Fiammetta Bianchini and Bucino
"The Company of the Courtesan" is narrated by Bucino,A the dwarf servant of aA young courtesan who escapes the horrors of Rome under seige in 1527.
Gloucester Writers festival this weekend
More than twenty writers, several publishers plus book lovers from across the state will be coming to Gloucester for the Gloucester Writers Festival, starting Friday and running through until Sunday.
Romance and rodeos rule as rural readers turn to 'Chook lit'
As most genres suffer a tough market, the rural romance genre is growing at a phenomenal rate, with publishers estimating sales have tripled in the past four years.
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