Africa: E-Books Poised to Take Off
Can Africa take the lead in taking advantage of e-books, as it has with the rapid expansion of mobile phones and innovations such as mobile banking applications?
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Costa Book Awards: reformed heroin addict heads poetry shortlist
Sam Willetts, a reformed heroin addict, is shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards against 80-year-old Roy Fisher, a veteran poet who is up for the £30,000 award for his latest collection Standard Midland.
Continue →Online Literary Journals Come of Age: 15 Top Online Journal Editors Speak
Have online journals come of age yet? We asked editors of some of the oldest online journals, as well as some new ones, these questions: What are online literary journals doing that print journals are failing to do?
Continue →It’s boom time for Indian authors and publishers
These days, India is the place to be — or to forage for talent — for those in the business of books. Literary agents now swoop down regularly, fishing for the Next Best Thing. And, there is money that goes along with the buzz that’s getting louder.
Continue →Let’s not turn the page on picture books for children
A NY Times headline that picture books are fading coupled with parental pressure to have kids reading chapter books at an earlier age instigates a healthy debate as to why picture books are good for children and young adults.
Continue →Is Korean language a “disadvantage” to get a Nobel literature prize?
Ko Un, the 77 year old Korean poet, made remarks about Korean unification and literature at the premiere of the opera “Maninbo” (Ten Thousand Lives), adopted from his 30-volume epic poem series, marking 25 years since he first began publishing the monumental work.
Continue →Vietnam, Denmark further cooperation in children’s literature
Vietnam and Denmark have agreed to further a project on cooperation in children’s literature in the 2011-2015 period that targets children of the 10-14 age group, using television to encourage children read books.
Continue →Cambridge welcomes latest African Scholars
Each year a group of African academics comes to the University of Cambridge to spend up to six months researching and working together at the Centre of African Studies. Their research is published in book format and becomes the focus of a conference held at an African institution.
Continue →Why I Write (or Translate)
Steven T. Murray (the real name of Reg Keeland, translator of Stieg Larsson and many other authors from German, Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian) shares his passion for languages and his personal foray into publishing and translating.
Continue →Is ‘Harry Potter’ young adult literature?
As a professor of Children’s Literature I used to be amazed by how many college students would read Harry Potter and become die-hard fans. This was a children’s book after all. This is only anecdotal but one could certainly make the argument that this children’s series has had a real impact on today’s adult readers.
Continue →Youngsters should take to literature
Youngsters, especially college students, should develop an aptitude for reading and understanding great literary works of eminent writers and leaders, said ‘Sirpi’ Balasubramaniam, noted poet and Sahitya Akademy awardee.
Continue →The end of Cal Nagpra?
A law requiring California institutions to return Native American cultural artifacts, including hundres of thousands of sacred objects and ancestral remains, has been effectively quashed by lack of funding and new legislation. In other words, the Indian people get screwed, again.
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Emerging Poets Panel: Sincerely Ironic
Jericho Brown, Mark Wunderlich, Meghan O’Rourke, Olena Kalytiak Davis, Tina Chang Date & Time: Fri., Oct. 29, 2010 @ 1:30 PM Location: Philoctetes Center, 247 East 82nd Street, NYC Admission: Free Contact Info: Tel: 212-274-0343; Email: academy@poets.org ; Website: http://www.poets.org/poetsforum view full post »
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Blaney Lecture: Forms of Contempt
Anne Carson Date & Time: Fri., Oct. 29, 2010 @ 3:30 PM Location: Philoctetes Center, 247 East 82nd Street, NYC Admission: Inquire Contact Info: Tel: 212-274-0343; Email: academy@poets.org ; Website: http://www.poets.org/poetsforum view full post »
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Word Thursdays: Pamela Strother
Date & Time: Thu., Nov. 11, 2010 @ 7:00-9:00 PM Location: Bright Hill Literary Center, 94 Church St., Treadwell, NY Admission: Free Contact Info: Tel: 607-829-5055; Email: wordthur@stny.rr.com view full post »
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The Imagination of Hamlet
Date & Time: Sat., Oct. 30 2010 @ 2:30-4:30 PM Location: Philoctetes Center, 247 E. 82nd Street, NYC Admission: Free Contact Info: Tel: 646-422-0544; Email: info@philoctetes.org view full post »
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Segue Series
Arkadii Dragomoshchenko and Dorothea Lasky Date & Time: Sat., Oct. 30, 2010 @ 4:00-6:00 PM Location: Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, NYC Admission: Inquire Contact Info: Tel: 212-614-0505; Website: Info: http://www.seguefoundation.com/calendar.htm view full post »
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Engaged Poetics
Andy Croft, Minnie Bruce Pratt & Thomas Sayers Ellis Date & Time: Fri., Oct. 29, 2010 @ 2:00 PM Location: Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, 58 West 10th Street, NYC Admission: Free Contact Info: Tel: 212-431-7920; Email: suzanne@poetshouse.org ; Website: http://www.poetshouse.org view full post »
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Fiction Reading: Zadie Smith
Date & Time: Fri., Oct. 29, 2010 @ 7 PM Location: NYU Cantor Film Center, 36 East 8th Street, Theater 101, NYC Admission: Free Contact Info: Tel: 212-998-8816; Email: creative.writing@nyu.edu ; Website: http://cwp.fas.nyu.edu/page/readingseries#oct view full post »
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Poets Awards Ceremony
Celebrate contemporary poetry and recipients of the premier collection of awards for poetry in the United States. Readings and presentations by Carl Adamshick, Edith Grossman, Galway Kinnell, Khaled Mattawa, and many others at The New School in NYC on October 29, 2010. (pictured Mattawa and Kinnell)
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Poetry Reading with Christian Wiman
Date & Time: Fri., Oct. 29, 2010 @ 6:00 PM Location: First Things Editorial Office, 35 E. 21st St., 6th Fl., NYC Admission: Contact Info: Tel: 212-627-1985; Email: events@firstthings.com ; Website: http://www.firstthings.com view full post »
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2010 Heritage Festival
Date & Time: Sat., Oct. 30, 2010 @ 10:00 AM-5:00 PM Location: Bradley Academy Museum, 415 South Academy Street, Murfreesboro, TN Admission: Free Contact Info: Tel: 615-867-2633; Email: bradleyahmcl@comcast.net ; Website: http://www.bradleymuseum.com view full post »
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American Poet Launch Party
Date & Time: Sat., Oct. 30, 2010 @ 7:00 PM Location: Wollman Hall, The New School, 66 West 12th Street, NYC Admission: $5 or All-Events Pass Contact Info: Tel: 212-274-0343; Email: academy@poets.org ; Website: http://www.poets.org/poetsforum view full post »
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Poets Forum: Discussions of Contemporary Poetry
Date & Time: Sat., Oct. 30, 2010 @ 10:00 AM-4:00 PM Location: Tishman Auditorium, The New School, 66 West 12th Street, NYC Admission: Inquire Contact Info: Tel: 212-274-0343; Email: academy@poets.org ; Website: http://www.poets.org/poetsforum view full post »
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Our Life in Poetry: Frank O’Hara
Date & Time: Thu., Nov. 11, 2010 @ 7:00-8:30 PM Location: Philoctetes Center, 247 E. 82nd Street, NYC Admission: Free Contact Info: Tel: 646-422-0544; Email: info@philoctetes.org view full post »
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Radical Poetics & Secular Jewish Culture
Date & Time: Thu., Nov. 11 2010 @ 7:00-9:00 PM Location: Poets House @ 10 River Terrace, NYC Admission: $10, $7 for students and seniors, free to Poets House Members Contact Info: Tel: 212-431-7920; Email: info@poetshouse.org view full post »
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