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AECB: Pre-Frankfurt Canada-Australia-New Zealand Publishing Summit 'Sells Out'

newsblaze.com
Oct 8, 2008 3 related
        

A special Summit on the eve of this year's Frankfurt Book Fair to examine ways Canadian, Australian and New Zealand publishers can work more closely together is already over-subscribed, according to its organisers.

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Magris, Mahasweta, Murakami... the Nobel guessing game is on

indiasnews.net
Oct 8, 2008 4 related
        

When a small group of scholars in Sweden announce the Nobel Prize in Literature Thursday, what are the chances of the winner being Mahasweta Devi or Sir Salman Rushdie? Any takers for Haruki Murakami or Bob Dylan?

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Classical review: RLPO/Rattle, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool

guardian.co.uk
Oct 5, 2008 1 related
        

Simon Rattle's return to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic was, inevitably perhaps, an emotional occasion. Given a standing ovation, he provoked more cheers with one of his rare speeches, saying how happy he was to be back and...

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Triumph of books over star authors

news.com.au
Sep 24, 2008
        

Rosemary Sorensen | September 25, 2008 AUDIENCES at writers festivals have behaved over the years somewhat like Goldilocks. Getting it just right is the challenge festival directors face each year, and Brisbane Writers...

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Digest: The Aura Estrada Prize [Reading]

themorningnews.org
Sep 16, 2008
        

All manner of literary knickknacks and tchockes are being auctioned, including books by famous writers, dinner dates with famous writers, signed rare collectors’ editions, and manuscript pages. The first fundraiser will...

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6 Steps To Finding a Photography Mentor

digital-photography-school.com
Sep 16, 2008
        

Martin Gommel, in a guest post at Digital Photography School, listed “Search for a Mentor” as #92 in his post 100 Things I’ve Learned About Photography. This post by Peter Carey expands on that idea with 6 steps to help...

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Stage rage: Top performers relive the nights they lost their tempers

guardian.co.uk
Sep 10, 2008
        

'If that goes off again I'll kill you' Comedian Lee Hurst last week stormed out of a gig after an audience member used their phone. A phone once went off at the Old Vic, and he turned to the person in the audience and...

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Award-winning writers from around the world will speak in University of Richmond lecture series

richmond.edu
Sep 6, 2008
        

Award-winning novelists, poets, dramatists and memoirists from around the world will read from their works and speak in the University of Richmond's 2008-09 Department of English Writers' Series. The series opens Oct. 1...

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Uni not always path to smart money

news.com.au
Aug 27, 2008
        

YOUNG Aussies are turning their backs on a university education to take advantage of the huge salaries flowing from the resources boom and skills shortage. “Particularly in Queensland and Western Australia we’re seeing...

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Pitfalls of miniaturisation as PA Consultancy loses prisoners' details

guardian.co.uk
Aug 22, 2008
        

Just a few years ago, government departments relied on whole buildings full of files rather than a collection of virtual folders on a computer. In those days, it would have taken a feat of awesome incompetence to lose...

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