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Carol Rivers

The East End. A Rich History.

by Carol Rivers - May 13, 2013
The East End of London has such a colourful and rich history but not everyone sees past the glorious edifice of Canary Wharf and the new Docklands. It was the wonderful Jennifer Worth who recently...
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Penny Hancock

The Cutty Sark

by Penny Hancock - April 8, 2013
The Cutty Sark inGreenwich-or Imagery The Cutty Sark re-opened in April this year. For five years the 19thcentury Thames Tea Clipper was shrouded in white plastic as its interior –wrecked by a fire -...
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Beth K. Vogt

Reasoning

by Beth K. Vogt - April 8, 2013
I'm on deadline for my third novel and I just realized -- just realized -- why I write books.Huh.I write books because . . . life is messy. And I write stories that wade into that mess. Stories about...
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Mark Griffiths

(Slightly) Giving Up The Day Job

by Mark Griffiths - April 5, 2013
Writing has, until recently, been something I fitted in around 'proper' work. I held down a full-time job and still managed to bang out four novels and a few plays. Nothing so amazing in that. If...
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K. L. Brady

Falling in Love with Writing...

by K. L. Brady - April 4, 2013
He was my childhood sweetheart, from the age of 7 or 8. It wasn’t love at first sight, rather a passion slowly brewed, simmered over a low-burning flame. He hid in my diaries and my journals, but he...
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Gustavo Arellano

Gustavo Arellano

Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her?
A. The inventor of the burrito--I'd say, "Copyright your invention!"
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Zoe Weil

Zoe Weil

Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. My life is my message
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Susan Rebecca White

Susan Rebecca White

Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. My maxim is, "Everybody has a story." And when I'm on a plane, I have a mantra, which is, "The plane is not going to crash. The plane is not going to crash."
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Authors in the News
Nevada City students stroll downtown in book parade
Grass Valley Union, May 18, 2013
About John Bingham
...Photo for The Union by . Deer Creek students parade down Broad Street in Nevada City for the Be Excited About Reading celebration Friday. Photo for The Union by Jennifer Terman. Deer Creek students...
Eric Cantor's caucus thwarts his push for an alternative agenda
American Enterprise Institute, May 18, 2013
About John Gribbin & Michael White
...Cantor has learned that the tea-party movement he helped foster won’t fall in line behind his efforts to push an alternative conservative agenda. Norman J. Ornstein | National Journal Gage...
St. Louis 'pen helps author 7-6 win (The SportsXchange)
Yahoo! Canada, May 18, 2013
About Joaquin Garcia
...ST. LOUIS -- In April, the St. Louis bullpen lost four games with late-inning meltdowns, forcing management to make sweeping changes. While those changes have been overshadowed by great starting...
Pop Quiz with Idaho Shakespeare Festival actor M.A.Taylor
Idaho Statesman, May 18, 2013
About William Shakespeare
...SEARCH Published: May 18, 2013 The tragedies. M.A. Taylor. Idaho Shakespeare Festival presents "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)." Katherine Jones Katherine Jones / Idaho...
Pop Quiz with Idaho Shakespeare Festival actor M.A.Taylor
Idaho Statesman, May 18, 2013
About Mark Anthony
...at the University of Delaware along with fellow ISF company members Jeffrey C. Hawkins and Lynn Robert Berg.) Mark Anthony Taylor came to Idaho that summer intending to stay for a season and move...
Pop Quiz with Idaho Shakespeare Festival actor M.A.Taylor
Idaho Statesman, May 18, 2013
About Stephen Sondheim
...which words, wit and laughs fly. June 7-Aug. 4. Victoria Bussert returns for her eighth season to direct Stephen Sondheim's darkly funny musical "SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET."...
Pop Quiz with Idaho Shakespeare Festival actor M.A.Taylor
Idaho Statesman, May 18, 2013
About Groucho Marx
...Galaxy." What is on your bedside reading table? "1Q84" by Haruki Murakami and "Groucho and Me" by Groucho Marx. What is in your Mp3 player? Classic jazz (Duke, Ella, Louis, Sinatra, Bennett,...
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'With all the cosmetic surgery he's had, he is looking more like a groper fish': Robson Green slams his former recording boss Simon Cowell
RoadRunner, May 18, 2013
About Robson Green
...Any singers who can make 'God Save the Queen' bring a smile to your face is well worth a vote. Was their singing enough, or should they stick to being backing singers? Aliki Chrysochou Pretty girl?...
Jessica Buchanan recounts hostage nightmare
RoadRunner, May 18, 2013
About Jessica Buchanan
...You're logged in as Also in this playlist... No Transcript for this video. ©2013 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or...
Stirling teacher?s ?first-edition books? fetch 226K pounds at auction
TruthDive, May 17, 2013
About F. Fitzgerald
...Wind In The Willows- 1908 and Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, the BBC reported. A first edition of F Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ was bought for 1,875 pounds. Other books in...
Interview: Sherry Kyle, Author of The Heart Stone
seattlepi.com, May 17, 2013
About James Scott
...The turning point for me to write novels for publication was during a mentoring class when best-selling author James Scott Bell said to me, "You've got what it takes, kid!" I knew then that I had a...

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