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Harper Collins Publishers to welcome their guests to the 2010 Writers at the Convent event (1214 February), held in the historic grounds of Abbotsford Convent, Melbourne. Writers appearing over the weekend include Elizabeth Bard, Carmel Bird...


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ADELAIDE WRITERS WEEK 28 February5 March 2010 HarperCollinsPublishers would like to welcome authors attending the 2010 Adelaide Writers Week. The line-up does justice to the Adelaides reputation as home of the most prestigious Australian...


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PERTH WRITERS' FESTIVAL 26 February 1 March 2010 Join HarperCollinsPublishers who welcome authors attending the 2010 Perth Writers' Festival. The line-up includes four immensely talented local and international writers: Patrick Gale, Andrea...


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Firstly, before I start with the review, I would like to apologize here for the lack of updates here. There are a lot of book reviews that I'd like to share here but I simply don't have the time to write it here as I haven't even finished reading...


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3 x Man Booker shortlisted author SARAH WATERS is visiting Adelaide and Canberra Sarah will be attending the Adelaide Writers Festival and speaking at events in Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne 21 Feb - 7 March Sarah Waters is perhaps the...


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alastair reynolds TERMINAL WORLD 5 March 2010, Gollancz, $32.99, original paperback Spearpoint, the last human city, is an atmosphere-piercing spire of vast size. Clinging to its skin are the zones, a series of semi-autonomous...


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A palindrome birthday reminder for you... United Staes recreational mathematician and puzzle maker Martin Gardner's two palindrome birthdays coincided with two palindrome years: his 77th was in 1991 and 88th in 2002. The year 2002 marked the...


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In the life of a reality star nothing stays secret for long... Sweet Little Lies Lauren Conrad The deliciously addictive second novel from former star of MTVs The Hills New York Times bestselling author Lauren Conrad...


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Slowly but surely, the topic of who imitates who will rear its debatable bosom into our collective conscience. Back in my late teens, I found myself a wonderful imitation of life in the novel The Count of Monte Cristo. Although the style oozed...


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DC Comics Voted Publisher of the Year by Comic Book Retailers; Batman and Robin #1, Blackest Night #1 Lauded as Best Comics of 2009 Comic Book Retailers Honor Industrys Bestsellers with 2009 Diamond Gem Awards Diamond Comic Distributors is...


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With the recent passing of recluse author J.D. Salinger many people who haven't read his famous novel Catcher In The Rye, that was a call to arms for many teenagers, are interested why it was so controversial that it was banned in many schools. ...


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Living Oprah by Robyn Okrant Listen carefully. If you are very quiet, you can hear the echoes of screaming triggered by the surprise announcement that todays audience is being treated to Oprahs Favorite Things for summer - I shudder to think what...


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Your text goes hereYour text goes herePoem Miser Miser Hoarding his single cup of coffee in the cost-free comfort of the city mall Conical pate brought to a point in a slim wiry silver quiff Eyes focused downwards momentarily shift...


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Your text goes hereYour text goes hereYour text goes hereYour text goes here Water logged Silver beads cling to brown twigs precarious in their suspended position Aggressively the rain pours down striking the branch in right angled...


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Diana and the Paparazzi Handling Edna It has taken me some time to settle in to reading Diana and the Paparazzi by Glenn Harvey and Mark Saunders, mainly because of my own mixed feelings concerning the relationship between the untimely...


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11309- It's been far too long since my last post, I know. It has been a rambunctious couple of weeks for me.


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So apparently Grease is no longer the word, at least according to the American Dialect Society. The word of 2009 is Tweet and the word of the decade is Google.


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Lake Superior State University has released their annual list of banned or overused words. I agree with most, although I will miss chillaxin with my czars and my budding bromance.


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122309 - I'm just curious. After finishing my first Harlequin Nocturne novel, reading two Nocturne Bites, and now three-quarters through my first Nora Roberts book, I'm trying to discover just the right equation for sex and plot? Would it sell...


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HOW to read HOMER Some of you may be reading Homer over the holidays for senior high or college? Whether you are reading it for literature ancient history or mythology or some other subject here's some tips from some one who has read it in...


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