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Ralph Nader Writes Novel About Rich Saving The World

Ralph Nader, consumer activist, politician and presidential candidate, has written his first work of fiction. The book, Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us, consists of 736 pages and goes on sale todayOnly the Super-Rich Can Save Us tells the story of rich celebrities in their...

Global Warming: Fact or Fiction

The jury is still out on Global warming. The differences in opinion across the Scientific community are so vast. Who do you believe. Many Scientists on both sides of the argument disagree. For Every fact a proponent has there is another  on the opposite side to oppose...

Is The Constellation Orion The Lost Symbol?

Informed speculation suggests the lost symbol in Dan Brown's new novel of the same title will be the constellation Orion, represented by an X on a talisman which is called the Solomon Key. The Solomon Key may have been lifted by Brown from a 16th century handbook on...

Book on “Pahari” Wilson to be released in August

MUSSOORIE, 23 June: On his recent visit to Mussoorie, eminent Canadian born Swiss Author Robert Hutchison informed media persons at a formal meeting here that he was looking forward to launch of his book,...

Fiction is crucial to our survival as a species

"Why do human beings spend so much time telling each other invented stories, untruths that everybody involved knows to be untrue? People in all societies do this, and do it a lot, from grandmothers spinning fairy tales at the hearthside to TV show runners marshaling roomfuls...

Self-published to Published Author and Vice-versa

" I promised Jeff Rivera that I would write an article about how he self-published his first novel, Forever My Lady. Problem is, I promised over eight months ago. Other things took over and this remained waiting to...

Put an end to the Catcher in the Rye sequel

Oh dear Lord, no! The world's most annoying protagonist - Holden Caulfield - is on his way back. Spare us, please! "Written by the improbably named John David California, 60 Years Later Coming Through the Rye, is a "sequel" to The Catcher in the Rye, taking up the story of...

Gabriel Garcia Marquez 'Won't Write Any More Books'

Acclaimed Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, whose internationally-celebrated works of Nobel Prize-winning magic realist fiction have made him "one of the most significant authors of the 20th century", will...

Welcome to the iliterati

Does the level of literacy drop in a recession? Faced with increasing pressure to maintain profits, are publishers abandoning taking risks with new authors and plumping for the relatively safe and cosy celebrity lit novel or autobiography. A look along the books shelves...

Wheel out the Dinosaurs

By Darren E Laws I tuned into BBC’s The Money Programme with high expectations to see an investigation into the current state of play in the world of publishing but was disappointed to find a programme that...

REINCARNATION FACT OR FICTION.

Don't judge a book by its cover, For once upon a time that tramp, just might have been your lover. That wicked murderer your sister or your brother. That crippled child, your father or your mother. Help...

G. W. Bush, Will stay and He will suspend Constitution, Declare State of eme...

Now that President G. W. Bush has meet with leader around the world, officially for his last tour, yet still trying to find Money and allies to attack yet another country, Iran that is!Mister Bush may find...

Aristotle figured out storytelling 2,300 years ago

An article in the March issue of The Writer magazine lays out what Aristotle thought about storytelling about 2,300 years ago. The article, written by William Kowalski, points out that the Greeks didn't have the...

STAR Entertainment Media Private Limited launches STAR Pravah

" STAR Entertainment Media Private Limited launches STAR Pravah, the new Marathi Entertainment Channel. STAR Pravah aims to capture the essence and cultural depth of the Marathi hinterland through its programming initiatives. The channel will bank on two of its driver...

Memo to self: Writing projects and beyond

SELF-INDULGENCE ALERT: Warning the following is about what I have been up to lately. Not for the faint of heart. Now that I've ushered one big writing project out the door, it's time to assess and indulge. A...

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