Great Canadian Lit Hunt 2009

The hunt is on for talented Canadian writers to submit their unpublished gems to This Magazine’s annual Great Canadian Literary Hunt.For 13 years this national event has attracted hot new Canadian talent seeking a chance at fame and fortune a $750 cash prize for first...

David Eddings, Fantasy Writer, Dies at 77

David Eddings, fantasy writer best known for series like The Belgariad and The Malloreon, died last night at age 77. Eddings, born in Spokane, WA, wrote fantasy with a modern feel, working with his wife and writing partner Leigh Eddings, who had passed away in 2007. ALready...

Dave Eggers Will Save the Newspaper Industry

Despairing about the future of print media? Dave Eggers, acclaimed author and McSweeney's founder, will be shoulder to cry on. And he just might save the newspaper biz along the way. ""I actually have established an e-mail address, deggers@826national.org--if you want to...

Saint Oniisan, Japan's new Holy Book.

Japan has a new Holy book off sorts, becoming very popular, it is in the form of a comic book and it is called “Saint Oniisan” (聖☆おにいさん [jp], lit. meaning, Saint Young Men) Written by Hikaru...

1Q84: Haruki Murakami's New Novel Sells Out Before it Arrives

Japan's most celebrated contemporary author, Haruki Murakami, has yet to release his highly secretive new novel — known only by its title 1Q84, but it has already begun selling out — before it has even hit the...

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...

Shakespeare's Midsummer Night’s Dream: an article by B. J. Rahn

Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Sex, Satire and the Supernatural by B. J. Rahn A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595) is many people's favorite Shakespeare comedy.  The whole world likes this play, and it is often used in schools to introduce children to the...

New Book Publication! The History of Mixed Families of Niger!

Now this is a book worth reading and rather fascinating, maybe more to me than others since it is about Niger and its mixed race families.It is called "Histoire des foyers des metis de la colonie du Niger"....

Talk Like Shakespeare Day

It's Talk Like Shakespeare Day today, my friends!Today's the day we celebrate the birth Of Shakespeare, whom we had to read in school; We always had to look at all the notes Beneath the verse on ev'ry single...

Author JG Ballard Dies at Age 78

JG Ballard, author of Empire of the Sun and Crash, has died at the age of 78 after a long battle with prostate cancer. The English author spent three years in a Shanghai internment camp, which would form the basis...

who will find 3,4 million dollars

At the end of 2007 publisher Raider Publishing releases without excessive media advertising book "4" by Luc Aurray which soon because of controversially became known by media and readers. In book author describes...

Jack Kerouac says

Jack Kerouac, "Belief and Technique for Modern Prose""Jack Kerouac was one of those writers who reinvented literature. He climbed in James Joyce's stream of consciousness car then careened down the streets of Beat...

Wales Book of the Year

Administered by the Academi with funding from the Arts Council of Wales. The Wales Book of the Year prizes, administered by the Academi with funding from the Arts Council of Wales, are awarded to the best Welsh...

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