The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place simultaneously on the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend, in Reading and Leeds in England. The...
The second annual East Coast Tsunami Fest, a hardcore rock event, is kicking off late June. The launch pad? The heart of Reading, Pennsylvania.This year, the event is done a little differently. For two days (June...
One in three can’t read That is the statistic for Hay. That ain’t right. " “Illiteracy in London's schools is a scandal Books might be aplenty at Hay, but one in three of the capital's pupils don't own a...
Sammy Greene is busy solving murders or trying to stop catastrophic events, and her reputation is gathering momentum with the release of "Devil Wind". In this edition of the show, Sylvia Massara, host of...
A tornado hit Reading, Kansas (a small eastern town) on Saturday night around 9:15 pm, killing one man and destroying at least 20 homes. Some area residents reported hail the size of golf balls. One man was...
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In this edition of the show, novelist and host, Sylvia Massara, features a mother and daughter writing team, and their book Depression Cookies.Abby is buckling under the weight of a husband who is climbing the...
Champaign, IL, April 11, 2011 - What woman wasn’t mortified when Lorena Bobbit hacked off her husband’s manhood as he slept or watched in horror as dentist Clara Harris drove her Mercedes over her philandering husband! Women in general understand that no matter how...
Now, here is a story about a protest against closing libraries in Scotland. Closing libraries and cutting services is a topic as relevant in the USA as Scotland or anywhere I suspect. If you go to a library...
There's a cool, new way to connect with family and loved ones. Hallmark's Recordable Storybooks allow anyone to "read" a story, even when they cannot be present. Recordable Storybooks feature voice-capture...
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There is no better indicator of significant economic progress than the rise and rise of book festivals across the South. These symbols of intellectually curious and globally aware middle classes are also boosting...
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Along with growing economies, the global South is seeing growing numbers of readers and a newly flourishing publishing industry. The creative economy – of which book publishing is part – is...
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The following article written by me has been published in the May 2010 issue of the monthly Himal Southasian magazine, published from Nepal. "There is pure delight in the oral tradition of storytelling. Children...
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Learning and Playing a Musical Instrument Improves Reading Children who learn to play a musical instrument may have an advantage when it comes to reading. Professor Nina Kraus of Northwestern University in...
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" MUSSOORIE, 30 Dec: The 7 day NSS Camp on Disaster Management held in Mussoorie Inter College concluded with the distribution of prizes by the Chief Guest on the occasion, Mussoorie MLA Jot Singh...