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Mar.19.2013
When Cardiff Council asked me to launch their Reading Power literacy campaign, they almost certainly did not know how much of my life had been dedicated to the battle against illiteracy. I was brought up in a largely impoverished area of Southampton...
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Feb.18.2013
I was on a call this morning, listening to the engineeers discussing the quality sprints and reading a Seattle newspaper online when a banner ad sucked me in: "Chocolae on the Beach."
Chocolate on the beach. Chocolate and I have a very good relationship. I should probably go to...
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Oct.26.2012
This past weekend I had the distinct pleasure of attending the 76th International Rice Festival in Crowley, LA. For those of you who may be unfamiliar with Louisiana culture, the state’s Department of Tourism reports that Louisiana holds over 400 festivals every year – and is “often...
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Sep.01.2012
In just one week, you can meet the author of The Adventures of Boochi Malloochi: The Hunt for Treasure, at the 2012 Monroe Cheese Festival.
Sal Corrente will be at the festival signing books, and providing information on the release of the next volume in the series: The Pirate Ship.
Look for the...
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Sep.01.2012
In just one week, you can meet the author of The Adventures of Boochi Malloochi: The Hunt for Treasure, at the 2012 Monroe Cheese Festival.
Sal Corrente will be at the festival signing books, and providing information on the release of the next volume in the series: The Pirate Ship.
Look for the...
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Aug.04.2012
September 8, 2012: 17M & Lake Road, Monroe NY
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Come and meet the author of, The Adventures of Boochi Malloochi: The Hunt for Treasure!
Sal Corrente will be signing books already purchased, as well as new purchases that day.
Enjoy the fine food, and numerous vendors who will be...
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Apr.11.2012
Next Saturday, April 21, is going to be a busy day! We start off with the new Student Readers Group, an education/outreach initiative I create to bring more students in their teens and early 20s to the Alabama Book Festival; the inaugural selection is Jim Crow and Me by Solomon Seay, Jr. and we are...
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Aug.02.2011
This is an amazing festival, quite unlike any of the others I have ever been invited to participate in, in India or any other country. My friend Pico Iyer who had been there before told me it would be chaotic, vibrant, effervescent and memorable--and it was all of those things. It made me...
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Jun.08.2011
I would like to invite all those in the Southern US and elsewhere to the Southern Festival of Books. It is a fabulous annual event. I will be displaying my latest work "The Abbottsford Cats" at the Nashville Writer's Group's booth. If you would like to meet writers and publishers in the...
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May.11.2011
Literature Night 2011 promotes European writing
Czech writers, living and dead, go on an evening-long European tour; in Prague’s Libeň district, even the police station will host a reading
byMichael Stein
© Drahomír Stulír
The Libeň Gasholder, site of one of the Literature Night 2011 readings
On...
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