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Albedo One invites entries for the fifth International Aeon Award short fiction contest

Posted by Frank Ludlow
at March 10, 2010
Albedo One invites entries for the fifth International Aeon Award short fiction contest

Albedo One, Ireland’s magazine of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, is proud to announce the fifth International Aeon Award short fiction contest. The grand prize is €1,000 and publication in Albedo One. Second and third place stories win €200 and €100 respectively, alongside publication in Albedo One magazine.

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Book review: The Death Defying Pepper Roux by Geraldine McCaughrean

Posted by Judy Darley
at March 9, 2010
Book review: The Death Defying Pepper Roux by Geraldine McCaughrean

Though written for children, it’s clear from the wit and dark undertones that Geraldine McCaughrean wrote The Death Defying Pepper Roux with adults in mind too. It’s a wonderfully imaginative journey that requires you to leave you grown up scepticism at the door and accept that: “People see what they expect to see.”

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The Inquirer seeks a technology-savvy News Editor

Posted by Gina Dyer
at March 8, 2010
The Inquirer seeks a technology-savvy News Editor

The Inquirer is the UK’s leading site for technology professionals, presenting news and reviews to keep its readers up-to-date on the latest cutting edge technology, from chips and operating systems through to laptops and storage kit. They are currently seeking a News Editor to take a key role on the website.

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The week ahead at EssentialWriters.com

Posted by Judy Darley
at March 7, 2010
The week ahead at EssentialWriters.com

This week we’re filled with the joys of springs, with an energy that can only be converted into words. With job and competition news, there are plenty of opportunities to get your words out there. We’re feeling particularly inspired by Geraldine McCaughrean’s imaginative writing, so don’t miss her guide to writing children’s books.

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Nine days that transformed Bath – the annual literature festival

Posted by Judy Darley
at March 6, 2010
Nine days that transformed Bath – the annual literature festival

As Bath Literature Festival 2010 draws to a close, Judy Darley enjoys some of the highlights, and looks at how the festival transformed Bath, just for a short while, into a place where poems appeared like high-brow graffiti on random walls and some of the world’s finest writers and thinkers walked the city’s streets.

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What makes a poet?

Posted by Joanna Butler
at March 5, 2010
What makes a poet?

Joanna Butler is a poet, songwriter and creative writing instructor. She describes her day-to-day life as a poet and reveals how life’s ups and downs can lead to missed deadlines and inspiration in equal measure. Here she shares with us her own personal viewpoint of the vital ingredients that make up a poet.

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Top US Script Consultant Julie Gray comes to the UK to teach her Warner Brothers screenwriters’ workshop

Posted by Judy Darley
at March 4, 2010
Top US Script Consultant Julie Gray comes to the UK to teach her Warner Brothers screenwriters’ workshop

This March you have the chance to learn key screenwriting skills from Script Consultant Julie Gray. Julie describes her two-day workshops as “fun, participatory and designed to help aspiring screenwriters learn the tools necessary to not only test ideas for originality but also to outline effectively and write unforgettable characters.”

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Words by the Water literature festival is set to make a splash this March

Posted by Emma Bragg
at March 3, 2010
Words by the Water literature festival is set to make a splash this March

Words by the Water is an annual ten-day literature festival hosted by Theatre by the Lake at Keswick, Cumbria. This year the festival will run from March 5th to 14th, and speakers will include Melvyn Bragg, Fay Weldon and Ken Bruce. The varied programme of events will cover politics, social issues, science, philosophy and art.

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Moroccan-born writer Laila Lalami explains how a single image became her debut novel

Posted by Judy Darley
at March 2, 2010
Moroccan-born writer Laila Lalami explains how a single image became her debut novel

Laila Lalami writes short stories, essays and reviews. Her work has appeared in The Boston Globe, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and elsewhere. The UK edition of her debut novel Secret Son was published in the UK by Viking Trade in February 2010. She describes how she’s seen the life of a writer change over the past 10 years.

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Book review: Secret Son by Laila Lalami

Posted by Judy Darley
at March 2, 2010
Book review: Secret Son by Laila Lalami

This sweet, soulful story set against the slums of Casablanca begins in the vein of so many coming of age fables, with a disenchanted youth yearning for more than his poverty dictates. But as Youseff soon discovers, as in any good fairytale his apparently dead father is alive, and better than that, he’s a rich and powerful man with a longing for a son.

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