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A weekly radio program with Dr. Helen Caldicott.
Helen Mary Caldicott (born 7 August 1938) is an Australian physician, author, and anti-nuclear advocate who has founded several associations dedicated to opposing the use of depleted uranium munitions, nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons proliferation, war and military action in general. She hosts a weekly radio program, If You Love This Planet
http://ifyoulovethisplanet.org/
http://www.csaolympia.org/images/vision_globe.jpgA weekly radio program with Dr. Helen Caldicott.
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During Mitzi Szereto's recent appearance at the Wordplay book festival in the Shetland Islands of Scotland, she took a bit of time out to talk with the team from the "Sideways" programme about writing erotic fiction, books, blogging, and anything else suitable for broadcast!
http://mitziszereto.com/blog/mitzi-szereto-chats-on-bbc-radio-shetland/During Mitzi Szereto's recent appearance at the Wordplay book festival in the... more
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Ireland's ancient background, volatile history and cultural milieu unsurprisingly render it a fertile tract where creativity and insight thrive. The tiny nation's literary canon overflows with some of the world's most haunting and provocative works — many of which have already earned a coveted spot on thousands of syllabi. Not to mention some of the most prestigious writing awards of all time! While not a comprehensive list by any means, anyone hoping to explore Irish literature should certainly consider these hugely talented, influential (and sometimes very provocative) names as a very solid start.
link : http://www.onlinecollegesanduniversities.net/blog/2011/20-essential-irish-authors/Ireland's ancient background, volatile history and cultural milieu unsurprisingly... more
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The event of the season has just taken place - that of my beloved celebrity bear Teddy Tedaloo's Valentine's Day wedding. For those of you who couldn't be there (or weren't important enough to receive an invite), read all about the big event here!
http://mitziszereto.com/blog/a-valentine-bears-wedding/The event of the season has just taken place - that of my beloved celebrity bear Teddy... more
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I'm not a very big fan of fictions but somehow I got this book called- "The Bracelet" by Ishaan Lalit. The Bracelet certainly is an amusing read, and I'm glad I read this amazing tale of fantasy.
The Bracelet is set in modern day India. It is about people who lead normal lives, but also have a secret double life and they are on a quest to find a mysterious bracelet, which has the supernatural powers. The story moves back and forth between the dream world and the real one. The pace of the book is perfect and the story is well connected. Even though "The Bracelet" is the debut book by Ishaan Lalit, yet the narration is superb. In my opinion, Ishaan Lalit (the author of The Bracelet) has done a commendable job in expressing this fantastic tale of fantasy with sheer creativity.
To read more, check this link-
http://paragonist.blogspot.com/2011/02/book-review-bracelet.htmlI'm not a very big fan of fictions but somehow I got this book called- "The... more
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Author Mitzi Szereto brings you the entire cast of characters from Jane Austen's classic "Pride and Prejudice", this time caught with their breeches unbuttoned and their skirts raised high in this rewrite that goes all the way -- and then some! This is the book Jane Austen would have written, if only she'd had the nerve!
Coming in spring 2011. Pre-order your copy from your favourite bookseller!
Visit the "Pride and Prejudice: Hidden Lusts" website at: http://mitziszereto.com/prideandprejudicehiddenlusts/Author Mitzi Szereto brings you the entire cast of characters from Jane Austen's... more
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Seven authors (Jo Davis, HD Hatcher, Omegia Keeys, Autumn Prince, Lisa Rusczyk, KJ Thompson, and Vogue) have joined forces to send one message. That message is, You are not Unloved! Unloved is an anthology dedicated to those who have been the victim of bullying, or know someone who has been bullied.
Read more: http://socyberty.com/issues/unloved-by-the-author-project-to-be-released-january-11th-2011/#ixzz1AS4tT9nKSeven authors (Jo Davis, HD Hatcher, Omegia Keeys, Autumn Prince, Lisa Rusczyk, KJ... more
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Obviously, predictions should be taken as just that. Just because some educated experts formulate projections based on trends and observations doesn't necessarily mean they will come to pass. Nor does it mean that if they do prove real, everything ends up exactly as stated within a specific time frame. So consider the following finds, collected from relevant corners of the internet, information to ponder and process rather than anything truly definitive. They are merely conjectures, not absolute facts.
LINK : http://www.onlinecollege.org/2011/01/05/10-biggest-predictions-for-the-future-of-book-publishing/Obviously, predictions should be taken as just that. Just because some educated... more
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-Often dismissed as low-brow, science fiction and fantasy deserve a far better rap, argues Louise Schwartzkoff.
Barely five minutes into the first class on my first day at university and already I have blown it. As part of the preliminary chit-chat, the tutor asks about our favourite books. Others list serious tomes by serious authors: Michael Ondaatje, Umberto Eco, James Joyce.
I pluck one at random from a long list and name a book with a spaceship on its cover. It is as though I have confessed to eating my own earwax. I can see them wondering where I stash my Star Trek memorabilia.
Another year, another English class and the book, Ursula Le Guin's The Dispossessed, appears on the set reading list. To my delight (OK, smug self-satisfaction), the doubters zip through the story of Shevek, a brilliant physicist from the planet Anarres, a place where organised anarchy is the only system of government. In lectures and tutorials, we babble about dystopias and science fiction's potential for social commentary.
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Graduation and employment do nothing to quash my hunger for imaginary universes but the real world is full of sceptics. When asked, I talk about the other books on my shelves. Not the ones with spaceships. Or dragons or telepaths or wizards. Nevertheless, these are the books that keep me up at night. The ones I read in the bath. The ones I hold in front of my nose as I walk home from the station because I can't bear to put them down.
But in literary circles, science fiction and fantasy novels have all the credibility of Spot's First Walk. It is easy to see why. Walk into Galaxy Books on York Street and you will see cabinets full of plastic Star Wars figurines. A cardboard Gandalf stands near the stairs. It does not look like a place for grown-ups.
On one occasion, a woman came in with her grandchild, ran an incredulous eye over the shelves and said aloud: ''You'd have to be kind of strange to like this stuff.''
''Those were her words,'' says store manager Mark Timmony, an affable tattooed bloke with chunky silver rings on his fingers. ''I made a joke out of it. I said, 'Yeah, one of my colleagues is pretty strange but he was strange before he got here'. Some people are always going to assume you're a nerd with no friends if you read this stuff. It's a cross we have to bear.''
The thing is, there aren't enough lonely geeks to account for the sales. At HarperCollins Publishers, science fiction and fantasy novels make up 20 per cent of all fiction sales. Last month, fantasies by John Flanagan, Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson featured on the bestseller lists. Not that popularity is a reliable sign of quality - just look at the anaemic teenage vampires taking up shelf space in homes all over the world.
Those who say 90 per cent of the genre is crap are quite right. But so was the author Theodore Sturgeon when he famously retorted, ''90 per cent of everything is crap''.
More than any other genre, science fiction and fantasy are judged by their worst examples. Those who despise the stuff leap instantly to the three-breasted martians and chicks in chain mail of the 1950s.
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http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/a-sucker-for-a-fantastic-story-20101226-197ts.html-Often dismissed as low-brow, science fiction and fantasy deserve a far better rap,... more
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The year's biggest literary controversy was set off by two women who write "women's fiction:" Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Weiner.
The two complained on Twitter and in a joint interview on the Huffington Post about a culture of "white male literary darlings" who mesmerize influential critics at publications such as The New York Times Book Review and leave female authors--particularly commercial ones-- out in the cold.
It started in August, when glowing reviews for Jonathan Franzen's "Freedom" in the Times daily paper and the Times book review (and on the cover of Time magazine) led Picoult to sound off on Twitter.
Weiner joined in. Under the hashtag-turned subject heading "Franzenfreude" (a hybrid of Franzen's name and the German word for taking pleasure in the misfortune of others) they began calling on readers to tout other authors on the social networking site.
A number of media outlets took interest. Editors at Slate's Double X, a blog focusing on women, crunched the numbers at the Times Book Review and determined that yes, literature by women does fetch far fewer reviews. Lorin Stein, editor of the Paris Review, branded (without naming them) Weiner and Picoult as "faux populists." Meghan O'Rourke of Slate wrote about unconscious gender bias that leads women to be unintentionally overlooked. Ruth Franklin of the New Republic called the Times' treatment of female writers shameful.
Read the full story: http://www.womensenews.org/story/books/101222/year-female-writers-kicked-literary-dustThe year's biggest literary controversy was set off by two women who write... more
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Author, blogger and Mitzi TV creator/presenter Mitzi Szereto and her famous sidekick bear Teddy Tedaloo embark upon a surreal Christmas outing in London, replete with babushkas, beer, and a missing glove.Author, blogger and Mitzi TV creator/presenter Mitzi Szereto and her famous sidekick... more
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Author, blogger, and Mitzi TV creator/presenter Mitzi Szereto speaks about the use of social media for those in the creative arts in this videotaped talk filmed earlier this year at a social media for business conference in London, England
http://mitziszereto.com/blog/social-media-for-creative-artists-talk/Author, blogger, and Mitzi TV creator/presenter Mitzi Szereto speaks about the use of... more
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This weekend enthusiasts and creators are gathering at the Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 Fourth Avenue between Union and President Streets in Park Slope, for King Con, the borough's first large comics convention, featuring fifty-plus exhibitors and top talent appearing in readings and panel discussions. Read the article and view a slideshow of illustrations and book covers by King Con artists and authors.This weekend enthusiasts and creators are gathering at the Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 Fourth... more
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