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Meet Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton at BookPeople!
Originally posted on BookPeople:
BookPeople is honored to announce former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will sign her new memoir, Hard Choices, here at BookPeople on Friday, June 20th at 3pm. Tickets are required to attend this event and are now available to purchase in-store at BookPeople (603 N. Lamar Blvd.) and via bookpeople.com. Hard Choices…
Stephen Colbert Wants You to Make CALIFORNIA #1!
Originally posted on BookPeople:
Stephen Colbert issued another call-to-arms on his show last night as he continues to wage his war against the online retailer that’s holding Hachette books hostage as part of a dispute over terms. California, the upcoming novel by Edan Lupecki, is currently not available to pre-order from Amazon as a result…
Meet Lupa
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
Those of you who have read Enders will already have heard of Lupa. Just the fiddly bit left to do then you can read her story. One Lupa sat in the dull morning light that fell through the kitchen window with Elina wriggling on her lap. Both mother and…
Lizard dreams of former glories
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
Lizard scuttles Stump-tailed bark-coloured To the safety Of the rough stone wall. Cat yawns Hooded-eyed Satin-sleek old roué The twitching stick tail half-forgotten Beneath his godlike paw. Lizard waits Cold-eyed Dull-brained In a cool crack With grains of sand And the wrinkled remains Of dry dead leaves. Sides heave…
Death Is Simply The Doorway To Another Reality
Originally posted on Author – Richard F Holmes:
I came across this truly beautiful piece by one of my favourite men of the moment, the wonderful Rabindrinath Tagore. It’s a section from one of Tagore’s most famous works, Gitanjali. I hope it inspires you in the same way it inspired me. I know that the…
Bizarre Book Club 9: The bored dead, news in miniature and bizarro stories
Originally posted on Madeleine Swann:
Hello! Today’s pretentious Book Club picture is brought to you from Ruby’s Vintage tea shop in Colchester, Essex. They have a cosy room upstairs called The Reading Room. They sell tea, cakes and clothes oh my! 1. Anti Twitter by Harold Jaffe. This book features real news stories shrunk down…
The Journey
Originally posted on MARSocial Author Business Enhancement with Colin Albin:
The Journey is the sixth chapter of Tom’s Tales. In it we hear all about a chap called Gordon who discovered he was adopted when he was a teenager. After much heart searching, he eventually decides to make a journey to meet his ‘real’ mother.…
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