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Giving Thanks to Prose, Poetry and Imaginings

Carmela — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 13:30:50 +0000

Inspired by this post on Book Riot, we’re listing down a few things we are most grateful for: walking into a bookstore on a Saturday afternoon finding your next holiday destination while perusing a magazine [...]

A Literature Category on YouTube?

Carmela — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:30:21 +0000

You don’t usually think of books when you’re on YouTube. But the web is now abuzz with lit enthusiasts pleading for a Literature Category on YouTube, hoping to build a new space for authors and [...]

Bent Objects in Romantic Scenarios

Carmela — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:30:19 +0000

Indiana-based artist and photographer Terry Border conveys human emotion in inanimate objects in his new book, “Bent Object of My Affection: The Twists and Turns of Love”. With a huge dose of talent, some wire, [...]

Persist

wendy@tusitala — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:08:18 +0000

I am a huge fan of Pixar. I watched every single animated creation by this amazing company. Please don’t ask me which one is my favourite short or feature film because, as much as it [...]

Why You Should Never Say “No Comment”

Carmela — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:30:58 +0000

Are you a risk-taker? People admire and respect risk-takers who make allowances for their failures. The world’s top CEOs are that, risk-takers. In any corporate setting, the powerful leaders are there because of how they [...]

Words We Owe to Shakespeare

Carmela — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:30:02 +0000

Where would the English language be without William Shakespeare? Even with Roland Emmerich’s new film, “Anonymous” strongly questioning the authorship of Shakespeare’s works, there are some facts that we cannot ignore – Shakespeare created words [...]

Emily Lim and Finding Her Voice

Carmela — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:30:16 +0000

What would you do if your vocal chords suddenly seized up and then you couldn’t speak? How would you even begin accept or recover from it, when your entire personality has been altered by this [...]

Here Comes The Hobbit

Hengky — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:30:11 +0000

There’s been much excitement and fanfare over the film adaptation of The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien’s first fantasy novel and children’s book. Directed by Peter Jackson, The Hobbit is a two-part epic fantasy film adapted from [...]

This Week in Publishing and Technology

Carmela — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:30:49 +0000

Google launches Canadian bookstore It’s a year delayed but Google’s Canadian bookstore is finally out with “hundreds of thousands of titles available for purchase in its eBookstore”, and through online resellers McNally Robinson in Winnipeg [...]

Books Equipped with Smart Chips

Carmela — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:30:10 +0000

Atria books releases the first ever smart book this week. 1,000 copies of the book will be embedded with a RFID chip allowing for any Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled phone to simply tap and [...]