![]() There’s this one story that comes to mind when I think of Paul Jennings. And he wrote, for the most part, short stories. And the man responsible for some of the very first books I ever read on my own. The man who partnered with Morris Glietzman to give us the Wicked series. The mastermind who brought us that awesome show Round the Twist. Anyway, I was feeling like a failure of a creative writing student until one day in class we were discussing Aussie authors and it hit me: Not sure what I mean? You need to click here and here. ![]() Truth be told, I only bought the book so that I could get another Rose & Dimitri fix. The only one that came to mind for ages was the Foretold anthology which featured the talents of Richelle Mead, Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl, and Meg Cabot, among others. ![]() It doesn’t matter how different the stories are, it’s just what I’ve always done.Īs I started my Holiday in Cambodia I tried to remember if I had read any short stories besides the ones given to me by my uni tutors. I always try to find links between each story and try and piece together a larger novel from the snapshots given to me by the author. But in anthologies? I get hopelessly confused. My attention span is all off for short stories. I don’t do crime or horror or sci-fi ( Doctor Who excepted) or romance, even though I adore my ships (Will & Tessa & Jem, for example). ![]() ![]() I am a fantasy/magical realism/YA/historical fiction reader. Holiday in Cambodia – Laura Jean McKayġ4. ![]()
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![]() ![]() I will recommend anyone to read it whenever you want to have a stop to relieve your mind and relax. It pulled me out of the harsh present and led me to the past, a beautiful childhood with laughter. They are simple, but reminds us of a mischievous Nicolas. ![]() He created a collection of portraits of Nicolas, his friends, and his family's. ![]() It is also love among friends, when Nicolas and his friends, especially his best friend Alceste, a fat boy, had fun with each other.Īnother factor which contributed to the success of the book is the illustration of Jean-Jacques Sempé. Le Petit Nicolas (Little Nicolas, French Edition) Rene Goscinny, Jean Jacques Sempe. Blédurt always played a joke on Nicolas's father but still helped Nicolas' mother and him prepare for his dad's birthday party. When Nicolas' father was sick, he and his mother tried to take care of him. Above all, the book reminds readers of their childhood, when we are free to do everything and brave to think of everything. Throughout the book, we can recognize the humour which lies in every line and every story. ![]() ![]() How, asks interviewer Liz Grant, does she have the energy? Stella Duffy: writer, playwright, actor, improviser, founder and co-director of Fun Palaces, and general multi-tasker extraordinaire. ![]() Before we had words, we had stories – Indelible: Tattoo Tales: WORD Christchurch 2022.Flying Nun, Behrouz Boochani, and Chris Parker – WORD Christchurch Wednesday 16 November.Freedom, Only Freedom – The Prison Writings of Behrouz Boochani: WORD Christchurch – Wednesday 16 November 6pm.Colditz and More: Spies & Espionage: Ben Macintyre Live – WORD Christchurch.Eleanor Catton is coming to town: Wednesday 24 May 7pm to 8.15pm, WORD Christchurch.Adventurous Women: WORD Christchurch Festival 2018.Interview with Laurence Fearnley – WORD Christchurch Festival 2018.Murderbots, spaceships and other planets. ![]() Book launch: All the Other Days by Jack Hartley. ![]() ![]() ![]() It pissed me off, but I wasn’t surprised. From the deep bass of the music to the new, hundred-inch TV screens, to the change in the menu from more substantial offerings to what’s not much more than bar food, the fact that I’d only led small groups of men to tables tonight didn’t surprise me. It had never been a restaurant that catered to families, but now, if I had a child, I’d walk out before even being seated. The servers-all women, a legacy of the previous owner-had muttered complaints at first, but their tips had doubled in the last few weeks, since Burgersio had finished its face-lift. The new owner made it clear that I could leave if I didn’t like it. Not that I used to dress like a nun, but the bare-skin-tocovered ratio of my restaurant-appointed skirt and blouse would make a stripper proud. More men had hit on me in the last two hours than in the entire five years I’d worn my old hostess uniform. ![]() T 1 LIZZY he new dress code could kiss my ass-because that’s about all it was covering. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He is survived by his wife, Jeanne Steig, and four children. He was also the US nominee for both of the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Awards as an illustrator in 1982, and then as an author in 1988. Steig also received the Christopher Award, the Irma Simonton Black Award, the William Allen White Children’s Book Award, the America Book Award, and Society of Illustrators Lifetime Achievement Award. Steig is also the creator of Shrek! which inspired the Dreamworks films. Most notably Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, for which he received the Caldecott Medal The Amazing Bone, a Caldecott Honor book Amos & Boris, a National Book Award Finalist and Abel’s Island and Doctor De Soto, both Newbery Honor books. William Steig (1907–2003) was a cartoonist, illustrator, and author of award-winning books for children. Aladdin Paperbacks, 7.99 (48pp) ISBN 978-6-5. ![]() ![]() It is given to Marco Polo to describe them but because the time is short, and there are so many cities, he must distill from each one the quality that makes it itself and no other. ![]() Kublai Khan is old now and will never see all the cities compassed by his empire. The setting is elegaic in its unworldliness and fineness. The assumption of the invisible cities is that we will, no matter what, always have recognitions to share in common and that they may be essential ones. If this sounds a bit extreme, it comes in response to a conceptual revolution at least as drastic as that presented by Freud in the '30's and backed up as it is by so many manifest signs of dissolution it may be only slightly anticipating a general state of mind. Since Cosmicomics, his rather Aquarian history of the universe, Calvino has been working diligently toward that end: to create a mode of fiction that fully incorporates structuralist and semiological ideas that can transpose something human to the awful dimensionless spaces they imply that could, if it had to, stand in affirmation through the climax of planetary culture. These cities are apparitions - an architecture of pure quality - and they are a triumph of comprehension in a post-modern world. ![]() ![]() ![]() Some of his works are set in a fictional village called Macondo, and most of them express the theme of solitude. His works have achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success, most notably for popularizing a literary style labeled as magical realism, which uses magical elements and events in order to explain real experiences. He wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories, but is best-known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). He studied at the University of Bogotá and later worked as a reporter for the Colombian newspaper El Espectador and as a foreign correspondent in Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Caracas, and New York. In 1982, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. García Márquez, familiarly known as "Gabo" in his native country, was considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, he shows a different side of himself and her opinion of him changes as she learns that he can be as hot as freshly made apple pie and sweet as maple syrup. However, she is shocked at her reaction when she meets Jacob Broaden, a single father of one daughter.įrom him, he learns that single fathers can be very hot, to always set her alarm clock and that it is possible to fantasize about someone, but wish they would be run over on the road in five minutes. Evi has been an employee of the Southern Service Paws for several years and thinks nothing and no one could ever faze her. The novel “The Match” by Sarah Adams is the story of Evie and Jake. She hopes that her novels make her readers laugh and maybe even cry, leaving them happier than when they started reading the novel. It was not until she had two children that she started writing.Īdams loves to call herself the wife of an indecisive introvert and best friend, mother of two daughters, history nerd and coffee addict. ![]() While writing is something that Sarah always dreamed of doing, it would take many years before she achieved the goal. Having been raised in the American south, she has a love for warm days, her family and making people smile.Īdams always dreamed of growing up to become an author from when she was little, but it took quite a while before she attained her dream. Sarah Adams is a bestselling romance author from Nashville, Tennessee best known as the author of the “Dalton Family” series of novels. ![]() ![]() Sketches from a Secret War: A Polish Artist’s Mission to Liberate Soviet Ukraine. Snyder’s analysis examines the atrocities committed by both Hitler and Stalin in Europe. Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin. Tim Duggan Books, 2016.Ī study of the Holocaust, specifically in Eastern Europe, gives important lessons for today. Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Writing. ![]() The author argues that Stalin’s mass murders constituted genocide. This is a collection of texts and source materials about the genocidal famine in Ukraine. The Holodomor Reader: A Sourcebook on the Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine. ![]() The authors present Illustrated English translation of investigations into crimes committed by Stalin and Putin. The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks: Life and Death Under Soviet Rule. This is the biography of a Welsh journalist who reported the truth of the Holodomor in Ukraine. Gareth Jones: Eyewitness to the Holodomor. Oxford University Press, 1987.Ĭonquest provides a comprehensive history of Soviet policies of dekulakization and collectivization which starved 14.5 million Ukrainians. The Harvest of Sorrow: Soviet Collectivization and the Terror-Famine. ![]() The book details Stalin’s intent to destroy Ukrainian peasantry through famine.Ĭonquest, Robert. ![]() ![]() ![]() "I wouldn't know how to do that," he said. He said he applauds activists who have been able to put climate change on the political agenda. No matter what their political affiliation is. Amazingly, young people are more interested in climate than ever. And he's impressed with some of the work that's already being done. Gates stepped down from Microsoft's board of directors last March to dedicate more time to the challenge he considers one of the biggest to face the world. ![]() In 2015, he spearheaded an initiative to fund clean energy technologies, and in 2019, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation poured hundreds of millions of dollars into helping farmers in developing nations adapt to the impacts of climate change. It's a cause he's invested in in recent years. Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, lays out his plan for achieving greenhouse gas targets in his new book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need, which will be released Tuesday. and Canada do their part, the rest of the world won't." So all the other countries look to us," Gates told The Current's Matt Galloway in a Canadian broadcast exclusive airing Monday morning on CBC Radio. "Historically, we have had a lot of emissions, and we're well-off countries. must set an example for the rest of the world in the fight against climate change. American entrepreneur and philanthropist Bill Gates says Canada and the U.S. ![]() |