Joanne Harris is currently participating in a campaign to raise literacy levels. She has designed an envelope that will be put up for auction on October 3rd on eBay, to raise funds for the National Literacy Trust. Bruce Forsyth, Graham Norton, and Kate Winslet are amongst the other celebrities taking part in the auction.
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Authortrek New Writer of the Week
We are delighted to announce that Mo McAuley is the Authortrek New Writer of the Week:
http://www.authortrek.com/mo_mcauley_page.html
http://www.authortrek.com/new_writer_of_the_week_page.html
Mo McAuley’s work first came to my attention via her short story “The A-Z Man”. I was applying for a job at East of the Web, and part of the application was to approve anonymous stories, one of which was “The A-Z Man”. Although I never got around to completing my application for this job, I was very impressed by this short and was wondering who wrote. To my delight, I discovered today that it was Mo McAuley who had written it. “The A-Z Man” was one of the prizewinners in the 2003 Bridport Prize. Mo has been successful with both her childrens’ stories, and her more adult stories, such as “The A-Z Man”. In 2004, Mo came second in The New Writer’s Prose and Poetry Prize with “Not Really Homes and Gardens”. She’s also been published in “Good Housekeeping”, “QWF”, “Buzzwords”, “East of the Web”, “Electric Acorn”, and the short story anthology “Teaching a Chicken to Swim”. Mo has been awarded a BA in English and History from the University of London, and has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Glamorgan (which looks to be an incredibly good course). She’s into yoga in a big way. Mo McAuley lives in Kent with her family.
Mr Sticky Sorting out the Ponies The Tidy Drawer – 3 of Mo McAuley’s stories published at “East of the Web”
The Orange Hisser – a short story published by TooWrite.com
The Wendy Bird – one of Mo McAuley’s more adult stories, published by “Electric Acorn”
http://www.authortrek.com/mo_mcauley_page.html
http://www.authortrek.com/new_writer_of_the_week_page.html
Mo McAuley’s work first came to my attention via her short story “The A-Z Man”. I was applying for a job at East of the Web, and part of the application was to approve anonymous stories, one of which was “The A-Z Man”. Although I never got around to completing my application for this job, I was very impressed by this short and was wondering who wrote. To my delight, I discovered today that it was Mo McAuley who had written it. “The A-Z Man” was one of the prizewinners in the 2003 Bridport Prize. Mo has been successful with both her childrens’ stories, and her more adult stories, such as “The A-Z Man”. In 2004, Mo came second in The New Writer’s Prose and Poetry Prize with “Not Really Homes and Gardens”. She’s also been published in “Good Housekeeping”, “QWF”, “Buzzwords”, “East of the Web”, “Electric Acorn”, and the short story anthology “Teaching a Chicken to Swim”. Mo has been awarded a BA in English and History from the University of London, and has an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Glamorgan (which looks to be an incredibly good course). She’s into yoga in a big way. Mo McAuley lives in Kent with her family.
Mr Sticky Sorting out the Ponies The Tidy Drawer – 3 of Mo McAuley’s stories published at “East of the Web”
The Orange Hisser – a short story published by TooWrite.com
The Wendy Bird – one of Mo McAuley’s more adult stories, published by “Electric Acorn”
Oprah Winfrey to produce Color Purple musical
Oprah Winfrey has announced that she is going to be a producer of the upcoming musical of “The Color Purple”, and that she has invested $1million into the production, which will now be entitled “Oprah Winfrey presents: The Color Purple”. Quincy Jones, who wrote the music for the movie of “The Color Purple”, will also be a producer on the show.
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For more Alice Walker news, visit:
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J K Rowling wins US Best Seller Award
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” has won the US Best Seller Award for books for the year of 2005, despite having only gone on sale two weeks before the closing date. Over 600,000 copies have been sold in the US, selling nearly 3 times as many as its nearest competitor, Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code”. The strong performance of the novel also helped Scholastic, Harry Potter’s US publisher, drop its losses down to $21million from $50million a year ago.
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