U.K. Honors `Satanic Verses' Author Rushdie, Cricketer Botham (Bloomberg.com)
June 16 (Bloomberg) -- Salman Rushdie, the novelist condemned to death by Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini for writing ``The Satanic Verses,'' and former cricketer Ian Botham will be knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, the U.K. government said....more...Sound for the Eyes: Writing Visually for Audio (Poynter Institute)
Grab listeners? ears with stories they can see. Valerie Geller travels the world evangelizing for radio journalism. In the last 17 years, she has worked with more than 500 radio stations in 27 countries. Valerie teaches radio journalists about visual writing....more... Centennial book to be 'Made in Oklahoma' (The Norman Transcript)
For The TranscriptTULSA ? In an age when most large-format coffee table books go overseas for printing, Cel......more... out&about (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
Today and Saturday ? VALERIE BLETTNER ? Author and beagle rescuer; 1 to 4?p.m. today, Peabody Library, Columbia City; 1 to 4?p.m. Saturday, Mitchell Books, 6360 W. Jefferson Blvd, 432-2665....more... Mike Lupica holds court with readers (Detroit Free Press)
Mike Lupica is one cool dad. The sports-columnist-turned-children's-author got his start writing for young readers when his middle son, Alex, didn't make the travel basketball team in his hometown. His son's disappointment inspired Mike to take action. In a move that seemed like it was straight out of a Disney movie, Mike and another dad joined forces, hired a coach and started their own team....more... Interview: Fox and Friends' Brian Kilmeade (Blogcritics.org)
Brian Kilmeade is a busy guy these days. He's a co-host of Fox and Friends on the Fox News Channel, co-hosts Brian and the Judge with Andrew Napolitano on Fox News Radio and writes books in his spare time. His second book, It's How You Play The Game , has just been published by Regan Books. I caught up with him in Washington, D. C. while he was on the first leg of his book tour. ......more... Your guide to today, tomorrow and beyond (El Paso Times)
Rockin in the Rock: Maestro Phillip Gabriel Garcia will present the El Paso Youth Symphony Orchestra in concert with Fungi Mungle from 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at McKelligon Canyon Amphitheater. $14 adults; $8 children. 544-8444 or 820-2952....more... Stewart Mandel: Why Oklahoma has recently lost its luster and more (Sports Illustrated)
Despite the fact I've been writing for an online publication for nearly nine years, I confess to a limited understanding of how this whole Internet thing actually works. Which is why it caught be my surprise recently to learn that when you set one of those "Out of Office" automated responses in Outlook, it gets sent beyond the confines of your actual office. Which is how nearly 300 readers who ......more... AAN Reveals AltWeekly Awards Judges (Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN))
AltWeekly Awards judges don?t have it easy. Now in its 12th year, the awards have grown into 23 categories with two circulation divisions. Papers sent in their brightest entries: 1,490 of them....more... |