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Sleeping with the Enemy!
Amazon Signs Up Authors, Writing Publishers Out of Deal (An excellent article published in The New York Times By DAVID STREITFELD) October 16, 2011, Seattle – Amazon.com has taught readers that they do not need bookstores. Now it is encouraging writers to cast … Continue reading
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Tagged David Streitfeld, kindle, Kindle Fire, laurel Saville, Laurence Kirschbaum., New York Times Amazon, Tim Ferriss
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MAKING A DIFFERENCE THROUGH LITERATURE: UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
Friday 21st October 2012 As part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival, Edinburgh University are hosting this very exciting one-day event, which features readings by German, Swiss, Scottish and Irish writers on the topics of dreams, sleep, memory, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2005), 2009 – winner of the German Book Prize), 2009), 2010), 2011), Alle Farben des Schnees. Senter Tagebuch (All Colours of the Snow: Sent Diary), Angelika Overath, Bangor University, British Psychoanalytic Council, Brot und Spiele. Zur Religion des Sports (Bread and Games: On the Religion of Sport, Coma, Das Buch der hellen Nächte (Sleepless. The Book of Bright Nights), Death and Dreams, Deirdre Gleeson, Department of Psychological Medicine, Dr Linda Shortt, Dr Mary Cosgrove, Dr Rhiannon Pugh, Dr Stephen Potts, Du stirbst nicht (You are not going to die, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh Universirty, Faulheit (Laziness, Flughafenfische (Airport Fish, History, Hunde mitzubringen ist erlaubt. Ein literarischer Salon (Dogs are permitted. A Literary Salon), Ingo Schulze, June Campbell, Kathrin Schmidt, Manfred Koch, Nahe Tage (Near Days, Nightmare Narratives, On the Brink: Stroke, P.E.N.-Zentrum Deutschland., Pauline Halliday, Prof Anne Fuchs, Recovery, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh., Schlimme Ehen. Ein Hochzeitsbuch (Bad Marriages. A Book of Weddings), Scottish Association of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists, Scottish Documentary Institute, Scottish filmmaker Dr Amy Hardie’s film, Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival, Silence: Retrieving Intergenerational Memory, SMHAFF, Stinging Fly, Swiss Book Prize, The Creativity of Insomniacs, The Edge of Dreaming (2010), Trauma, “Let's be Alone Together” (2009)
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Unread books fill British bookshelves
I just came upon this article in the Mirror newspaper via a tweet (anyone out there twitter/tweet?). The article states that in Britain we read less than half of the books we buy, ever! And that many of us buy … Continue reading
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Latest review of The Blue Suitcase: A poignant story of a German family’s struggles during the Nazi reign
05/10/2011 A poignant story of a German family’s struggles during the Nazi reign It was with great pleasure that I read this World War II Nazi Germany story told through the eyes of a young German girl. The Blue Suitcase opens … Continue reading
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Tagged Historical Novel Review, Historical Review, History and Women, Mirella Patzer, views
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