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A Discussion with Pakistani Women Writers at Bluestockings |
  
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Wednesday, December 10
7:00 pm
Bluestockings Bookstore
What does it mean to live at the nexus of east and west as those definitions keep changing? What can literature tell us about modern Pakistan? Meet the contributors to And the World Changed: Contemporary Stories by Pakistani Women -- Humera Afridi, Fawzia Afzal Khan, and Feryal Ali Gauhar.
The event is free and will be followed by a book signing. Bluestockings is located at 172 Allen Street (between Stanton and Rivington), New York, NY. Visit their website for details: www.bluestockings.com. |
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December 3, 2008 Comments (0)
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Author Helen McCabe's exclusive interview is online now and NarrativesOnline is giving away a signed copy of the book to a lucky winner.
WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO: All you have to do is leave a comment on Helen's interview and your name will be automatically entered in the prize draw. You can comment as many times as you like - the more comments you make the more your chances of winning the drawincrease.
DO YOU HAVE TO COMMENT ON ANYTHING PARTICULAR? As long as your comment is related to PIPER, Helen McCabe or anthing you find interesting about her work from her website (http://www.helenmccabe.com) your name will be entered in the prize draw.
WHEN WILL THE DRAW TAKE PLACE? The draw will take place on October 31, Halloween Night and will be announced on Narrativesonline on November 1.
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October 17, 2008 Comments (1)
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Suzy Greaves, life coach extraordinary and founder of Storyville and the Big leap Coaching company is a member of this site. Storyville is hosting an event with uber agent Carole Blake on 3rd November from 7-9 at the Adam Street Club in London. To book, click the link below.
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Suzy interviewed Carole as she prepared to fly off on her annual visit to Frankfurt - quite a scoop, starpping down this frenetically busy agent. For anyone who can't make it to the event or wants to get a foretaste of Carole's insights and experiences in the world of literature, publishing and agenting, Suzy has kindly made this link available. Carole's been representing me for over a decade now and I can promise you, at the end of it, you'll come away knowing a lot more. She's brilliant.
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I should also mention Carole Blake's fantastically informative book FROM PITCH TO PUBLICATION by Macmillan.
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October 16, 2008 Comments (0)
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Suzy Greaves, life coach extraordinary and founder of Storyville and the Big leap Coaching company is a member of this site. Storyville is hosting an event with with dynamic literary agent Sarah Davies who specialises in children's literature. Sarah will be speaking at Suzy's Storyville event on 21st October from 7-9 at the Adam Street Club in London.
http://clicks.profollow.com/y/ct/?l=MVbWa&m=1aVoy6eduWm5pn&b=vBE5OZQZ_5tim3eTkcKxOA
Suzy has allowed me to make this link available to other members of NarrativesOnline. So those who can't get to the event and those who'd like a preview, can hear Suzy Greaves interviewing Sarah Davies by clicking the link below. It's full of fascinating insights and useful tips.
http://clicks.profollow.com/y/ct/?l=MVbWa&m=1aVoy6eduWm5pn&b=8oCJXLlIGMNXPgITVthA5Q
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October 16, 2008 Comments (0)
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DANCING TO THE TUNE OF THE PIPER
I'm delighted to say that author Helen McCabe's PIPER is luring readers in droves. Its eerily beautiful cover suggests delights that are hauntingly dangerous - and of course the folk reference of the most famous piper of all times resonates powerfully in all our memories with its palpating images, its time-hallowed questions of good and evil, its unanswered ending which Robert Browning tried in his brilliant poem to make a little easier to bear.
I still remember what became of the children. Did they really turn up in the Carpathians and create a new community? And what of the Piper? Who was he? Was he force for good or evil?
But I wander. Back to Helen's book. It was a cold, October night, far colder than any October night in London should be. Up in the stylish gallery of Foyles bookstore, was Helen's launch, wine, juice, water (very civilised) and lots of fancy, tasting little snacks. Helen read two extracts from her book. The guests were enthralled.
The next day I learned that Piper had sold 165 copies. Helen and her fabulous agent Helen Latus set off on tour the next day and the book continued to fly off the shelves with unexpected numbers turning up at the signings in the North and South of the country.
Bookshops are falling over themselves now to get Helen McCabe into their stores. She's booked right through to mid-November.
In additon the giant chain WH Smith Travel have put their weight behind the book as has the massive supermarket chain ASDA. Exciting news.
And now, we have a signed copy to give to the winner of our PIPER DRAW.
It is the month of Halloween and as of today, Helen McCabe's exclusive interview with NarrativesOnline is up in the interviews section.
In order to qualify for the prize, all you have to do is post comments, kick off a discussion about the story of the Piper, your personal thoughts about the folktale or any aspect of Helen's writing that you may find on her website: HelenMcCabe.com. Your name will be automatically entered in the draw and announced on this website on November 1.
I'm working on getting permission to post an extract on this site...and maybe even a Q&A when Helen mcCabe's tour is complete and she has had time to draw breath.
Look forward to reading your comments.
Keep writing.
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October 16, 2008 Comments (0)
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