By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘My Dream of Flying to Wake Island’ is a 1974 short story by the British writer J. G. Ballard (1930-2009). Ballard’s unique contribution to literature was to take the trappings of science fiction – space travel, new technologies, and the rest of it – and apply it to spaces ... Read more Continue reading at 'Interesting Literature'
[ Interesting Literature | 2024-02-09 15:00:22 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age's Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device. Search for "Ad Age" under "Skills" in the Alexa app. What people are talking about today: Time magazine is getting new... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age's Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device. Search for "Ad Age" under "Skills" in the Alexa app. What people are talking about today: Gawker, the gossip site, is staging... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fans of Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator now have a whole new way to experience the Dream Daddy universe as Oni Press is publishing a series of comic books based on the sim. From developer Game Grumps, Dream Daddy has players assume the role of a... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2018-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kurdish Iranian writer Behrouz Boochani has lived in detention on Manus Island for five years. The text for his book was written and sent largely by text message. Continue reading at BBC World
[ BBC World | 2018-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age's Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device. Search for "Ad Age" under "Skills" in the Alexa app. What people are talking about today: BuzzFeed, the for-profit, venture... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A double-hulled voyaging canoe crafted using an ancient design set sail from Hawaii on Saturday to raise awareness about an all-too-modern problem. As it travels from Honolulu to San Francisco, the Hikianalia, a contemporary take on a traditional Polynesian voyaging canoe, will traverse the vast... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age's Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device. Search for "Ad Age" under "Skills" in the Alexa app. What people are talking about today: The Chicago Tribune has a scoop... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The BBC’s North America editor talks about impartiality, gender pay disputes, and dealing with the White HouseJon Sopel has been the BBC’s North American editor since 2014. His previous roles there include Paris correspondent and chief political correspondent, and he has also hosted The Politics... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The children’s independent publisher, founded as an offshoot of New Island Books, is going from strength to strength both at home and abroad. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2018-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age's Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device. Search for "Ad Age" under "Skills" in the Alexa app. What people are talking about today: Chance the Rapper is also a... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Known for its avant-garde take on fashion and beauty, Nylon magazine served as an edgy alternative to a newsstand full of fashion glossies. However, when its print edition closed in October of last year, former digital director turned editor-in-chief Gabrielle Korn knew that Nylon needed to... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the late summer of 1941, as millions of Americans were debating whether to become involved in the war against Hitler, the journalist Dorothy Thompson wrote a celebrated essay for Harper's magazine. The title was Who Goes Nazi?, and Thompson explained that she had devised "a somewhat macabre... Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2018-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Grisham’s The Rooster Bar (Hodder) has leapfrogged David Walliams and Tony Ross’ The World’s Worst Children 3 (HarperCollins) to claim his second week at the UK Official Top 50 number one spot within a year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age's Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device. Search for "Ad Age" under "Skills" in the Alexa app. What people are talking about today: AT&T quickly followed up its... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age's Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device. Search for "Ad Age" under "Skills" in the Alexa app. What people are talking about today: The name Tronc one of the weirdest... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The former president and the world's most prolific thriller writer conjure a suspenseful—but, they say, entirely possible—scenario in the White House. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones is to create a pop up bookshop on the Scottish island of Benbecula, which has just 1,300 residents. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The ALA's annual State of America's Libraries report, released on Monday, saw books by Jay Asher and Sherman Alexie land at the top of the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom's Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2017 list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age's Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. What people are talking about today: Cond Nast and Vogue are denying a report that uber-tastemaker Anna Wintour might leave this summer. Page Six says it talked to multiple sources who say the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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