Leaders will need to be resilient, open-minded, and creative. Poetry can show them the way. “I would like to beg you, dear Sir, as well as I can, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don’t search for the answers … Live the questions now.” – Rainer Maria RilkeRead Full Story Continue reading at 'Fast Company'
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The Facebook founder puts all his faith in an empowering ‘global community’ to cure all our ills. Dream onOn Thursday 16 February, Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and supreme leader of Facebook, the world’s most populous virtual country (population 2bn) published an epistle to his 89m... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s not just a face on the screen that makes one famous. This week’s offerings include big-name home buyers and sellers from many walks of life: radio, television, fashion and more. Once you’re done checking out these star-studded transactions, visit and like our Facebook page, where you can... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Calling the Philippines 'a country enmeshed in entertainment and feel-good books,' Tyrone Velez writes that literary intelligence is threatened. The post A Commentary on the State of Reading in the Philippines appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A slender but spellbinding début packs a punch that belies its brevity, with the author’s background in poetry shining through her first published full-length prose. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary novelist Jon McGregor explains how his fifth novel in an impressive and lauded oeuvre, his first for Fourth estate, interrogates the extraordinary within the everyday. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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I’ve raved before—to friends, to co-workers, and to Slate readers—about Ethan Rilly’s beautiful and subversive comic book Pope Hats. Issue No. 5, coming soon, is the longest and most fascinating installment yet. Returning to the friendship of neurotic law clerk Frances and actress-on-the-rise... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2017-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Romeo Oriogun from Nigeria has won 2017's £3,000 Brunel International African Poetry Prize for his "complex and ultimately beautiful" writing on masculinity, sexuality and desire in the face of LGBT criminalisation and persecution. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There are pretty much only two movie seasons each year, Summer Escape and Oscar Bait. Although the first of the two categories is sometimes indistinguishable from March and April fare (hello, F8 of the Furious) there’s something indelibly summer-y about the cinema of May. This year is no... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As the new head of Barnes & Noble, Demos Parneros knows his top priority is to stop the sales slide that has plagued the company’s retail stores. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's official: Time Inc. has not found a buyer -- and is no longer considering offers. In an announcement that put a cap on months of speculation over who would buy the publishing giant and when, Time Inc. said Friday morning that the "Company will continue to pursue its strategic plan."The... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On each page of A Universe Explodes by Tea Uglow, owners are required to add one word and remove two – which amounts to an odd reading experienceIt opens with a woman reaching up for a cereal bowl and closes with a new beginning – or at least it does for the moment. By the time you get to read... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The industry’s earnings hit a new high in 2016, according to the PA Publishing Yearbook 2016, which has put total income from invoiced sales at £4.8bn. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French authors, librarians and volunteers are up in arms over libraries and other non-profit venues having to pay a fee of at least €30 to hold public readings in the country. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As suggested by the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival’s slogan, ‘Discover a Lifelong Friend,’ Ahmed Al Ameri sees early-age immersion as crucial. By Dennis Abrams | @DennisAbrams2 ‘The Reading Habit Is Increasing’ he United Arab Emirates’ Ahmed bin Rakkad Al Ameri is chairman of Sharjah Book... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The new initiative. #ProjectReadathon Million Minutes, encourages children to read in communities throughout North America. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A range of events around the UK took place to mark World Book Night, with supporters from many parts of the trade doing their bit to champion the love of reading. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Victor Rios, a sociology professor at UC Santa Barbara, believes that positive change in the criminal justice system is possible only when authority figures stop placing labels on youth from underprivileged neighborhoods and show more empathy. “We shouldn’t label them as being ‘at risk,’ we... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For the first time in its 129-year history, the Financial Times said digital advertising revenue has surpassed print. The company credits a chunk of its success to content marketing studio Alpha Grid, which it acquired a controlling stake in last June.The Alpha Grid acquisition was part of a... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Raspberry Pi's most famous feature is its adaptability. It can be used for thousands of electronic applications, and using the Linux OS expands the functionality even more. This book, Exploring Raspberry Pi, is the innovators guide to bringing Raspberry Pi to life. The book favors... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2017-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authorities in several states were on the lookout Monday for a man police say shot a Cleveland retiree collecting aluminum cans and then posted video of the apparently random killing on Facebook. "He could be nearby. He could be far away or anywhere in between," FBI agent Stephen Anthony said on... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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