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Karen Joy Fowler, Fantasy best describes our modern Bizarre World

Karen Joy Fowler, author of five novels and two short story collections. Her short story collection, Black Glass, won The World Fantasy Award.  Fowler spent over an hour sharing her wisdom about what makes good sci fi/fantasy. According to Fowler, … Continue reading

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Patricia Smith was just awarded the Lenore Marshall Poetry Award

  “Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah” has just been awarded the 2013 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize from the Academy of American Poets for the most outstanding book of poetry published in the United States last year. Patricia will be teaching a … Continue reading

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The Art of Being There: Immersion and Narrative in Nonfiction and Biography by EDWARD HUMES

Pulitzer Prize winner Edward Humes workshop. The Art of Being There: Immersion and Narrative in Nonfiction and Biography   A principal method for accomplishing this feat of turning life into narrative is immersion – the art of insinuating oneself inside a place, … Continue reading

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Short-Short Story Contest, judged by ROBERT OLEN BUTLER

          Judge: ROBERT OLEN BUTLER–Pulitzer Prize Winner & F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Outstanding Achievement in American Literature   Three Winning Stories will be published in the 2014 February edition  of: THE STINGING FLY MAGAZINE   … Continue reading

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Getting to Know Best-Selling Author Jacquelyn Mitchard

Getting to Know Best-Selling Author Jacquelyn Mitchard By Joan Brunwasser I grew up with the story of Our Lady of Angels fire all around me. It was more than an event, it was a sunset on the bright stable way … Continue reading

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ROBERT OLEN BUTLER won the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award

ROBERT OLEN BUTLER just won, the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Outstanding Achievement in American Literature. He says, “Grateful to say I’ve won the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Outstanding Achievement in American Literature, from the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary … Continue reading

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Authors teaching at Lismore Castle

  Meet our instructors who’ll teach workshops/lectures at Lismore Castle, December 9 – 16, 2013. ROBERT OLEN BUTLER — Pulitzer Prize Winner and F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Outstanding Achievement in American Literature   Robert Olen Butler has published twelve novels—The Alleys of … Continue reading

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History of Lismore Castle

Lismore is possibly the most spectacular castle in Ireland. It’s situated high above the Blackwater River with views of rolling, wooded hills and the Knockmealdown Mountains and beyond. It’s no wonder this site has been occupied for centuries before the … Continue reading

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