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Ways With Words Book Festival News Archive

July 15, 2015 Guest Contributor Comments Off on Ways With Words Book Festival News Archive
Ways With Words Book Festival in Devon has been held annually for about two decades. It is extremely well run by friendly staff and the surroundings are idyllic. I stayed in a comfortable double room […]
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The Boom in Literary Festivals Spotlight

April 14, 2015 Guest Contributor Comments Off on The Boom in Literary Festivals Spotlight
Literary Festivals are a key component of book promotion. Gone are the days when an author’s book promotion was simply about having a launch party, doing a few press and radio interviews, some bookshop signings […]
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Tibetan & Himalayan Healing: An Anthology for Anthony Aris, published by Vajra Books, Kathmandu, was launched on Anthony’s birthday. “Authors get the light, publishers stay in the shade – a famous twinned Tibetan concept, nyin […]
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Translation in the UK: Boom Not Bust Spotlight

March 9, 2015 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off on Translation in the UK: Boom Not Bust Spotlight
Translation in the UK In a piece for The Swedish Book Review published in 1997, I stated that, “Roughly 3% of the titles published in the UK every year are translations (as opposed to 30-40% […]

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