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The
BBC Comedy website has had a bit of an upgrade, according to the
funny people at the beeb. "The website is packed full of web-exclusive
comedy videos and clips from your favourite BBC comedy shows old
and new, and lots more - including the rather lovely Comedy Blog,"
said a demure BBC spokesperson. To celebrate, the BBC comedy newsletter
has been re-constituted. more
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Amazon
sells more ebooks than hardcover books
Amazon.com
is now selling more Kindle ebooks than it is selling hardcover
books.
Kindle, its proprietary ebook reader is the number one selling
item on Amazon.com, the American site, for two years running.
Over the past three months, for every 100 hardcover books
Amazon.com has sold, it has sold 143 Kindle books. more
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Writing
for Christmas
Wild
Orchid Theatre in Derbyshire is seeking entries for its annual
festive playwriting competition. Scripts should be no longer
than 15 minutes and require no more than four actors, said
the promoters. Writers should live or work in the British
Midlands. more
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Best
short film scripts of 2010 sought
The Canadian Short Screenplay Competition is accepting entries
to its writing competition. The competition is open to writers
of any nationality, from any country. Any theme is acceptable,
said the organisers. more
Books
borrowed and bought in Britain
Stephenie Meyer tops a latest chart of borrowed and bought books
in Britain. With the third film Eclipse recently released it will
no doubt lift sales of the Meyer's Twilight series. more,
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Closing
date for PLR year 2010
The
final date for receipt of new PLR registration forms for the Irish
PLR year 2010 is Tuesday August 31, 2010. Books registered after
that date will be included for PLR year 2011. more
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Revival
Poetry Journal
Revival
Poetry Journal is calling for submissions from local, national
and international poets for the next issue which will be published
in Limerick in October 2010. However, please note that priority
will be given to those submissions not published in the previous
issue, said the promoters. more
Telling
Tales on the radio
The resources of askaboutwriting are used in the compilation of Telling
Tales the radio show broadcast on Saturday at 1.30pm.
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A fresh
tale is broadcast each week on WDAR 96FM; or, you can listen to the archived
shows online.
Programmefifty-two
features thoughts on storytelling. The story of Peter's
Petrol is told by Brendan Nolan.
Programmefifty-one
features an interview with mystic seer Joe
Coleman author of The Message.
The story of The Sinking Feeling
is told by Brendan Nolan.
Programme
fifty
features
an interview with poet
Hugh O'Donnell on his collectionNo
Place Like It.
The story of The
Blood Fieldis
told by Brendan Nolan.
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