All Rights Reserved is looking to fill two volunteer positions for a one-year term starting in March. The Managing Editor is responsible for the production of a literary journal produced twice yearly (April and October). Works with the editorial team to develop scheduling and ensure editorial guidelines and deadlines are met. Oversees a volunteer staff and reports to the Board of Directors. Previous experience, particularly in editing, copywriting or proofreading are preferred but not required. The Business Manager oversees the operations of the literary journal and literacy association. Responsible for liaising with functional teams (communications, sales & distribution, advertising & sponsorship, literacy) in order to ensure smooth business operations within a budget. Manages a volunteer staff and reports to the Board of Directors. Previous experience in business administration is preferred but not required. Both roles require excellent time and resource management skills as well as an eye for detail. 5-10 hours per week, home-based. Group meetings may take place online or at public places. Candidates could send a letter of interest and resume to Kimberly Walsh, Managing Editor [email protected]
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The Markin-Flanagan Distinguished Writers Program is accepting submissions from emerging Canadian writers for a 10-month residency at the University of Calgary from August 15, 2010 to June 15, 2011. Candidates should have between one and four published books. The residency involves time for writing, manuscript consultations, public presentations, assistance with hosting visiting writers, and related duties (no teaching). Submissions should include a curriculum vitae; published books; a statement of interest in the residency; a single page description of projects to be undertaken during the residency; and three letters of referenc). Deadline: January 30, 2009. More details...
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Ephemera (Oregon, US) seeks slogan writers for buttons, magnets and stickers. Wants satirical slogans about pop culture, politics, job attitudes, women's & men's issues, coffee, booze, pot, drugs, religion, food, sexual come-ons & put-downs, etc. Payment: US$50. More details...
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New Zealand culture site, Culture Unplugged, seeks international writers to blog and engage with the global audience about films, media, consciousness, culture, society, identity, etc. Compensation based on expertise/experience and efforts required. Submit profile/interest/samples to: [email protected].
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Freehand Books (Calgary, AB) seeks a full-time Managing Editor to play a key role in building the new book publishing venture. The ideal candidate will be highly motivated and keen to have hands-on involvement with all aspects of book publishing, including costing, administration, production, publicity and promotion, and marketing in general. Position closes: November 3, 2008. More details...
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Diaspora Dialogues invites submissions to its annual publishing/mentoring program. Open to emerging Toronto-area writers of short stories, creative nonfiction, plays, and poems. Settings of works must include the Greater Toronto Area. Approximately 15 writers will be chosen and each assigned (free of charge) to an established writer or dramaturge in a mentoring capacity. Selection of finished pieces will be published in the annual Diaspora Dialogues anthology, TOK: Writing the New Toronto. Deadline: May 9, 2008. More details...
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Annual Toronto festival seeks writers and performers for the 2008 Masala! Mehndi! Masti! DesiLit Writers' Stage. Open to writers of fiction, poetry and non-fiction who are of South Asian ancestry, and/or from the South Asian diaspora. Performances will occur on July 26th and July 27th. Deadline: March 30, 2008. More details...
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Canadian horse racing publication Trot Magazine wants descriptive writers who have never seen a live horse race to take part in a unique writing project. Articles will be observation pieces written by newcomers to the sport, 1000 words max. Locations: Saint John, Truro, Gatineau, Montreal, Quebec City, Ottawa, Hamilton, Windsor, Toronto, Peterborough, London, Barrie, Edmonton, and Surrey. Some local travel may be required. Deadline: March 31, 2008. Payment: $300. Apply by email to: email to [email protected].
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By: Neil Gaiman,
on 8/7/2007
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Stephen in Bristol
They've put quite a lot of work into it, including links to YouTube excerpts from Catty and the Major.
Cheers, Brian
Good to know. Although the Catty and the Major in my head was infinitely more disturbing (and looked more like a Hannah-Barbera cartoon). A few seconds googling showed that you can read the first couple of chapters of Lint online at http://www.scribd.com/doc/38738/Steve-Ayletts-Lint
although the effect of Lint is cumulative.
(Currently reading Sarah Salway's Tell Me Everything, because I really enjoyed her novel Something Beginning With, the kind of idea for book's structure I wish I'd had, and written in a way that kept up with the structural conceit.) (It was retitled The ABCs of Love in the US, just to limit the readership.)
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is deliciously evil as a witch who wants to cut out Yvaine's heart and eat it to gain eternal youth and beauty for herself and her sisters. (Well, mainly for herself.) She shows great comic timing and isn't afraid to play with her glamorous image, or look grotesque when her character, Lamia, is at her most decayed and desperate.
It comments on the should you take kids question:
"Stardust" also calls to mind last year's "Pan's Labyrinth" .... in that it superficially appears to be suitable for the whole family, and it's really not. It's never as terrifying as "Pan's Labyrinth" but it does get dark; in a broader sense, though, kids just might not get a lot of the nuance. Their parents are truly the target audience here
http://mikecap.squarespace.com/journal/2007/8/7/stardust-2007.html
Weeks and weeks into this Summer of Disappointing Movies, we have finally unearthed a decent gem of a film. This is the one you take a date to; especially if your significant other wears an ankh or has a Death (the D.C. comic character) tattoo somewhere or owns all the Sandman graphic novels. Paramount Pictures has graciously brought the fairy tale back to the screen, with a quality not seen since The Princess Bride. Forget Narnia, Terabithia, and Hogwart's - it's all about Stormhold and the fallen star.
Stardust comes well after the burst of summer blockbusters, but looking back, it will be seen as one of the 2007’s best and most fully satisfying adventures.
http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_6557055
"Writing a novel is a voyage of discovery," said Neil Gaiman, who has written piles of them (including "American Gods," "Anansi Boys," and "Neverwhere") and sold millions....
But turning a novel into a film is like "running a very sharp-edged maze leading through a minefield, with people shooting at you, in a freezing downpour, having no sense of where the exit might be, pursued by hounds, while blindfolded."
Dear Neil,
Did you know that they made up a new law in China that prohibits the Dalai Lama, among other people, from reincarnating?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk
That trick never works.
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And finally, this article haunts me: http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKL0145707520070801
It's not that the squirrel sneaks into the shop and steals Kinder Eggs and eats the chocolate. It's that it goes off with the toys inside the egg afterwards. I have visions of the neighborhood squirrels industriously assembling their Happy Hippo Star Wars figurines... But why? Dear God, why?
By: Neil Gaiman,
on 8/3/2007
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Personally I think the genie will stay in the bottle. But we'll see.
I saw your talk about Henry Raddick. Just wondering if you've come across Wayne Redhart on amazon.co.uk?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/cdp/member-reviews/AZN3ZSQQU3WW5/203-8036728-7975947?ie=UTF8&display=public&page=1
Andrew
I hadn't, but I have now. The comments are often funny, but sometimes the simple existence of the item itself left me goggle-eyed and giggling.
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There's a really lovely new STARDUST statue coming out, designed and modelled by Charles Vess. Details at http://www.dccomics.com/dcdirect/?dcd=7061&cat=STATUES&lst=new.
I notice that you can get it extremely cheaply (at cost -- almost half price) over at http://atlantiscomicsonline.blogspot.com/2007/08/arriving-887-and-stardust-staue-deal.html
(Which reminds me -- someone let me know that Amazon.com is deep discounting the ANANSI BOYS audiobook on MP3 CD that Lenny Henry recorded. I don't think the MP3 CD audiobook experiment, which I was pushing for, actually worked very well, but if you plan to put in on an ipod or computer, or have an MP3 CD player, it's a great way to get the audiobook without getting a dozen CDs.)
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If you're in the Atlanta area, once you've seen Stardust on Friday night, you could see Mirrormask on Saturday the 11th on the big screen at the Centre for Puppetry Arts -- http://www.puppet.org/edu/education.shtml#mirrormask.
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Interesting interview with Matthew Vaughn at http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=6109
I'd always wondered what he meant by the Princess Bride meets Midnight Run comparison, but reading his explanation, I finally got it.
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Am reading Steve Aylett's book LINT right now -- a biography of a fictitious SF writer, someone a little like Philip K Dick. Reading it very slowly, because I keep wanting to read bits out loud to people. It's astonishingly funny, but I have no idea whether or not anyone who isn't me would laugh at it. Or with it.