![]() ![]() ![]() When Amber hosts a book signing for famed-athlete-turned-author Dash Pennington, he's everything she's spent her life avoiding: loud, aggressive, and far too handsome, as proven by the hordes of women who surround him everywhere he goes. In an effort to control her epilepsy, she tries to avoid anything that creates too much excitement or stress-including relationships. She's never needed thrills the way some of her sisters have. She loves running her bookstore, taking long walks with Reno, her Labrador retriever seizure-response dog, and spending time with her close-knit family. ![]() Funny, sinfully sexy, opposite-attracts romance.Īmber Montgomery is perfectly happy with her quiet life. All Love in Bloom books can be enjoyed as stand-alone novels or as part of the larger series.įor this sweet bookstore owner, avoiding the charms of a famed-football-player-turned-author was supposed to be easy. Discover the magic of New York Times bestseller Melissa Foster's writing and see why millions of readers have fallen in love with the fiercely loyal and sassily sexy characters in the Love in Bloom big-family romance collection. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() By any standards, David Hume was one of the greatest Enlightenment thinkers. Similarly, you don’t need to bother about what the Enlightenment was actually like. All you need do is consult a dictionary, and you will find that religion is – by definition – irrational. ![]() There is no need to trouble yourself with the arguments of historians, anthropologists and evolutionary biologists, who treat religion as a highly complex phenomenon, serving a variety of human needs. Early on in this monumental apologia for a currently fashionable version of Enlightenment thinking, he writes: “To take something on faith means to believe it without good reason, so by definition a faith in the existence of supernatural entities clashes with reason.” Well, it’s good to have that settled once and for all. “Opposing reason is, by definition, unreasonable.” Steven Pinker is fond of definitions. ![]() ![]() ![]() Read our top tips on submitting your bursary application for the best chance of success.Bursaries are awarded to students currently in Matric and who will be studying at University or College the following year, as well as current tertiary student who cannot afford to continue paying for their studies. If you are looking to further your studies but lack the funding to do so, and you have a strong academic history which you have maintained throughout the year, you may be eligible to apply for a bursary. If you are looking to start or continue your tertiary studies but lack the funding to do so, bursaries could be the right option. Our goal is to find as many bursary opportunities as possible throughout South Africa, and publish it all on one platform, to make them easily accessible for students. ![]() Welcome to SA Bursaries, South Africa’s largest bursary website – a platform with the most comprehensive list of bursaries in South Africa, updated regularly. View all bursaries OPEN for application here ![]() ![]() ![]() Her stories deal mostly with New England life and are among the best of their kind. ![]() She is best known for two collections of stories, A Humble Romance and Other Stories (1887) and A New England Nun and Other Stories (1891). She produced more than two dozen volumes of published short stories and novels. Her best known work was written in the 1880s and 1890s while she lived in Randolph. She passed the greater part of her life in Massachusetts and Vermont.įreeman began writing stories and verse for children while still a teenager to help support her family and was quickly successful. She later finished her education at West Brattleboro Seminary. Religious constraints play a key role in some of her works. Freeman's parents were orthodox Congregationalists, causing her to have a very strict childhood. Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman was born in Randolph, Massachusetts, and attended Mount Holyoke College (then, Mount Holyoke Female Seminary) in South Hadley, Massachusetts, for one year, from 1870–71. ![]() ![]() The longest-living Avatar in this beloved world's history, Kyoshi established the brave and respected Kyoshi Warriors, but also founded the secretive Dai Li, which led to the corruption, decline, and fall of her own nation. Yee's The Rise of Kyoshi delves into the story of Kyoshi, the Earth Kingdom-born Avatar. ![]() The first of two novels based on Kyoshi, The Rise of Kyoshi maps her journey from a girl of humble origins to the merciless pursuer of justice who is still feared and admired centuries after she became the Avatar.į. The longest-living Avatar in this beloved world’s history, Kyoshi established the brave and respected Kyoshi Warriors, but also founded the secretive Dai Li, which led to the corruption, decline, and fall of her own nation. Yee’s The Rise of Kyoshi delves into the story of Kyoshi, the Earth Kingdom–born Avatar. From the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender comes the instant USA Today and New York Times bestselling novel starring Avatar Kyoshinow in paperbackJustice begins with one woman. ![]() ![]() An instant USA Today and New York Times bestseller!į. ![]() ![]() ![]() Linda Duddridge sent us this bit of good news in October 2021: “I’m excited to announce that my edgy YA novel “Nobody’s Business” came out in July 2021. The Edge of Life-April 6th, 2023 (the one I showed the cover for)Īttendee Holly Dobbie sent us her good news: “Thank you for your part in organizing such an important and life-changing event. I attended the SIWC for many years, and in 2016, during a pitch session, I met my agent, Kris Rothstein from the Carolyn Swayze Literary Agency. They found a publisher for my book, DCB in Toronto, and my book, Fifteen Point Nine was published in 2018.” Congrats, Holly! Since then, I’ve signed a contract with my publisher (Black Rose Writing in Texas) for three more books. I shared it with Eileen Cook and it became part of Darren Groth’s talk about celebrating the little things. “Last year at SiWC, I had a new book coming out and a hot-off-the-presses cover that I shared for the first time at SiWC. Lena Gibson sent us this good news in April of 2023: ![]() Please send your good news stories to conference coordinator Kathy at (Even if you’ve told us before and the news isn’t new, we’d love to fill this page with good news, so please get in touch!) We’d love to share your good news with the SiWC world. We have heard SO MANY good news stories over the year from our attendees and presenters: agents finding new clients at the conference, attendees getting published, awards won, and so much more. ![]() ![]() As soon as they are available again, we'll stock 'em, in the meantime here's an introduction to the gloriously 'depraved' world of the Dreamlanders. ![]() ![]() Showing over 160 provocative photographs. Read more from Paul O' Callaghan on where to begin with John Waters.įrustratingly, many of his early films ( Pink Flamingos, Polyester, Female Trouble, Serial Mom and even Hairspray) are currently unavailable on DVD in the UK. In 2018-2019, the Baltimore Museum of Art hosted the first retrospective of Waterss visual art in his hometown. But don't let yourself miss out missing out on one of the funniest, filthiest, and most subversive bodies of work in cinema history - that really would be a dirty shame. His films have always been divisive, and often deliberately so. For a director whose work was once described as "one of the most vile, stupid and repulsive films ever made" ( Variety magazine), it's refreshing and let's face it, bloody brilliant, to know that 50 years on John Waters is still creating, whether through his bestselling books, art exhibitions or sold out stand-up shows. Waters has for his entire career existed, and indeed thrived, outside of the mainstream. ![]() ![]() ![]() But unlike his creator, who has spoken publicly about a past that includes abuse, self-harm, and troubles with drugs, Gage seems to have little to no personal experience with his material. His main character, Gage Chandler, is, like Darnielle himself, a chronicler of pain. In his third book, Devil House, Darnielle shifts his vantage point on suffering without losing or lessening his willingness to confront it. ![]() ![]() His first two novels, Wolf in White Van and Universal Harvester, have protagonists who are white-knuckling their way through misery Carmen María Machado wrote that the latter traces "the dimensions of human loneliness and grief." His most famous song's most famous line is I'm going to make it through this year if it kills me. John Darnielle has made a career - well, two: he is both a National Book Award-nominated novelist and the lead singer-songwriter of a beloved indie band called the Mountain Goats - out of writing frankly about darkness. ![]() ![]() “Highly recommended as a memoir that combines nature, writing, and personal reflection.”- Library Journal, Starred Review ![]() “A profound and inspiring love letter to one piece of Earth-and to the rest of it, as well.” – Kirkus, Starred Review “If Cowboys Are My Weakness was Pam Houston’s call to millions of women-blasting us with self-recognition of how we give away our own power-then her new book is the response to that call.” Sara Cutaia for the Chicago Review of Books In a time where the world is either drowning, or burning, or being drilled-into, Houston’s outlook promises a better tomorrow – even if that means we’re no longer here.” And as equally deep is her ability for hope. “Pam Houston is in possession of a deep, heart-achingly beautiful love for her own personal piece of earth. A third kind of book is so insightful and evocative, you shelve it beside other favorite and instructive titles. Other times, you read a good memoir and find yourself wanting to track down the author and become friends. ![]() “…good writing can make you envious, no matter how foreign the terrain. ![]() PRAISE FOR DEEP CREEK: FINDING HOPE IN THE HIGH COUNTRY ![]() ![]() There's just one problem: Ellie is a Sparrow, and the Goldwings are almost invariably picked from the higher Clans like Eagles and Ospreys. It was a Goldwing, after all, who saved her life on that terrible day her parents were killed. In the Clandoms, everyone is born with wings, living in tight-knit communities formed around bird types like Jay, Falcon, and Crow, among many others.Įllie Meadows dreams of growing up to join the Goldwings- the famed knights who defend all the people of the Clandoms. There are 269 pages and 38 chapters, as well as a prologue. ![]() Sparrow Rising is in the perspective of Nox and Ellie, as well as Corion in the epilogue. ![]() |