Backpacker

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HERO SKILL “Adventuring in the backcountry and taking on risky activities with other people is very intimate and consequential. I would recommend entering avalanche terrain with people that you know well and can always count on for good communication

You South Africa

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DURING a recent conversation involving several people, one person repeatedly pronounced “vice versa” as “visa versa” and, in an effort to be polite, no one attempted to correct her. One finds too that people constantly confuse “you’re” with “your”, “

Malaysia Tatler

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Ever been at a party when the conversation veered towards a topic you know next to nothing about? Talking Points, our new monthly series, arms you with intel from experts so you can engage with authority. Stay tuned for next month’s theme—fancy a qui

Writing Magazine

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There’s a good chance you’ve come across people labelled as ‘having an attitude problem’. You may even have been described as that person yourself. Irritated by the slightest thing, like the toothpaste tube being squeezed from its mid-section rather

The Millions

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The Aspen Words Literary Prize was awarded yesterday to Tayari Jones for An American Marriage, at a ceremony in New York City. The prize, which operates out of the Aspen Institute, awards $35,000 annually to “an influential work of fiction that illum

3D World

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In order to make the overall piece look like finished work, avoid leaving your section in its default T or A pose like you might do for something that’s going to go on to rigging. Try to give some character or story to your part by giving it some exp

AZURE

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After encountering the work of designers Verner Panton and Ettore Sottsass during her time at University of the Arts London, Kusheda Mensah soon pivoted her attention from fabrics to furniture. “I was looking at what I was going to be making fabric f

TIME

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JOHN LANCHESTER’S LAST NOVEL, Capital, published in 2012, was a Dickensian tour of London in the era of global capital—but before crises of xenophobia and worsening climate change came crashing down. The British journalist and novelist’s latest, The

The Atlantic

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Highlights from 12 months of interviews with writers about their craft and the authors they love

Writer's Digest

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Presenting at writing conferences can be a great opportunity to grow your readership or brand. These gigs facilitate amplifying your message, while getting your name out and establishing new contacts. Consider these presenting dos and don’ts for any

The Christian Science Monitor

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Today you can “friend” people with the touch of a key on Facebook. But etymologically speaking, “friendship” is much more intense.

Farmer's Weekly

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(Pan, R285), ranger Alex van den Heever and tracker Renias Mhlongo recall the challenges of building trust and a working relationship at Londolozi Game Reserve. Their experiences can serve as a guide to forging successful multicultural business relat

frankie Magazine

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You know that feeling you get when you nail a super-witty or biting comeback? Yeah, well, cherish it, because there may come a time when you no longer experience it – when you're unable to whip a sassy line from the recesses of your brain to make you

Writer's Digest

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How do you know when you’re at the point in your career that you might benefit from a writing conference? The question you’re really asking is: Should I invest in one? No matter where you are in your pursuits, attending a conference can be of benefit

that's life

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People who are being deceitful tend to gesture after making a statement rather than before or while they’re speaking. They also tend to turn their palms away or hide their hands. When people are worried about being caught out in a lie, it causes chan

The Writer

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New year, old words Fresh into a new year – and a new decade to boot – it’s always good to look back at years past and how times have changed. These two bite-size books offer a blast from the linguistic past for word lovers. The Little Book of Lost W

Surfer

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Do you have other interests besides surfing? Other life-consuming hobbies or sports, complete with their own unique cultures, charmingly peculiar vocabularies, verbal signifiers of who’s part of the in crowd and who’s not? Can you move freely between

Lifestyle Asia

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Editor In Chief Creative Director SUKI SALVADOR Managing Editor PIPO GONZALES Associate Editor SARA SIGUION-REYNA Contributing Editor JEANETTE IPAPO-TUASON, EDU JARQUE, KELLY MISA-FERNANDEZ Multimedia Artist MARC PAGDILAO Brand Associate ABBY

Literary Hub

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“Allen marries several distinct genres to produce an insight into what it means to be a person with a psychiatric diagnosis—as opposed to a novelist toying with the boundaries of thought … Meta-biographical writing is at such a peak of sophistication

Malaysia Tatler

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Elaine Lau and her husband-cum-associate Fong Min Hun of the standalone Lit Books often exchange ideas with fellow bookstore owner Nazir Harith Fadzilah, the founder of Tintabudi, ever since they delved into the niche business of independent bookshop

Tes

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There are about 170,000 words in use in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, but over the past nine months, teachers could be forgiven if their lexical choices skewed towards those words contained under the group heading

Writing Magazine

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‘Well, for a start, I wish I’d known that being a successful writer is all about the story, not about how good your English is! Nowadays, given that I’m the author of sixteen commercially-published sagas, this might seem a strange statement. So I’ll

Literary Hub

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It’s very strange to take a full year off of doing something that you’ve been doing for over 15 years, knowing that you’ll return to it but are utterly detached from it in the meantime. For me, that is teaching literature at the college level. Going

Chat

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Schizophasia is the term for disordered speech patterns, a phenomenon which gets its colloquial name from what food dish? The number next to the clue tells you which line the answer is in. There may be two across answers in one line. Down words fill

Literary Hub

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In post 11/8 America, the citizenry became more aware, more active, more willing to submit themselves to self-examination. Yet while the world of journals both print (Freeman’s), and online (Guernica, Lit Hub, Electric Literature), have increased the

Homes & Gardens

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Editorial Director Sarah Spiteri Acting Editorial Director Pip McCormac Executive Editor Kate French Acting Executive Editor Kate Burnett Group Creative Director Emma Williams Group Chief Sub-Editor Jennifer Spaeth Commercial Editorial Operatio

NPR

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In this week's puzzle, Puzzlemaster Will Shortz reveals a love of the band One Direction. Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro play with Rob Hardy of Dayton, Ohio.

Literary Hub

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It is rare for a literary critic to remain alive for readers decades after his death—even rarer than for a novelist or a poet. Lionel Trilling (1905-1975) belonged to what Randall Jarrell called “the age of criticism,” a time when the analysis and ju

Writer's Digest

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Enjoy some Midwestern hospitality at this intimate conference known for its regional flair. WHEN: May 10–11, 2019. WHERE: Best Western Premier Waterfront Hotel & Convention Center, Oshkosh, Wis. PRICE: $75. Fee includes Saturday lunch. A special co

Taste.com.au

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editor-in-chief Brodee Myers brodee.myerscooke@news.com.au group commissioning editor Cassie Mercer food director Michelle Southan creative director Giota Letsios art director Natasha Barisa food editors Gemma Luongo & Tracy Rutherford s