Eight years ago, Linda Loprasert’s life took a sudden and devastating turn when she began experiencing memory loss and hallucinations. At just 26 years old, she received life-changing news that would impact her career and personal life in ways she never imagined. Over the past eight years, Loprasert has been hired and fired fourteen times, … Read more
Irish author Sally Rooney, hailed as the “voice of a generation” after the runaway success of 2018’s Normal People, examines modern love in all its glory and friction in her fourth novel, Intermezzo. The book, published on September 24, includes all the elements of Rooney’s hugely popular oeuvre: keen observations on relationships, spiky, realistic dialogues … Read more
Abraham Hermanus de Vries passed away at the age of 87 on Friday evening, 23 August 2024 in Durbanville in the Western Cape. Abraham H. de Vries awards and accolades South Africans, especially Afrikaans-speaking people, knew De Vries for his short stories. He was awarded the Eugene Marais prize three times. The first time was … Read more
Edna O’Brien, Ireland’s literary pride and outlaw who scandalized her native land with her debut novel, The Country Girls, before gaining international acclaim as a storyteller and iconoclast that found her welcomed everywhere from Dublin to the White House, has died. She was 93. O’Brien died Saturday after a long illness, according to a statement by … Read more
A reading of my new book, Writing for Media and Monetising It, will be held on Wednesday, 24 July in Abuja. I will give the reading at the Roving Heights Bookstore, Garki, by 5 p.m. at an event that will be moderated by Channels TV top anchor Maupe Ogun-Yusuf. Writing for Media and Monetising, It … Read more
Western University on Friday took a step toward reconsidering its relationship with acclaimed local writer and Nobel laureate Alice Munro, announcing it has decided to pause a research chair created in her honour. The move by the London, Ont., school comes in the wake of recent revelations that Munro chose to remain married to her second husband … Read more
Soldier fights National Guard over COVID vaccine Defense Dept.: Soldier’s disease may be caused by vaccine Veterans advocate: ‘Not surprised’ by initial Guard response Updated: Jun 24, 2024 / 10:56 PM CDT (NewsNation) — Army National Guard Specialist Karoline Stancik, 24, says she’s in $70,000 of medical debt after being hospitalized for heart complications. She … Read more
Kansas AG Kris Kobach: Pfizer violated state Consumer Protection Act Pfizer: Case has ‘no merit’ and company will respond in ‘due course’ Dr. John Moore: Political vaccine misinformation deadly to citizens Updated: Jun 20, 2024 / 09:45 PM CDT (NewsNation) – Dr. John Moore, Cornell University virologist and researcher, says “Red COVID” is a “statistically proven … Read more
(NewsNation) — The state of Kansas has sued the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, accusing it of misleading the public about its COVID-19 vaccine by making false claims about its effectiveness. In the lawsuit filed Monday, Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach claims Pfizer misled Kansas residents by claiming the vaccine was safe and hid evidence of the shot’s link … Read more
There was a time when people were shamed for reading smutty books, whether for the steaminess factor or the misconception that romance wasn’t real literature. But now, thanks to the surging popularity of books by authors like Sarah J. Maas and Rebecca Yarros, readers are loudly and proudly embracing the genre — and even appear to be naming … Read more
