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Tips about independent publishing. Author: G. Ravensdatter. Special Giveaway For True Crime Book Lovers. June 9, 2015. June 9, 2015. There is an exciting new book out on the life of Mary Jane Kelly (Jack the Ripper’s final victim). Tarnished Turnip Books will be giving away copies to two lucky winners! Click here to learn more:. Https:/ giveaway.amazon.com/p/60983a69d2ae0d1e. 2015 Folio Prize winner Akhil Sharma reads from ‘Family Life’ (Faber). May 6, 2015. May 6, 2015. Uploads by YouTube Help. Folio Pr...
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2015 Folio Prize winner Akhil Sharma reads from ‘Family Life’ (Faber) | Tarnished Turnip Books
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Tips about independent publishing. 2015 Folio Prize winner Akhil Sharma reads from ‘Family Life’ (Faber). May 6, 2015. May 6, 2015. 2015 Folio Prize winner Akhil Sharma reads from 'Family Life' (Faber). Folio Prize Fiction Festival, Manuscripts Reading Room, British Library Sunday 22 March 2015. From Uploads by YouTube Help http:/ www.youtube.com/watch? Uploads by YouTube Help. IGCSE 0500 English Reading Question 2. Special Giveaway For True Crime Book Lovers →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Killer Covers: Vive la France!
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Tuesday, July 14, 2015. As any fortunate resident of Paris or any Francophile living elsewhere in the world could tell you, this is Bastille Day. Aka French National Day), commemorating the July 14, 1789, public storming of the Bastille Saint-Antoine, a fortress-prison in the French capital that was seen as symbolizing King Louis XVI’s increasingly oppressive and oblivious monarchy. The attack marked the beginning of the French Revolution. Paul Rader ( Girl Running. Raymond Johnson ( Dark Streets of Paris.
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Killer Covers: Oh No, Mitchell Hooks Is Gone
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Thursday, March 21, 2013. Oh No, Mitchell Hooks Is Gone. This is sad news, indeed. Canadian artist Leif Peng reports. In his blog, Today’s Inspiration, that noted U.S. illustrator Mitchell Hillary Hooks- whose work has been showcased several times. On this page- has died. I don’t see any obituaries online, but according to Wikipedia. Hooks perished on Monday, March 18, at age 89. Born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1923, Hooks was influenced early on by newspaper cartoon strips- Jungle Jim. 8217;s Flash Gordon.
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Killer Covers: Can I Trade Some Rain for Sunshine?
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Monday, February 9, 2015. Can I Trade Some Rain for Sunshine? The renowned Mitchell Hooks. Painted covers for 18 Ross Macdonald novels during the 1970s, all of them Bantam paperback editions. I own a few of those, including Find a Victim. And The Blue Hammer. However, I don’t have this 1977 Bantam release of The Way Some People Die. To see another artist’s very different façade for The Way Some People Die. Check out this first entry. In Killer Covers’ sixth-anniversary series of posts.). Crime Fiction an...
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Killer Covers: Two-fer Tuesdays: Death Is So Inconvenient
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013. Two-fer Tuesdays: Death Is So Inconvenient. A twice-monthly pairing of book covers that just seem to go together. Click on either of these images to open up an enlargement. Enjoy, on the left, the suggestive front from Too Young to Die. A 1958 Gold Medal release by Lionel White. Although the artwork isn’t credited, it may have been created by Charles Binger. Meanwhile, the cover on the right comes from Too Busy to Die. 8221; by Steve Lewis (Mystery*File). The Best of the Worst.
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Killer Covers: Friday Finds: “Weak and Wicked”
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Friday, July 17, 2015. Friday Finds: “Weak and Wicked”. Another in our growing line of vintage book covers we love. By Al James (Midwood, 1961). Illustration by Ernest “Darcy” Chiriacka. Here’s something I didn’t know until recently: Day Keene. 1904-1969), the prolific author who penned such memorable works as Too Hot to Hold. 1950), To Kiss or Kill. 1951), Home Is the Sailor. 1952), Dead Dolls Don’t Talk. 1959), and Dead in Bed. 1960), Captive Wanton. 1962- yet another candidate for my recent gallery.
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Killer Covers: Seven Days to Death, by J.J. Marric
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Seven Days to Death. One of the real joys to be had in writing about crime-fiction cover art is discovering illustrators who, while they may be new to me, are actually classic talents. Take Lou Marchetti. Shown above), a work originally published in 1956 as Gideon’s Week. And attributed to “J.J. Marric,” which was a pseudonym used by renowned English crime writer John Creasey. According to an online biography penned by his daughter. Louis J. Marchetti was born in 1920 in Fondi.
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Killer Covers: Friday Finds: “Frenzy”
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Friday, July 24, 2015. Friday Finds: “Frenzy”. Another in our growing line of vintage book covers we love. By Jonathan Craig (Lancer, 1962). Illustration by Harry Schaare. The author “Jonathan Craig” was actually Frank E. Smith (1919-1984). Born in Santa Barbara, California, he moved with his family to Kansas City, Missouri, in the midst of the Great Depression. According to this translated page. I’m not clear on exactly when Smith began penning fiction (though it was at least by the late ’40...Was keen ...
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