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    Apr 14, 2010 | Orlando Sentinel

  1. UCF hosts inaugural book festival — Hiaasen, Collins to appear

    Sentinel School Zone» Orlando Sentinel – Sentinel School Zone
    Attention, book fans: UCF is hosting its inaugural book festival this week with dozens of events that are free and open to the public on Saturday. A ribbon-cutting ceremony kicks things off at 8:45 a.m. at the main festival site, UCF Arena. Book...
    2. Mar 30, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. Biblioracle: A real fool for poetry

    Tomorrow is my least favorite minor holiday, April Fools' Day.
    Tomorrow is my least favorite minor holiday, April Fools' Day. The Internet tells me that the origin of April 1 being a day for this sort of so-called merriment may be Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales," a book-length collection of stories written in...

    Tags: April Fools' Day, Dr. Seuss, Poetry, Canterbury, Book

    3. Feb 12, 2013 |Story| SFL

  3. Karen Russell's higher ground

    Karen Russell’s debut novel, “Swamplandia!” was one of the most-acclaimed books of 2011. NPR, Entertainment Weekly and the New York Times ranked it high on their year-end lists. HBO optioned it for a forthcoming series. The Pulitzer Prize Board named it a finalist in the fiction category. Stephen King, no stranger to success, raved that the book, an inventively written odyssey set deep in the Everglades, is “as terrifying as ‘Deliverance.’ ”
    Karen Russell’s debut novel, “Swamplandia!” was one of the most-acclaimed books of 2011. NPR, Entertainment Weekly and the New York Times ranked it high on their year-end lists. HBO optioned it for a forthcoming series. The Pulitzer...

    Tags: Stephenie Meyer, Entertainment Events, NPR, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Pulitzer Prize Awards

    4. Sep 26, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. 'Casual Vacancy' fails to conjure Harry Potter's magic

    It's hardly shocking that the most fully realized characters in "The Casual Vacancy," J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults, are the youngest.
    It's hardly shocking that the most fully realized characters in "The Casual Vacancy," J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults, are the youngest. Fats Wall, Krystal Weedon, Gaia Bawden, Andrew Price, Sukhvinder Jawanda: Even the names are vaguely...

    Tags: Harry Potter (fictional character), Fiction, Sherman Alexie, Literature, Aneurysm

    5. Jul 6, 2001 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel

  5. Sanibel: Florida's Gulf coast offers seashells, shark teeth and gators galore

    The Associated Press
    SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla. -- Florida's southwest coast has bargains to offer the budget-minded traveler, much more than just "early bird" dinners and 2-for-1 happy hours. Shells by the zillions, exotic birds, gentle manatees surfacing like huggable air...

    Tags: Endangered Species, Automotive Equipment, Restaurants, Science and Technology, Golf

    6. Aug 2, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail

  6. One killer book club: Washington County Free Library hosts club for those who love a little mystery

    It isn't always a dark and stormy night.
    marieg@herald-mail.com
    It isn't always a dark and stormy night. There are no fog-covered moors or howling hounds, no trench-coated detectives or suspicious butlers. And, in this particular library, you won't find a Mrs. Peacock, a revolver or candlesticks — just a group...

    Tags: Crime (genre), Crime, Law and Justice, Libraries, Edgar Allan Poe, Genres

    7. Aug 8, 2012 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  7. At Orlando Museum of Art: Jimm Roberts' photos capture Florida's cultural history

    To stand in the main gallery at Orlando Museum of Art is to be surrounded by greatness.
    To stand in the main gallery at Orlando Museum of Art is to be surrounded by greatness. Playwright Edward Albee, of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" fame, looks out from one wall; artist Robert Rauschenberg from another. There's "Tales of the South...

    Tags: Artists, Annie Dillard, Photography, Museums, Authors

    8. Mar 18, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Not Just for Kids: 'Chomp' by Carl Hiaasen

    Chomp: A Novel
    Tribune Newspapers
    Chomp: A Novel Carl Hiaasen Alfred A. Knopf: 304 pp., $16.99, ages 10 and up South Florida is known for many things: Alligators, orange groves and the writer who spins the area's most sensational attributes into even more sensational story lines, Carl...

    Tags: Man vs. Wild (tv program), Walmart, Animals, Entertainment, Television

    9. Jan 29, 2012 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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    10. Jan 27, 2012 |Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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    11. May 2, 2011 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  11. The Donald reveals his decision with humility (almost)

    Rejected first draft of Donald Trump's final announcement about his political intentions in 2012.
    Rejected first draft of Donald Trump's final announcement about his political intentions in 2012. First, let me say how proud I am of myself for heckling Barack Obama until he produced the "long form" of his birth certificate, something no white...

    Tags: Gary Busey, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Dionne Warwick, Racism

    12. Apr 5, 2009 |Story| Orlando Sentinel

  12. Carl Hiaasen's 'Hoot' is next One Book One Community choice

    For Florida newcomer Roy Eberhardt, it's just one thing after another. If Roy weren't the new kid in school &#8212; again &#8212; then a bully named Dana Matherson wouldn't have smashed Roy's face against the school-bus window. And then he wouldn't have met tough-talking Beatrice and her stepbrother, the mischievous runaway Mullet Fingers. And then he wouldn't have discovered the miniature owls that live underneath a construction site for Mother Paula's All-American Pancake House. And then ... What happens to Roy in Carl Hiaasen's Newbery Award-winning comic novel <em class="i">Hoot</em> is grist for the <em class="i">Orlando Sentinel's </em>eighth annual One Book, One Community campaign.
    SENTINEL STAFF WRITER
    For Florida newcomer Roy Eberhardt, it's just one thing after another. If Roy weren't the new kid in school — again — then a bully named Dana Matherson wouldn't have smashed Roy's face against the school-bus window. And then he wouldn't have...

    Tags: Pancakes, Times Square, Children, Amusement and Theme Parks, Lifestyle and Leisure

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