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Williamsburg Creative Writing Group
Prompts for the week of January 31st, 2013 Prompt Create a short story from one or more of following prompts. The hassle of being charitable She was such a graceful hostess He was the perfect age The candlelight is even … Continue reading →
Posted: 1/24/2013 1:37 PM in Off the Shelf @ CCPL
Cinema 11 – The French New Wave
We’re full for tonight’s screening of Jean Renoir’s pre-New Wave classic Rules of the Game, I’m afraid, but luckily there is still room at next Thursday’s showing of Francois Truffaut’s The 400 Blows (which happens to be one of ol’ Norm’s all-time favorite...
Posted: 1/24/2013 10:28 AM in Stacked
Cinema 11 – The French New Wave
We’re full for tonight’s screening of Jean Renoir’s pre-New Wave classic Rules of the Game, I’m afraid, but luckily there is still room at next Thursday’s showing of Francois Truffaut’s The 400 Blows (which happens to be one of ol’ Norm’s all-time favorite...
Posted: 1/24/2013 10:28 AM in Stacked
Weekend Reading: Dublin Down
Entirely by accident we found ourself at the end of the MLK (jr) holiday weekend having read two crime novels set in what became after a week there one of our favorite cities. That would be Dublin, the slightly tatty and quite small capital of the financially...
Posted: 1/22/2013 12:02 PM in Stacked
Weekend Reading: Dublin Down
Entirely by accident we found ourself at the end of the MLK (jr) holiday weekend having read two crime novels set in what became after a week there one of our favorite cities. That would be Dublin, the slightly tatty and quite small capital of the financially...
Posted: 1/22/2013 12:02 PM in Stacked
Post Apocalypse Depression
Well, I guess we made it to another new year and we avoided the apocalypse yet again. I don’t know about you, but I am extremely disappointed with this fact. I mean either I was going to become a zombie … Continue reading →
Posted: 1/22/2013 11:37 AM in Off the Shelf @ CCPL
The Cousin War Series by Phillipa Gregory
One of my favorite authors of historical fiction has created a series about the Houses of Lancaster and York of 15th century England. The story of the War of the Roses, told through the voices of four women of the time … Continue reading →
Posted: 1/21/2013 9:22 AM in Off the Shelf @ CCPL
Happy Winnie-the-Pooh Day!
Winnie-the-Pooh Day is celebrated on the birth anniversary of A.A. Milne, the author of the beloved books. A.A. Milne was born in London on January 18, 1882. Milne is remembered mostly by his books about a stuffed bear named Winnie-the-Pooh and … Continue...
Posted: 1/18/2013 8:44 AM in Off the Shelf @ CCPL
Williamsburg Creative Writing Group
Prompts for the week of January 24th 2013 Prompt Work on the continuing story writing at least a page or so. Here are the prompts for the week. The good dog with the bad boy Mary is all about being … Continue reading →
Posted: 1/18/2013 8:41 AM in Off the Shelf @ CCPL
Staff Picks Teen Fiction 2012
Just because it’s a teen book, don’t think that you’ll be bored as an adult. Harry Potter and the Hunger Games proved that books written for a young adult audience can have a big crossover appeal, so check out one … Continue reading →
Posted: 1/17/2013 9:07 AM in Off the Shelf @ CCPL
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