A brave little writing festival happened during the last weekend of June. It was brand new and modest, but full of illusions and aiming to fill in the gaps in our local and national literature scene. And it succeeded. Leicester Writes Festival was conceived by Farhana Shaikh from Dahlia Publishing as a way to showcase the […]
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Stephen King – Carrie
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When I was in high school, I wanted to be like Carrie. I wanted to have strong, mental powers to defend myself from the bullies, the teachers, and sometimes from family itself. I wanted to have them on the palm of my hand, unable to escape after one joke too many. I’m pretty sure I’m not the one.
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Por primera vez en mucho, mucho tiempo, lloré después de terminar un libro. Nunca he sido una chillona con libros ni películas, aunque las ame demasiado. Pero simplemente pasó. Estallé en llanto.¿Y quién fue el culpable? Nadie más ni nadie menos que Troy Blackford, un pequeño y valiente escritor de las Ciudades Gemelas de Estados Unidos, publicado por su cuenta la mayor parte de su vida, y usando el poder de las redes sociales para anunciar sus novelas y cuentos cortos en papel y Kindle. [Click on title to read more…]
