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Brow Books
The Lifted Brow is both the name of an Australian not-for-profit literary organisation (also less well known as the TLB Society Inc.), and the quarterly print literary magazine/journal it publishes. It also publishes its books through its Brow Books imprint, and posts original work on its website, stages events, runs writing contests, and more. Founded in Brisbane, the headquarters was quickly established in Melbourne and it has been based there since. History TLB was established in 2007 by Ronnie Scott, and then run from 2012 to 2020 by Sam Cooney. It is currently on an extended hiatus. It is a not-for-profit literary organisation which also runs the book publishing imprint Brow Books. It has been funded in part by Creative Victoria and the Australia Council, as well as other funding bodies. The organisation is run by volunteers. In April 2020 The Lifted Brow announced a pause in operations following an investigation by the board into allegations of sexual misconduct and unpro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brow Books
The Lifted Brow is both the name of an Australian not-for-profit literary organisation (also less well known as the TLB Society Inc.), and the quarterly print literary magazine/journal it publishes. It also publishes its books through its Brow Books imprint, and posts original work on its website, stages events, runs writing contests, and more. Founded in Brisbane, the headquarters was quickly established in Melbourne and it has been based there since. History TLB was established in 2007 by Ronnie Scott, and then run from 2012 to 2020 by Sam Cooney. It is currently on an extended hiatus. It is a not-for-profit literary organisation which also runs the book publishing imprint Brow Books. It has been funded in part by Creative Victoria and the Australia Council, as well as other funding bodies. The organisation is run by volunteers. In April 2020 The Lifted Brow announced a pause in operations following an investigation by the board into allegations of sexual misconduct and unpro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Lipsyte
Sam Lipsyte (born 1968) is an American novelist and short story writer. Life The son of the sports journalist Robert Lipsyte, Sam Lipsyte was born in New York City and raised in Closter, New Jersey, where he attended Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest. He attended Brown University, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in English in 1990. At Brown, Lipsyte lived with Steven Johnson. Lipsyte was an editor at the webzine ''FEED.'' His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in ''The Quarterly'', The New Yorker, ''Harper's'', ''Noon'', ''Tin House'', ''Open City'', ''N+1'', ''Slate'', ''McSweeney's'', ''Esquire'', ''GQ'', ''Bookforum'', ''The New York Times Book Review'', ''The Washington Post'', ''The Los Angeles Times'', ''Nouvelle Revue Française'', ''The Paris Review'', This Land', and ''Playboy'', among other places. Lipsyte's work is characterized by its verbal acumen and black humor. His books have been translated into several languages, including French, Russian, Italia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Ryan
Luke Ryan (born 6 February 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A versatile player Ryan is a Doig Medalist as well as an All-Australian. Early career Originally from Melbourne's northern suburbs, Ryan played junior football for Aberfeldie, Moonee Valley and Maribyrnong Park Football Clubs in the Essendon District Football League as well as some games for Calder Cannons in the TAC Cup. He then played for the Coburg Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) in 2016, winning the Fothergill–Round Medal as the most promising young player in the league. AFL career He was recruited as a mature age player to Fremantle with their third selection, 66th overall, in the 2016 AFL draft. He made his AFL debut in round 11 of the 2017 AFL season against Collingwood at Domain Stadium, after playing well for Fremantle's reserves team, Peel Thunder, in the West Australian Footbal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michaela McGuire
Michaela McGuire is an Australian journalist, author, and literary host based in Sydney, Australia. Early life and education McGuire grew up in Brisbane before moving to Melbourne in 2008. McGuire studied creative writing and journalism at the Queensland University of Technology. Career She is the author of the nonfiction books ''Apply Within: Stories of career sabotage'' and ''Last Bets: A true story of gambling, morality and the law.'' She has also worked as a journalist, including writing a column for The Monthly on current affairs, and features and book reviews for Fairfax Media. Along with Marieke Hardy, she co-curated and hosted the popular international monthly literary event 'Women of Letters.'Puvanenthiran, Bhakthi"Michaela McGuire, Marieke Hardy take Women of Letters to the world" '' Sydney Morning Herald'', Sydney, 26 April 2014. Retrieved on 18 September 2015. At the events, female writers and performers read letters they have written on set monthly themes. Star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake Butler
John David Blake Butler (22 October 1924 – 15 April 1981) was an English actor best known for his role as the lecherous chief librarian Mr. Wainwright during the first and third series of ''Last of the Summer Wine'' in 1973 and 1976 respectively. Background Butler was the second son of FitzWalter Butler (1889–1979), of Grantham, Lincolnshire, and Doris Emma (d. 1950), daughter of Robert Pollok, of Cavendish Park, Barrow-in-Furness. The Butler family were Irish landed gentry; Blake Butler's line, prominent in County Clare, descended from James Butler, 10th Baron Dunboyne. Career In addition to his work on ''Last of the Summer Wine'', Butler made guest appearances on such programmes as ''Dad's Army'', '' Doctor at Large'', '' Bless This House'', '' The Good Life'', ''Paul Temple'', ''George and Mildred'', ''Grange Hill'' and, in 1967, Crossroads playing assistant manager Maurice Raine. Filmography 1978 'Rumpole of the Bailey' 'Rumpole and the Heavy Brigade' - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen David Gold
Glen David Gold (born 1964) is an American novelist, memoirist and screenwriter. Known for his bestselling novels exploring the roles of entertainment and popular culture in historical America, he has also published a critically acclaimed memoir and worked extensively in a broad range of media, including comics, television and podcasting. Gold is also a collector and authority on comics and graphic novels, particularly the works of Jack Kirby and other architects of the Marvel Universe. Biography Gold was born in Corona del Mar, California, the son of a recording industry executive and a British expatriate mother. His parents divorced when he was ten years old. Relocated to San Francisco, he grew up in a milieu of 70s-era Bohemianism "by the side of his increasingly erratic mother, among con men and get-rich schemes." When he was twelve, she moved to New York without telling him, leaving him to fend for himself with minimal long-distance support. Despite his unorthodox childhood, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Shearman
Robert Charles Shearman, sometimes credited as Rob Shearman, is an English television, radio, stage play and short story writer. He is known for his World Fantasy Award-winning short stories, as well as his work for ''Doctor Who'', and his association with Jarvis & Ayres Productions ( Martin Jarvis and Rosalind Ayres) which has resulted in six plays for BBC Radio 4, broadcast in the station's regular weekday ''Afternoon Play'' slot, and one classic serial. Education Shearman was educated at Reigate Grammar School (where he was a contemporary of David Walliams) and University of Exeter. During this time, he was regularly seen on stage at the university in various productions. Career An established theatrical playwright, Shearman has worked with Alan Ayckbourn, had a play produced by Francis Ford Coppola, and has received several international awards for his work in theatre. Award-winning plays include ''Fool to Yourself'', which premiered at the Stephen Joseph Theatre in 1997, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Moody
Hiram Frederick Moody III (born October 18, 1961) is an American novelist and short story writer best known for the 1994 novel ''The Ice Storm'', a chronicle of the dissolution of two suburban Connecticut families over Thanksgiving weekend in 1973, which brought him widespread acclaim, became a bestseller, and was made into the film ''The Ice Storm''. Many of his works have been praised by fellow writers and critics alike. Early life and education Moody was born in New York City to banker and investment strategist Hiram Frederick Moody, Jr., and Margaret Maureen, daughter of Francis Marion Flynn, president and publisher of ''The New York News''. The Moody family were resident in Maine for generations from around 1680; Moody's father was born there, but his parents subsequently lived at Winchester, Massachusetts. Moody grew up in several Connecticut suburbs, including Darien and New Canaan, where he later set stories and novels. He graduated from St. Paul's School in New Hampshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Levin
Adam Levin (b. 1976/77) is an American fiction author. His short fiction has been published in places like ''Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern'' and ''Tin House''. Currently, he resides in Chicago, where he teaches Creative Writing and Literature at the School of the Art Institute. His first novel, ''The Instructions,'' was published in 2010 by McSweeney's. Works ''The Instructions'' Levin's first novel, ''The Instructions'', was selected by Powell's Indispensable Book Club and ''The Rumpus'' Book Club. Some reviews drew comparisons with David Foster Wallace and Philip Roth. Some reviewers praised the dark humor, the depth of the setting, and the commentary on Jewish identity. Some reviewers criticized the book's length (more than 1000 pages), while others praised it. ''The Instructions'' was translated into French (Inculte) and published in France in 2011. ''Hot Pink'' Levin's ''Hot Pink'' is a collection of short stories released in 2012. ''Bubblegum'' Levin's second nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Brown (artist)
Lisa Michelle Brown (born January 12, 1972) is an American illustrator and writer whose books include ''Picture the Dead,'' ''How To Be,'' ''The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming,'' and ''Baby, Mix Me A Drink.'' She draws the ''Three Panel Book Review'' cartoon for the book section of the San Francisco Chronicle. She graduated with a BA from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut in 1993, and an MS in Communications Design from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York in 1998. She lives in San Francisco with her son and her husband, Daniel Handler. Brown has used the pseudonym Sarah "Pinkie" Bennett, at least for illustration. Recent projects ''Vampire Boy's Good Night'' is a picture book about a small vampire boy and a little witch. On a cold autumn night, they head out in search of ″real children.″ ''Picture the Dead'' is a traditional ghost story with a visual twist. Co-written with Adele Griffin, the visual clues allow the reader to unravel the mystery in step ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Handler
Daniel Handler (born February 28, 1970) is an American author, musician, screenwriter, television writer, and television producer. He is best known for his children's book series ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' and ''All the Wrong Questions'', published under the pseudonym Lemony Snicket. The former was adapted into a Nickelodeon film in 2004 as well as a Netflix series from 2017 to 2019. Handler has published adult novels and a stage play under his real name, along with other children's books under the Snicket pseudonym. His first book, a satirical fiction piece titled ''The Basic Eight'', was rejected by many publishers for its dark subject matter. Handler has also played the accordion in several bands, and appeared on the album ''69 Love Songs'' by indie pop band The Magnetic Fields. Life Handler was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Sandra Handler (née Walpole), a retired City College of San Francisco dean, and Louis Handler, an accountant. His father wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karen Russell
Karen Russell (born July 10, 1981) is an American novelist and short story writer. Her debut novel, ''Swamplandia!'', was a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. In 2009 the National Book Foundation named Russell a 5 under 35 honoree. She was also the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "Genius Grant" in 2013. Early life After graduating from Coral Gables Senior High School in Miami, Florida in 1999, Russell received a BA in Spanish from Northwestern University in 2003. She graduated from the MFA program at Columbia University in 2006. A Miami native, as of 2019 she resides in Portland, Oregon, with her husband, editor Tony Perez, and two children. Her brother, Kent Russell, is also a writer. Career and awards Russell's stories have been featured in ''The Best American Short Stories'', '' Conjunctions'', ''Granta'', ''The New Yorker'', ''Oxford American'', and ''Zoetrope''. She was named a National Book Foundation "5 Under 35" young writer honoree at the Novemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
