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Cliche of the Week 122 – Brute Force. Brute force, where overwhelming numbers are used to roll a smaller opposition on a battlefield or in a political debate, is at best a short-term solution. It is also an easy option to use “brute force” in news reports, with the phrase appearing in mainstream media more than 300 times a month or twice that if web news is included. Chris Pash’s book, The Last Whale. A true story set in the 1970s about Australia’s last whaling station and the activists who fought to clo...
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Cliche of the Week 121 – Gone Ballistic | Chris Pash
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Cliche of the Week 121 – Gone Ballistic. March 3, 2013 at 1:50 pm. The incidence of cliches, those tired phrases that flow too easily when writing a news story, is steady and not quite ballistic. Similarly, the use of ‘gone ballistic’ isn’t that common worldwide but it’s a regular, with about 20 appearances a month. The sport (stand-up paddling) has gone ballistic across inland USA on rivers and lakes.” (Sunshine Coast Daily, January 11). Cliché of the Week appears in The Australian. A true story set in ...
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Sprung Writers Festival: August 2008
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Friday, August 29, 2008. The Program is Out. Download the program here. Saturday, August 23, 2008. The Last Whale: Raw Adventure, Crazy and Magical. The Last Whale: Raw Adventure, Crazy and Magical. Friday, August 22, 2008. The Sinkings: Amanda Curtin. An 'effortless novelistic debut', says the Australian newspaper. Of Amanda Curtin's novel The Sinkings (UWA Press). Curtin is appearing at the Sprung Writers Festival. Read the review here. And listen to Curtin on ABC Radio National here. Tobsha’s wo...
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HM Waugh – Writer | hm waugh – writer
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Hm waugh – writer. Read books, read widely, read often. Author: HM Waugh - Writer. Graphic novel vs the original – ‘Twilight’. March 9, 2017. March 8, 2017. HM Waugh - Writer. When I browse the library shelves, I admit I don’t normally venture into the graphic novel section. I’ve read a few “pure” graphic novels, but basically I’m a read-the-words-and-make-my-own-picture kind of reader. But graphic novels continue to be on the rise. So I decided to review one. Twilight: The Graphic Novel. March 2, 2017.
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Children's war books: November 2014
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Saturday, 15 November 2014. Erika's story by Ruth Vander Zee, illustrated by Roberto Innocenti. Ruth Vander Zee, illustrated by Roberto Innocenti. Jonathan Cape, 2003). ISBN 0 224 07015 0. 24 pages with full and half page illustrations. Subjects: World War Two, ghettos, Holocaust, children, babies, junior fiction (Year 5-8). And it’s probably less than 1000 words – but then you would miss the full impact of the illustrations. This review on the blog called A. Makes some interesting points about. Ou can e...
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Cliche of the Week 122 – Brute Force | Chris Pash
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Cliche of the Week 122 – Brute Force. April 20, 2013 at 4:41 pm. Brute force, where overwhelming numbers are used to roll a smaller opposition on a battlefield or in a political debate, is at best a short-term solution. It is also an easy option to use “brute force” in news reports, with the phrase appearing in mainstream media more than 300 times a month or twice that if web news is included. Chris Pash’s book, The Last Whale. A true story set in the 1970s about Australia’s last whaling station and the ...
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Proudly powered by WordPress. Theme: Designer by Array. 8220;Found on my doorstep…”. Found on my doorstep: advance copy of Beyond Carousel by @BrendanRitchie. Rest of you, wait till Oct @FremantlePress. Mdash; AJ Betts (@a j betts) August 18, 2016. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window). Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window). Louisa Loder reviews Carousel. A reading from Carousel. Https:...
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