Hollywood stars for 'Famine' film FIONA MAGENNIS – Updated 02 December 2012 12:07 AM The movie is based on the events surrounding a Turkish sultan's donation of food during the Great Hunger will start shooting in Drogheda later this year, according to the movie's project manager, Omer Sarikaya. The Turkish Department of Culture in Ankara has previously said it is considering funding the project and the film-maker is confident that the money will be in place within the coming months. Omar said he is also in discussions with Irish Director Mark Mahon who is 'very excited' about the story. 'I invited him to Istanbul and he loved the story,' said Omar. 'He said it was very interesting and he thought it was more interesting than the Titanic story!' He said the film would cost in the region of €80 to €100 million to produce and will take about 24 months to shoot. It's going to be a multi-million euro project €80-€100m. His film tells this story but the dramatisation around it includes love, betrayal, deceit, jealousy and murder.
Folktexts: A library of folktales, folklore, fairy tales, and mythology, page 1 page 1 edited and/or translated by D. L. Ashliman University of Pittsburgh © 1996-2020 Return to: Abducted by Aliens. Bald Stories: Folktales about Hairless Men. Cain and Abel. Dancing in Thorns. East of the Sun and West of the Moon. Fairies' Hope for Christian Salvation. New evidence shows Turkey delivered food to Ireland during the famine Aerial View, Estuary Of River Boyne, With Drogheda Photo by: Google Images Up to three ships from the Ottoman Empire sailed up the River Boyne to Drogheda to deliver supplies during the famine, according to a local historian. Both the Drogheda Argus and the Drogheda Conservative newspapers reported on 'foreign ships' that docked at the town of Drogheda from May 10-14, 1847. According to the Drogheda Independent, two of the ships arrived from the Ottoman Port of Thessalonica, which is now known as Salonika. A local historian, Brendan Matthews, said, “The timeframe matches perfectly, but the fact there is no firm documentary evidence may not be a coincidence”. “This is the closest I have come to finding documentation, as there are no shipping records for Drogheda Port at that time,” According to the newspaper, the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Majid Khan sent £1,000 on Wednesday, March 31, 1847, to Dublin Castle.
Mystery Is All There Is, Michael E. Halmshaw interviews Nadeem Aslam The prize-winning novelist on learning English by copying out Moby Dick, politics in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and his compulsion to write from a terrorist’s perspective. Photo courtesy Richard Lea-Hair Since his first novel, Season of the Rainbirds, was published in Britain in 1993, Nadeem Aslam has written three more: the Encore Award-winning Maps for Lost Lovers (2004), The Wasted Vigil (2008), and this year’s The Blind Man’s Garden. After a twenty year wait, his debut is finally due to be published in the United States. “That is how long it can take,” Aslam reflects. “But you have to keep going.” The Blind Man’s Garden is a seemingly impartial account of two Pakistani foster brothers who enter Afghanistan to aid the injured, and the fallout from that voyage, which irrevocably changes their lives and the lives of their family. Talking to Aslam, it becomes quickly apparent how much of what one might consider a normal life he has sacrificed for his work. —Michael E. Nadeem Aslam: Yes.
Beth Reeks scoops book deal after romance stories are read by millions online By Lucy Waterlow for MailOnline Published: 16:21 GMT, 17 December 2012 | Updated: 16:23 GMT, 17 December 2012 A teenager who has been writing novels as a hobby while studying for her A Levels has scooped a book deal after her stories were a hit online. Beth Reeks, 17, was snapped up by publisher Random House after her story The Kissing Booth was read 19 million times after she posted it on the internet. The teenager, who lives with her parents in Newport, South Wales, has been given a three-book deal. Teen writing sensation: Beth Reeks, 17, was snapped up by publisher Random House after her story The Kissing Booth was read 19 million times after she posted it on the internet Beth, who goes by the pen-name Beth Reekles, writes the stories - mostly about romance and teen issues - in her bedroom. She said she was stunned when The Kissing Booth proved so popular. 'I was posting one chapter at a time every couple of days.
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot | julian peters comics julian peters comics A selection of my comics, poetry comics, and other illustration work – All images © Julian Peters – info@jpeterscomics.com Skip to content The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. My complete 24-page comic-book adaptation of the poem “The Love Song of J. To those who have asked me where they can find this in print: The comic only exists online for the time being, but I am currently in the process of looking for a publisher for it. Share this: Like this: 498 Responses to The Love Song of J. Teen author Beth Reeks on her major book deal - video In Newport's Bassaleg Comprehensive, teacher Paula Colebrook turns to one of her pupils: "Beth, can you tell me what the quark structure of the Pi+ particle is?" Beth Reeks, 17, the only girl in her group, answers hesitantly: "Up-antidown?". She's spot on. Meanwhile, 140 miles away at the London Book Fair, this modest schoolgirl's debut novel The Kissing Booth is being paraded alongside posters of the latest titles by Frederick Forsyth, Robert Harris and Helen Fielding. She's just been featured on NBC in the United States, feted as 'shaping up to be the next big thing in literature' . It is a striking juxtaposition with A Level Particle Physics. At the bottom of the front cover of The Kissing Booth it reads 'One Kiss…so much trouble'. It was written, says Beth, out of a frustration at a market which she considered to be saturated with the fantasy themes of "vampires and werewolves". Beth began writing the story during GCSEs.
17-Year-Old Beth Reeks Lands Book Deal After Posting Romance Novel Online A teenage girl has scooped a book deal after her stories were read 19 million times online. Beth Reeks, 17, was snapped up by publisher Random House after her story 'The Kissing Booth' became popular online. The teenager, who lives with her parents in Newport, South Wales has been given a three-book deal even though she hasn't finished her A-Levels. 17-year-old Beth Reeks has been given a book deal Beth, who goes by the pen-name Beth Reekles, writes the stories - mostly about romance and teen fiction - in her bedroom. She said: "I enjoyed writing short stories when I was younger in primary school. "When I started comprehensive school I had a laptop and began writing really long books. "I couldn't say how long, I rarely look at the word count anymore, I just save the stories and store them away on my laptop. "A friend introduced me to the website Wattpad and I was quite excited that there were other authors out there who were my age. "To be published is incredible, it was a really big shock."
The teenage Welsh author matching Fifty Shades of Grey in reader charts She looks like any other 17-year-old girl, sitting at home of an evening furiously Facebooking the classmates she’d only just waved goodbye to at the school gates. But Newport pupil Beth Reeks is unlike other internet-mad teenagers. Her online obsession has earned her a coveted three-book deal with a world-renowned publisher after one story she’d posted on the web for free notched up a staggering 19 million views. And now her teen romance novel, The Kissing Booth, has propelled the Bassaleg Comprehensive student into the iBook charts alongside the likes of international bestsellers like The Hobbit and 50 Shades Of Grey, making her one of the hottest properties in the literary industry today. “If I sound calm it’s probably because it hasn’t all really sunk in yet, to be honest,” says Beth, who adopted the pen name Reekles from the nickname given to her by friends. “Not being that confident about what I was writing I liked the fact it was all done anonymously and thought I’d give it a go.”
Interview with Laura van der Heijden | London Cello Society Interview with Laura van der Heijden – recent winner of the BBC Young Musician competition By Helen Neilson, August 2012 Laura van der Heijden recently won the prestigious BBC Young Musician Competition, aged 15. She performed the Walton Cello Concerto with the Northern Sinfonia in the final round, shown on national television. How did it feel to be awarded first prize in such a major competition? Overwhelming! How did it feel to go onstage in front of the cameras and such a huge audience? Everything else just fell away and I really enjoyed myself! How did you prepare? Of course the cello practice is fundamental! Did you grow up in a musical environment? I always enjoyed dancing to music when I was little. When did you start playing the cello? I started playing the cello age 6, after having started recorder age 4 and piano age 5. How do you balance your cello practice and concerts with school work? After doing my grade exams, I stopped practising scales for a while. Yes!
BBC Four - BBC Young Musician, 2012 - A Winner's Story Laura van der Heijden, cellist Winner of the BBC Young Musician Competition in 2012, cellist Laura van der Heijden has already made a name for herself as a very special emerging talent. At the age of 15, Laura was awarded the title of BBC Young Musician 2012, performing Walton’s Cello Concerto with Kirill Karabits and the Northern Sinfonia at The Sage, Gateshead. In September 2014 Laura was awarded the Landgraf von Hessen Prize at the Kronberg Academy's prestigious international masterclasses. Born in England in 1997 as the youngest daughter of a Dutch father and a Swiss mother, Laura’s musical studies started on recorder at the age of four. Laura's first public performance as a cellist was at the age of 9 with the Jupiter Chamber Orchestra. During her young life Laura has already had many other prizes and awards bestowed on her. Laura lives in Sussex where she is completing her A-levels at her local secondary school and enjoys as much of a teenage social life as her commitment to music allows for.