French-Moroccan writer Leila Slimani smiles at the Drouant restaurant after winning the 2016 Goncourt prize with "Chanson douce" ("Sweet Song"), in Paris, France, Nov. 3, 2016. French-Moroccan writer Leila Slimani won France's prestigious literary prize, the Goncourt, organizers announced Thursday. (Xinhua/John Fiddler)
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Stacy invited to Beirut for TV interview
Best-selling New Zealand children’s author invited to Beirut for TV interview
It’s not every day a New Zealand author is invited to Lebanon for a television appearance, but bestselling children’s author Stacy Gregg, (left - Carolyn Haslett), will be travelling to Beirut next week for an interview on the widely broadcast MBC television talk show ‘Kalam Nawaem’. ‘Kalam Nawaem’ is based on the format of the top US show 'The View'. It is one of the top ten shows in the Arabic world and is broadcast throughout the Middle East and in the United States. The interview will focus on Gregg’s latest novel for children, The Princess and the Foal which was published internationally in November 2013 and became a bestseller over the Christmas period. The Princess and the Foal is a fictionalised account of HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein’s childhood in Jordan after her mother Queen Alia dies in a helicopter crash. On her sixth birthday her father gifts her an orphan foal and so begins an epic tale culminating in Princess Haya defying convention to ride in the toughest equestrian competition in Arabia – The King’s Cup. HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein went on to become an Olympic show jumper and flag bearer for Jordan, and is currently the head of the international governing equestrian body, the FEI. Stacy Gregg’s books in the Pony Club Secrets and Pony Club Rivals series have sold in excess of a million copies worldwide. For The Princess and the Foal Stacy undertook extensive research, travelling to Dubai to get the blessing of Her Royal Highness before embarking on the book. On another trip to Jordan, Stacy visited the stables and other sites that shaped Princess Haya’s childhood, and interviewed long-time friends and acquaintances. Gregg says the story of Princess Haya was a story she personally felt a strong relationship with since her own mother had died when she was young. There has been a huge international response to The Princess and the Foal with rights sold in UK, USA, Commonwealth, France, Germany, Denmark, Slovenia, the Arab countries and China. Source: Article |
On global safari to find the perfect shot
By Robert Dex: Scary: Scots wildlife photographer David Yarrow even escaped an up close and personal meeting with a lioness on the prairie during his global travels He has travelled to some of the world’s remotest destinations and come face to face with deadly animals to capture these stunning images. And Scots wildlife photographer David Yarrow even escaped an up close and personal meeting with a lioness on the prairie during his global travels. Mr Yarrow, from Glasgow, has produced almost 90 black and white pictures of wildlife in some of the harshest landscapes on Earth.
Impressive: Mr Yarrow, from Glasgow, has produced almost 90 black and white pictures of wildlife in some of the harshest landscapes on Earth
Beautiful moment: Among the images are two baby penguins helping each other climb an icy slope in Snow Hill, Antarctica
Covering its mouth: Encounter by David Yarrow is published by Clearview, in affiliation with the conservation charity Tusk, on November 12
Looking at you: This is the moment Scots wildlife photographer Mr Yarrow came face to face with an adult brown bear in the wilds of Alaska
Black and white: Self-taught wildlife photographer Mr Yarrow, who has produced the collection for a new book, took this stunning image of a zebra
Fighting talk: Among the images in the set by Mr Yarrow are a pair of polar bears confronting each other in Manitoba, Canada
Locked together: Mr Yarrow has travelled to some of the world's remotest destinations and come face to face with deadly animals
Staring: This stunning portrait of a razorback gorilla was taken by the self-taught wildlife photographer who is promoting his new book, Encounter Source: http://travelfwdplus.blogspot.in/
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