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- Book review: We Are All Made Of Glue by Marina Lewycka
- In case you were wondering: yes, the Holocaust, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the 1984 U.K. coal miners’ strike can in fact all coexist in one kooky-comic novel. Never mind that We Are All Made of Glue initially seems like a quaint,…
- Georgia Straight
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- 04/02/2010
- Marina Lewycka’s 50-year journey to the Promised Land
- I’ve been a published writer for almost five years now. But before that I was an unpublished writer for more than 50. People say: “So what kept you going? Why didn’t you give up?” But it’s not quite like that. I wrote my first “poem” at ...
- Times Online
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- 07/02/2010
- Campaign encourages 'silver scribblers' to write books
- The Bookbite project is run by reading charity Booktrust and has the backing of leading writers such as Sir Andrew Motion and Marina Lewycka. The government-funded campaign will offer advice and competitions through its website and…
- BBC UK News
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BBC UK News- It's time to put your husbands first, ladies
- Got your childcare sorted for half-term? Did one of you manage to take next week off to be with the kids or have you roped in kind grandparents (I have)? Or perhaps you booked a soccer or drama course to keep the Little Darlings occupied?…
- Daily Mail
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- 5 hours ago
Daily Mail- Are you a "silver scribbler"? It's never too late to become an…
- ... word processors – to write their memoirs. This morning, the BBC, in reporting on the Bookbite project, cites Frank McCourt (who published first book "Angela's Ashes" at the age of 66) and Marina Lewycka (who was 59 when her debut novel,…
- The Christian Science Monitor
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- 1 day ago
The Christian Science Monitor- Competition gives over-60 writers chance to start new chapter…
- The competition is backed by a number of leading older writers including Val McDermid, the crime novelist, Marina Lewycka, author of the award-winning A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian , and Andrew Motion, the former Poet Laureate.
- Times Online
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- 07/02/2010