Category: Archive

  • Link-N-Blogs Apr 5

    “And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” –Sylvia Plath Curious George Goes Digital: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt launched CuriousGeorge.com this week. This popular monkey is the face…

  • 4 Ways to “Show Don’t Tell”

    Have you ever heard the expression “show don’t tell?” Most people learn this expression when they are being taught to write in school, but the concept is very much important to anyone who wants to create a story. It is important to show the readers the world you are creating…

  • Visiting Author: Quentin Falk

    As a part of the University of North Georgia’s Visiting Authors program, British film critic, Quentin Falk, will be giving a talk and film screening. On Tuesday, April 9, Falk will be presenting “From True Lives to True Crime: Cinema, Celebrity & the Courtroom” in Shott Auditorium at 7:30 PM.…

  • Larry Weill Book Signing

    On Thursday, March 28, the University Press of North Georgia hosted a book signing and reading by Kentucky author Lawrence Weill on his recently published book, Incarnate. Incarnate follows a mother named Lara Joyner who believes that her eldest son, Dale, is the second coming of Christ. Weill states this…

  • “Jack the Giant Slayer” Film and Novel Review

    *Potential Movie Spoilers It is quite possible that anyone who used to have bedtime stories read to them as a child had “Jack and the Beanstalk” read to them at one point. The old English fairytale is so well-known that it has spawned numerous versions across the ages. Benjamin Tabart…

  • Stories We Love to Hate

    People who truly enjoy reading always have a list of books that they love for various reasons. Whether it is the way it’s written, the message, or the characters, people tend to read and re-read certain books. However the interesting fact is that people also tend to identify one book…

  • Larry Weill Book Signing Event

    The University Press of North Georgia will be hosting a reading by Lawrence Weill of his novel Incarnate (BlackWyrm) on March 28, 2013 from 12:30 to 1:30 in the Library Technology Center, 2nd floor classroom. After the reading, the audience will have the opportunity to meet with Weill and have…

  • Infograph: The History of Textbooks and Eductation

    Did you know: Greeks used texts intended for education laying the groundwork for future textbooks The first educational institutions, known today as universities, were established in France, England, and Italy Boston Latin School, established in Massachusetts, became the first public school in the United States Infograph courtesy of bookpatrol.net