![]() ![]() On 12 June 2008 he was awarded an honorary Doctorate from the University of St Andrews in Scotland. He is married to Eva Bergman, daughter of Ingmar Bergman. ![]() Recently he built up his own publishing house (Leopard Förlag) in order to support young talents from Africa and Sweden. He now spends at least half the year in Maputo working with the theatre and writing. Mankell took part in the party's activities but never himself joined the party.Īfter living in Zambia and other African countries, Henning Mankell was invited to become the artistic director of Teatro Avenida in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. In the 1970s Mankell moved from Sweden to Norway and lived with a Norwegian woman who was a member of the Maoist Communist Labor Party of Norway. In his youth Mankell was a left-wing political activist and a strong opponent of the Vietnam War, South African apartheid and Portugal's colonial war in Mozambique. ![]() In the following years he collaborated with several theaters in Sweden. At the age of 20 he already started a career as author and assistant director at the Riks Theater in Stockholm. Mankell's father, Ivar, was a judge and his grandfather, also called Henning Mankell (1868-1930), was a composer. Mankell was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and grew up in Sveg (Härjedalen) and Borås (Västergötland). ![]()
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![]() ![]() Kelly has done work on The Blackwell pages, a middle grade fantasy trilogy, written alongside co-author Melissa Marr.Īlong with various novellas and short stories, Armstrong has been responsible for three novels in the crime genre, a first for the largely fantasy focused writer. First published in 2001, the author has so far written 21 novels.ġ3 of these novels fall within the formerly titled Women of the Otherworld series, with six constituting Darkest Powers, another popular series, and the single book within the Age of Legends story. Kelly Armstrong is a Canadian writer responsible for spawning the intricate world of the Otherworld series. ![]() The Otherworld series is notable for its expansive world, utilizing an impressively wide array of supernatural elements, as opposed to restricting its stories to a single facet as is common with most novels in the fantasy genre. Initially revolving around a select species of supernatural entities, the Otherworld series has come to encompass a massive collection of otherworldly beings and creatures, these including witches, werewolves, necromancers, sorcerers, demons, ghosts, shamans and vampires. The series primarily constituted stories taking place in the backdrop of contemporary North America, utilizing supernatural characters within a setting such as this, peppered with strong romantic elements. The Otherworld series first found fame under the title ‘The Women of the Otherworld’. ![]() ![]() ![]() In the turbulent region that used to be the stable empire of Al-Rassan, petty kings vie for power. Hauntingly evocative of medieval Spain, The Lions of Al-Rassan is both a brilliant adventure and a deeply compelling story of love, divided loyalties, and what happens to men and women when hardening beliefs begin to remake - or destroy - a world. Sharing their interwoven fate - and increasingly torn by her feelings - is Jehane, the accomplished court physician, whose own skills play an increasing role as Al-Rassan is swept to the brink of holy war, and beyond. ![]() ![]() In the dangerous lands of Al-Rassan, these two men from different worlds meet and serve - for a time - the same master. Meanwhile, in the north, the conquered Jaddites' most celebrated - and feared - military leader, Rodrigo Belmonte, driven into exile, leads his mercenary company south. King Almalik of Cartada is on the ascendancy, aided always by his friend and advisor, the notorious Ammar ibn Khairan - poet, diplomat, soldier - until a summer afternoon of savage brutality changes their relationship forever. The Asharite empire has splintered into decadent city-states led by warring petty kings. The ruling Asharites of Al-Rassan have come from the desert sands, but over centuries, seduced by the sensuous pleasures of their new land, their stern piety has eroded. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Of her three sisters, the one she was closest to, both in age and affections, was Claire. I wanted to stay longer, but I couldn’t.” “It was too good a job for me to turn down, Syb. “Us models need our beauty sleep,” Claire said, trying to look haughty, but failing miserably. “We’d just moved in, and Nicky was still smarting, and you could only stay until lunchtime because you had to work the next day.” “I don’t recall that as an especially fabulous time.” “We were together at Christmas,” Claire pointed out. “This is going to be the best birthday I’ve ever had,” Sybil declared. They dropped us off here, and went back to their apartment. “We were on the same flight as Evvie and Sam. “She’s downstairs cleaving unto Nicky and Megs,” Claire replied. “Thea came, too?” she asked, not believing her good fortune. “‘My baby sister is sixteen.’ She used to be unbearable before she turned eighteen, and now, she’s even worse.” “Thea kept weeping, all during the plane ride,” Claire said. “I don’t believe you turned out as well as you did,” Claire said. ![]() “Let me get a look at you,” Claire demanded, and she checked Sybil out carefully. She had hoped Claire and Thea would come for her birthday, but Sebastian family finances were such that nothing could be counted on, not even the plane fare from New York to Boston. Sybil Sebastian pulled her sister Claire to her and enveloped her in a hug. I wouldn’t miss your sixteenth birthday for anything.” ![]() ![]() ![]() The pairing of these two was deliberate as their boss, SAC Manning, desperately wants to find enough evidence to bring Kennedy down off his pedestal-a place where his near flawless field work in putting serial killers behind bars has put him. The Mermaid Murders introduces us to a new team of FBI agents, Sam Kennedy and Jason West. This author has been on my to be read list again and again and so I thought who better to begin my Reading Challenge Month 2016 TBR Week than someone who leaves me satisfied each and every time. When I read a mystery novel, I want one that keeps me guessing and is intelligently written and that just about sums up what Lanyon delivers every time. There is a reason that author Josh Lanyon has landed on my auto-buy list and it has everything to do with the consistent delivery of top-notch mysteries that center on plot and character rather than endless bouts of sex and weak story lines. Buy Link: Amazon | All Romance | Amazon UK ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Before Olive can spin an explanation, Adam arrives and acts warmly toward her, which convinces Olive’s friend their relationship is genuine. Olive haltingly explains her situation, apologizes for the kiss, and runs away, hoping she never sees him again.Ī few days later, Olive’s friend corners her in the lab. Adam has a reputation for being mean and terrifying, and he demands an explanation. ![]() Desperate to appear on a date, Olive kisses the first man she sees, who turns out to be Adam. Olive is working in the lab on a night she said she’d be on a date when she sees her friend walk by. His wise words convince Olive that grad school is the right path, and two weeks later, she accepts an offer to study at Stanford.Īlmost three years later, Olive is trying to convince her best friend that she’s over her ex-boyfriend so her friend, who is interested in her ex-boyfriend, will date him. While she waits in the bathroom for her eyes to stop watering, she meets Adam Carlsen, one of the foremost biology researchers in the world-though she doesn’t learn it was him until the end of the book. Two years before the main events of the story, Olive’s expired contacts act up right before her interview for Ph.D. Olive’s research focuses on pancreatic cancer, but each chapter begins with a hypothesis about Olive’s love life or choices as is relevant to the chapter’s contents. The Love Hypothesis is set in modern-day America and follows Olive Smith, a 26-year-old graduate student of biology at Stanford University. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Along the way readers get a glimpse into her life in Sweden, and also become more comfortable with the idea of letting go. Digging into her late husband’s tool shed, and her own secret drawer of vices, Margareta introduces an element of fun to a potentially daunting task. Our Take: The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning is very much a show about the psychology of stuff. Margareta suggests which possessions you can easily get rid of (unworn clothes, unwanted presents, more plates than you’d ever use) and which you might want to keep (photographs, love letters, a few of your children’s art projects). ![]() Her radical and joyous method for putting things in order helps families broach sensitive conversations, and makes the process uplifting rather than overwhelming. ![]() In The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning, artist Margareta Magnusson, with Scandinavian humor and wisdom, instructs readers to embrace minimalism. The gentle art of Swedish death cleaning. In Sweden there is a kind of decluttering called döstädning, dö meaning “death” and städning meaning “cleaning.” This surprising and invigorating process of clearing out unnecessary belongings can be undertaken at any age or life stage but should be done sooner than later, before others have to do it for you. NBCs streaming platform Peacock has ordered The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning from Amy Poehlers Paper Kite Productions and Queer Eye creator, Scout Productions. There’s a very therapeutic element to doing a kind of life review, no matter what theory or practice is encouraging this. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() That same year, in 2013, Ifill joined Woodruff on stage as a presenter for the IWMF’s annual Courage in Journalism Awards, to recognize Syrian honoree Nour Kelze, the video of which can be seen here. And, in 2013, she joined Judy Woodruff, one of the IWMF’s founders, to co-anchor the PBS NewsHour, becoming the first female co-anchor team in network broadcast history. When she began hosting PBS’s Washington Week in 1999, she became the first African-American woman to host a national political TV talk show. In the early 1980s, when most print journalists in America were white men, Ifill was working as a reporter for the Boston Herald American and the Baltimore Evening Sun. Ifill set new standards for journalism throughout her career, and broke past countless barriers along the way. Gwen Ifill was among the most respected journalists of our time, and a trailblazer who epitomized our goal of ensuring a diversity of voices, stories and perspectives in the news media. Annenberg Justice for Women Journalists Award.Fellowship Program for Afghan Women Journalists in Exile.Reproductive Health, Rights and Justice in the Americas.Kari Howard Fund for Narrative Journalism.Fund for Indigenous Journalists: Reporting on MMIWG2T.¡Exprésate! LGBTQI+ Reporting Initiative. ![]() ![]() ![]() All will eventually enter the mind-bending architecture of Slade House and engage in psychic warfare with its denizens. First there’s a geeky teen and his mother, then a hard-boiled detective and a crew of New Wave ghost hunters, followed by a backstory-heavy section framed as an interview with an expert on the case. In episodes that begin in 1979 and end in the present, they lure a succession of human hosts into their Wonderland-like abode. ![]() Tucked into an alley behind a British dive bar is the sprawling and mysterious Slade House, inhabited by the soul-eating, shape-shifting Grayer Twins. Unfortunately, it gives Mitchell’s fans far too little of a good thing. Mitchell’s latest novel is his shortest and lightest to date, and it functions as a sort of entry-level offering from the author of hugely ambitious novels such as Cloud Atlas and The Bone Clocks. ![]() ![]() ![]() To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. The plot centers on a meteorite unearthed somewhere in the Arctic. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Deception Point is a 2001 science fiction and thriller novel by American author Dan Brown. ![]() Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. 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