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Amazon’s Foray into Fanfiction: A World of Their Own?
Amazon’s Foray into Fanfiction: A World of Their Own?
By Iona Holloway
August 12, 2013

Wading through a quagmire of copyright, fair use, fandom and commercialization, writers, readers, publishers and advocates weigh in on Amazon’s Kindle Worlds.

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Moral Fluctuations: A Mad Men Season 6 Wrap-Up [Infographic]
Moral Fluctuations: A Mad Men Season 6 Wrap-Up [Infographic]
By Iona Holloway
June 28, 2013

Plotting the rise and fall of socially acceptable behavior on season six of Mad Men

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Stranger Than Fiction Quiz: Are These Deaths Literary or Literal?
Stranger Than Fiction Quiz: Are These Deaths Literary or Literal?
By Iona Holloway
June 25, 2013

See if you can guess which authors died these strange deaths and which are a work of their own fiction.

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Golden Sets: Recommended Reading for Wimbledon Hopefuls
Golden Sets: Recommended Reading for Wimbledon Hopefuls
By Iona Holloway
June 14, 2013

A sneaky guess at what the players at this year’s Wimbledon tennis championships are perusing in the wee hours.

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iWrite Therefore iAm: The Lowdown on Writing Apps
iWrite Therefore iAm: The Lowdown on Writing Apps
By Iona Holloway
June 11, 2013

All the virtual tools you need to be an organized, efficient writing machine

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Status Cro: A Timeline of the Pastry's Delicious Rise to Fame
Status Cro: A Timeline of the Pastry's Delicious Rise to Fame
By Iona Holloway
June 07, 2013

A timeline documenting the cronut's monopolization of the flaky pastry industry.

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Dyslexia 2k13: A Visual Guide to This Year's Discoveries So Far
Dyslexia 2k13: A Visual Guide to This Year's Discoveries So Far
By Iona Holloway
June 06, 2013

How brain research and technology are changing the face of dyslexia

 

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Pooh Is Just Pooh: Why Dissecting Children’s Books is Plain Old Mean
Pooh Is Just Pooh: Why Dissecting Children’s Books is Plain Old Mean
By Iona Holloway
May 31, 2013

In the spirit of ironically saving kid literature, here are five examples of when Pooh is just Pooh, but if Pooh and Crew were around today, who/what they would be doing (but not like that, because we’re kids, remember).

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Crack TV: The Dangers of Our Marathon TV Watching Habits
Crack TV: The Dangers of Our Marathon TV Watching Habits
By Iona Holloway
May 28, 2013

How addictive internet-based marathons wreck characters and plots in traditional television shows.

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Pleased to Creep You: Seven Peeping Toms in Literature
Pleased to Creep You: Seven Peeping Toms in Literature
By Iona Holloway
May 23, 2013

A lusty appetite for staring through windows and keyholes, preying on people’s privacy, has been a problem since Godiva, and these seven peeping Toms carry on the sordid tradition.

 

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