Reading competes with many entertainment options today. Fiza Pathan illuminates what parents need to know about reading and the modern child. Source: Reading and the modern child: Getting your child to read Fiza Pathan is a teacher, author, poet, and publisher. An author of ten award-winning books, she is also the recipient of more than forty international literary awards. … [Read more...] about Reading and the modern child: Getting your child to read
Interviews
Author Interview: Judith Barrow
About the Author: Judith Barrow has an MA in Creative Writing, B.A. (Hons.) in Literature, and a Diploma in Drama and Script Writing. Her short stories, poems, plays, reviews and articles have been published throughout the British Isles, notably in several Honno anthologies. Her play, It’s Friday so it must be Fish was performed at the Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea. A short … [Read more...] about Author Interview: Judith Barrow
Author Interview: Col Ajay Singh (Retd.)
About the Author Colonel Ajay Singh served in the Indian Army for 28 years. Many of the events described in the book are based on personal experiences during his military career. He is the author of the books, The Battles that Shaped Indian History (released in October 2011) and A Spectrum of Modern Warfare, (released May 2013) and is a renowned public speaker who speaks … [Read more...] about Author Interview: Col Ajay Singh (Retd.)
Author Interview: Jane V. Blanchard
Jane V. Blanchard is the author of the Woman on Her Way series. Since her retirement in 2011, she has visited sixteen countries by foot and by bicycle and written two books about her wanderings. Now 65 years old, she plans more backpacking trips and books. Which was the first ever long journey you ever took & how was that journey special for you? After graduating from … [Read more...] about Author Interview: Jane V. Blanchard
Author Interview: Mary Smith
An instructive, educative, and revealing interview with Author, Poet, Journalist and Blogger: Mary Smith. FP: You describe yourself as an author, poet and journalist but, from all these three designations, which do you think defines you most of all? Mary: I think it all depends on what I am working at the time! It’s probably the combination of all three which defines me. FP: … [Read more...] about Author Interview: Mary Smith