Monthly Archives: September 2011

WEST HOLLYWOOD BOOK FAIR

This weekend, the West Hollywood Book Fair will be held on Sunday October 2. If you’re in LA this weekend, please plan to come and spend a couple hours at the fair. I’ll be on a panel at 1130 AM … Continue reading

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Busy 2 weekends

Thanks to all the book clubs who hosted me (and the good food!) and thanks also to Barnes & Noble Valencia for hosting the panel discussion, Lori the event coordinator, and Jackie Vick, the moderator,  Anne Carter my co-panelist.

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West Hollywood Book Fair

The 10th annual West Hollywood Book Fair is coming up Sunday October 2nd, 2011. This is one of the largest and most lively book fairs I’ve attended over the years. This year, I’ll be on a panel discussion called   … Continue reading

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Hardware Scavengers

Alexis Madrigal, senior editor at The Atlantic and author of Powering the Dream has written an article called The Hardware Scavengers of Ghana about the dangerous world of TV and computer recycling in Accra’s Agbogbloshie slum. It features some of … Continue reading

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Electronic waste in Ghana: a mountainous problem

Ever wonder where your electronic waste (e-waste) – computers, TVs, and the like – ends up? When we go to those hazardous materials depots in different cities, most of us imagine that all this stuff goes to a special “hazmat” … Continue reading

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Connie Martinson Talks Books with Quartey – Part 2

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Fighting corrupt government

Did you know there was a Voice of Russia (VOR) like Voice of America (VOA)? Neither did I until I found myself doing an interview with them that they called Children of the Street: Fighting corrupt government.

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Africa’s crime writers are coming to the fore

Cary Darling, McClatchy Newspapers, has written an interesting article about Africa’s crime writers:

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