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SUMMARY:Poking the Bear: The Art of Writing Humour
LOCATION:Alton\nAlton
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DESCRIPTION:An interactive talk with author Rod Carley.\nhttps://bpl.libne
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Satire is a serious business and making it
  look easy is the art of successful humour writing. Using readings from hi
 s new collection of interconnected short stories\, <em>Grin Reaping</em>\,
  Rod Carley discusses and demonstrates the literary and humour devices beh
 ind effective satirical writing. A Different Drummer Books will be onsite 
 selling books for signing after the talk.</p>\n<p>Presented in partnership
  with A Different Drummer Books</p>\n<h3>About the Presenter</h3>\n<p>Rod 
 Carley is the award-winning author of <em>Grin Reaping</em> (2022)\,&nbsp\
 ; <em>Kinmount</em> (winner of the Silver Medal for Best Regional Fiction 
 from the 2021 Independent Publishers Book Awards and one of ten books long
 listed for the 2021 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medallion for Humour)\, and <
 em>A Matter of Will</em> (finalist for the 2018 Northern Lit Award for Fic
 tion).</p>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\;">Borrow <a href="https://burl
 ington.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S194C312743">Grin Reaping</a> from our 
 collection<br /></span></p>\n<p><span style="color: #000000\;">Workshop lo
 cation: Alton Branch\, Program Room</span></p>\nhttps://bpl.libnet.info/ev
 ent/7402268
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