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Prison Book Club win Prize

August 5, 2005 at 10:10pm

A Surrey prison has won an award for its book group but inmates have been stopped from taking up the prize of a visit to Edinburgh. Second prize winners, nine women from the Isle of Islay, instead claimed the all expenses-paid trip to the Edinburgh book festival.

Their books included Patrick Suskind's Perfume, about a psychopath. They also looked at Bram Stoker's Dracula and Mark Haddon's Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, a light-hearted tale of a boy with autism. Rachel Seiffert's Booker Prize-shortlisted The Dark Room, which looks at the effects of World War II on Germany, was also among the titles studied. The group which came second is going to the Edinburgh Book Festival because obviously the prison group can't go

Award spokesman

One inmate from the High Down group, known as Jamie, said meeting Hornby for a reading session of his new book, A Long Way Down, was "incredible".

"We are delighted that the judges saw something appealing in our reading group."

Another inmate said the group was "a breath of fresh air, a monthly release when close to despair". The group also received £200 in book tokens, but will miss out on the main prize. Instead the Isle of Islay Book Group will attend a celebrity panel event and meet a Penguin author when they go to the festival.

A spokeswoman for the award said the women, from Port Ellen, were taking up the award because of the "exceptional circumstances".

"The group which came second is going to the Edinburgh Book Festival because obviously the prison group can't go."

Six groups were shortlisted for the prize, which is in its fourth year.



What can you say about this? I think it’s great news that prisons are educating inmates in this way, this is the way forward for prisons and prisoners will learn a lot from the type of books they read, and also it is, as was said, an apt release from a punishment that they no doubt rightly deserved. It’s sad that the inmates don’t get to receive their prize, but I suppose it’s fair enough – however you would have thought they would have gotten “something else” instead. Anyway this is a heart-warming story in it’s self, worthy of being put into words maybe!?

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Church Makes Da Vinci U-Turn

July 29, 2005 at 1:01am

The book is the best i've read! And that is not overreacting. It is simply literacy genius from start to finish. It’s been condemned as “shameful and unfounded” by the Catholic Church who even appointed one of its top cardinals to expose the novel as a lie! But finally they have seen sense, today the Catholic Enquire Office set up a website with articles, images and prayers to stimulate interest in Catholicism again. Rather than seek to ban the Da Vinci Code (which would only add more fuel to the Code’s spreading fire) the Church is now going to use the new interest it is creating in religion as an opportunity to look at people’s spirituality and provide accurate interpretation of some of the facts “distorted” in the book.

NOT only that, but the book has moved to the next level, up beside the likes of Shakespeare for it too could soon be taught in schools (article in Times Education Supplement 29th July). It’s good to see the Catholic Church is embracing not banishing questions about it’s religion. I’m very impressed not may religions would do that, it took some time, but it seems they have seen sense.

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Something Corporate Tattoo

July 17, 2005 at 10:40pm

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And there you have it! My SoCo tattoo, man i love it...

Man that looks sore!...and matter of fact it isn't, and didn't hurt one bit...more to come soon.

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Something Corporate

July 9, 2005 at 10:04am

WHOW, and HELL YEAH at the same time. Today, your average Saturday (apart from the fantastic Sun - this weather rocks!) my new Songs for Silent Movies Something Corporate CD arrived, this is a limited CD, and of the best band in the world bar none! Andrew, the lead singer, is currently recovering from Leukaemia, and at the age of 23 that is a hellacious thing to have to go through, listening to this CD has reminded me how much this man affects so many lives with what he writes. And it's such great news to hear he is over the worst of this massive obstacle life has thrown his way.

The rest of this day will be filled up by the Llandrindod Wells Carnival, which should be a laugh! Then, me-mattie and a host of other mates are getting together for some drinks, maybe listen to the new SoCo CD and definitely put on the Drop Kick Murphy’s DVD! All in all looks like being a good day.

Hope yours holds the same promise, all the best.

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My First Ever Blog

July 9, 2005 at 2:17am

well, here we are, July 9th 2005 - I'm 22 years old, been a member of Runboard over a year, got my website and forum up and running, an "internet freak" some might say, yet this day is the day of my first EVER Blog! So, what to do, i wanna make it real special, something to mark this most special of occasions! But hay, wouldn't you know, i've got writers block, not good from somebody who claims to be a writer!

Anyway, until i think of something to add, something worthy of this sacred occasion, then i'm afraid i'll have to leave anybody who has dared to enter this blog, very, very unsatisfied and totally underwhelmed!

Have a good day, live life to the fullest, and VISIT MY FORUM!!!

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Hello, the names Kevin Martin and i hale from that "not so fantastic" town of Llandrindod Wells. Decided to start a writing board to help gain experience and knowledge from other writers, over time it’s progressed to one of the greatest online communities ever. I play footy and work when I’m not on the forum writing, and enjoy all three to some exstent!

 

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