Festival of WHAT?
Jan 27th 2013, 7:04 am
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Festival of WHAT?
I suppose if Deep Purple can headline a Jazz Festival then it isn't stretching things too much further to have, gulp, Jeffrey Archer headline a Festival of Literature???
http://www.emirateslitfest.com./
Still though.......
http://www.emirateslitfest.com./
Still though.......
Jan 27th 2013, 11:08 am
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Re: Festival of WHAT?
I suppose if Deep Purple can headline a Jazz Festival then it isn't stretching things too much further to have, gulp, Jeffrey Archer headline a Festival of Literature???
http://www.emirateslitfest.com./
Still though.......
http://www.emirateslitfest.com./
Still though.......
That's awful!
Jan 27th 2013, 11:13 am
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Re: Festival of WHAT?
I suppose if Deep Purple can headline a Jazz Festival then it isn't stretching things too much further to have, gulp, Jeffrey Archer headline a Festival of Literature???
http://www.emirateslitfest.com./
Still though.......
http://www.emirateslitfest.com./
Still though.......
and...
He is the only author ever to have been a number one bestseller in fiction (fifteen times), short stories (four times) and non-fiction (The Prison Diaries).
Jan 27th 2013, 11:21 am
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Re: Festival of WHAT?
[QUOTE=Scamp;10508153]270m book sales across only a few of his fiction books
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Just goes to show how stupid people vastly outnumber intelligent ones!
*yes I have read one or two of his books - in my defence i was about 13
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Just goes to show how stupid people vastly outnumber intelligent ones!
*yes I have read one or two of his books - in my defence i was about 13
Jan 27th 2013, 11:23 am
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Re: Festival of WHAT?
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Possibly true, but fiction is fiction. Not only idiots read fantasy.
Jan 27th 2013, 11:36 am
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Re: Festival of WHAT?
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I said fantasy but meant fiction really, just didn't want to say fiction again.
Read it as:
Possibly true, but fiction is fiction. Not only idiots read fiction.
Read it as:
Possibly true, but fiction is fiction. Not only idiots read fiction.
Jan 27th 2013, 11:40 am
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Re: Festival of WHAT?
Whatever Archer writes (and plagiarises, let's not forget) it is surely not literature which is what this festival purports to be celebrating. Neither is that Giraffes dancing and business book nonsense for that matter. Aiming surely for the lowest common denominator which, alas, would hardly be a first for Dubai...
Jan 27th 2013, 11:50 am
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Re: Festival of WHAT?
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good point - but surely there is someone who has read a book at some point in their lives making the decisions?
Jan 27th 2013, 12:53 pm
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I think they knew exactly what they were getting and consciously went for the big-name celebrities rather than proper authors. It wouldn't surprise me if Jordan is on next year's list.
Meanwhile, I'm also unsure how they reconcile promoting a festival headlined by such a despicable ex-criminal (destroying other peoples' careers by lying under oath about paying off a prosititute, remember?) with the various sanctimonious public pronouncements about the need to respect Dubai's cultural sensitivities.
Meanwhile, I'm also unsure how they reconcile promoting a festival headlined by such a despicable ex-criminal (destroying other peoples' careers by lying under oath about paying off a prosititute, remember?) with the various sanctimonious public pronouncements about the need to respect Dubai's cultural sensitivities.
Jan 27th 2013, 1:46 pm
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Re: Festival of WHAT?
Actually, I rather enjoyed Cain & Abel... 
ETA: Sorry, that should be Kane & Abel.
ETA: Sorry, that should be Kane & Abel.
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Jan 27th 2013, 2:53 pm
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Re: Festival of WHAT?
On the Deep Purple thing............ they are most famous for their appearance at the Montreux Jazz Festival (immortalised in 'Smoke On The Water') so nothing unusual there........