The International Writer's Magazine: Our Tenth Year - March 2009

Destinations: Travel stories & guides

Opinion: Politics & Issues

Lifestyles: Ways of living

The Teacher Ilana Levi in Belize Everyone but Martha put on their diving masks and snorkels. She had dreaded this moment The Heart of Cairo Chris Wright A journey into the largest city in Africa Bears in the Woods Floyd Frank I saw a trail up Pompey Peak on a topographic map. It started at an elevation of 1000' just east of Randall. Breathlessly beautiful Bath Marianne de Nazareth I had to visit Bath, in Somerset, Boracay Jon W Wick I know the source of those tourist ad campaigns where a sweeping shot of the most beautiful beach imaginable is shown... A Ganges Experience Morgan Helme Slowly and deliberately, she lowered her face to her hands as they dropped scoops of water over her head North to Alaska - Parts 5/8 Sam Black We left Jasper National Park at 0600 hoping to find a bear early in the morning. We are heading northwest to Kluane Glacier

CDOs - The Other Shoe Dean Borok If you believe that this is the end of endlessly shoveling money into the AIG black hole, think again. The other shoe has yet to drop Send in the Clowns James Campion For two consecutive weeks, the shenanigans of a radio talk show commentator and a Comedy Central satirist infused their will on the vox populi. Viva Espana James Skinner The trouble is that no Spanish government official has dared to mention the forthcoming financial Tsunami despite the warnings from the tour operators and travel agencies Lisbon’s Praça de Dom Pedro IV Georgi Dagnall The lovely square called Praça de Dom Pedro IV has for centuries been one of the most popular squares in Lisbon and the center of much of Lisbon's activity. Bringing Aung San Suu Kyi Into a Cambodian Classroom David Calleja Raising awareness of the plight of Aung San Suu Kyi among students through music in rural Cambodia leaves a song in their heart. In Praise of our President Lois Tietzel Hope is still there. Are we going to let our fire get put out by this Recession, Depression or whatever Financial Crisis? I say, hell no.

Nivali - Mozambique Erik Kristensen History seen through a community the history of Africa is written in the faces of the people who live it through their daily struggle Vermont Keith Perkins It was of Vermont in winter that the poet Robert Frost once mused: "The woods are lovely, dark and deep But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep..." Balkan Parties Rob Rigney Balkan parties reflect the new face of a city which is more and more stamped by its immigrant populations, and they offer something techno can’t: soul, pathos and hot-blooded Balkan wildness. Catch a ride to Whistler Jane Cassie Whistler is definitely the place for making tracks -now you can get there on The Whistler Mountaineer The Consul and the Serpent - Part Two - A Lighthouse Mourns James Skinner ‘The storm was in full swing; the sea as rough as ever. Dawn was about to break on another bleak November morning in the north-western coast of Galicia, Spain The Hyphernate David Russell Today, at most ad agencies, you're either a Writer or a Producer. But, in my days, being a Hyphenate was not unusual.

FICTION plus

Reviews

REVIEWS Film & Books

Journal of Chas. Templeton, Esq. Greg Mosse What a rude awakening, before dawn and before my people were abroad, with the banging of a phantom fist upon my shutters One More For the Road Gordon Ray Bourgon They agreed: one more, that’s it. The killings were getting harder. The Mystery of the Missing Mother Mary Colvin No one could quite pinpoint exactly when Mother vanished although they spent some time trying to figure it out. On Reading The Gambler by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Matt Alison Preparation to read The Gambler by Dostoyevsky started in January on a cold Sunday afternoon in Manhattan. Language of the Birds Ryan Madej I vaguely remember the day I saw the article in the newspaper mentioning rather matter-of-factly that Rene Elias had vanished The Blue Plastic Bag Rani Drew It was on one such rainy and windy day that a blue plastic bag found out its outreach. The story of its trajectory goes like this.

Watchmen Directed by Zack Snyder. Jack Clarkson & Russ Thomas Two rival reviews for the graphic novel adaptation West Beirut Hiten Samtani 10 years after its release, West Beirut remains the freshest and most poignant war film that I've seen. Love ya Babe by Chris Higgins Fleur Homfray For a male author Chris Higgins writes convincingly from a female perspective and effortlessly put his mind into a young woman’s psyche The Wrestler Darren Aronofsky’s Mission in Mainstream Transition Dean Betts Aronofsky’s latest film, The Wrestler, completes his evolution from art-house moviemaker to mainstream money-maker Changeling by Steve Feasey A Jen Ames Review Changeling, with its host of underworld nasties, promised to give me something to sink my teeth into, be they vampiric, lycanthropic or human.

Gone by Michael Grant Hardcover: 576 pages Egmont - Out April 6th 2009 Exciting, gripping story of a small town in California where everyone over the age of 15 vanishes. Lord of the Flies meets Heroes. Notorious (2009) Ruby C Harrison Okay, so its 5.45 on a slightly gray, miserable Wednesday. But it is also Orange Wednesday, and I’m off to the cinema with the lads. Waltz With Bashir (Vals Im Bashir) Directed and written by Ari Folman. Paul Rumble A pack of twenty six snarling dogs rampage through a middle eastern city, slavering and snarling, sending pedestrians and tables scattering.

Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em and little fleas have lesser fleas ...ad infinitum - Augustus de Morgan

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