Writing workshop

Writing workshop

YOUNGSTOWN — Pig Iron Literary & Art Works will hold its monthly Work in Process creative writing workshop Wednesday at Pig Iron Press, 26 N. Phelps St.

The session will run from 7 to 9 p.m. with Jim Villani of Pig Iron Press as facilitator. Writers of all ages and ability are welcome. The cost is $3; reservations are not required. For more about the organization, its workshops and other activities, call (330) 747-6932.

Something to read besides the box

NEWPORT NEWS, Va., — Now here’s a cereal box prize parents can get on board with: Cheerios will give away more than 5 million children’s books inside their boxes from now until January.

The annual “Spoonfuls of Stories” program features five titles from the Simon & Schuster children’s collection. This year’s titles are: “Duck for President,” “When Dinosaurs Came With Everything,” “Romeo and Lou Blast Off,” “Monkey and Me” and “Diego’s Wolf Pup Rescue.”

The books have been sized to fit inside the box, but they feature all of the original content and illustrations. Three of the five titles have been printed in English and Spanish. A special cut-out window on the front will show which book the box contains.

Customers also can donate money to buy new books for children from low-income families through the reading program. For more information, visit spoonfulsofstories.com.

Man Booker Prize

LONDON — Indian author Aravind Adiga won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for his first novel, “The White Tiger,” in which the protagonist uses any means necessary to fulfill his dream of escaping impoverished village life for success in the big city.

Adiga, who lives in Mumbai, is the fourth Indian-born author to win the prize, and joins compatriots Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai. A fifth winner, V.S. Naipaul is of Indian ancestry. At 34, he was the youngest finalist for the literary honor, which carries an $87,000 monetary prize.

The other authors short-listed for the prize were Steve Toltz, Sebastian Barry, Amitav Ghosh, Linda Grant, and Philip Hensher.

Vindicator staff/wire reports