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Boardman’s B.R. Laine releases four-part book

PITTSBURGH — Rose Dog books announces the release of a four-part book, “Tales from Suffolk County,” written by Boardman resident B.R. Laine. The book is a compilation of a variety of mysterious short stories.

B.R. Laine was born in Northeast Ohio. He received a bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University and a law degree from Cleveland State University. He practiced law from 1973 through 2008.

For more information, contact Rose Dog books at 701 Smithfield St., Pittsburgh, PA 15222. To place a book order, call (800) 834-1803.

Leavittsburg author releases third novel

FREDERICK, Md. — Leavittsburg resident Victoria Perkins has published another book, titled “Three, Two, One,” with PublishAmerica.

The murder mystery has the protagonist trying to solve her sister’s killing and to clear her own name. The book follows her two other novels, “Reeve’s’ Island,” published in 2005, and “The Last Summer,” published in 2007. In addition, she has published several short stories and written six dramas for a local high school.

The author has a degree in English from Kent State University. For more information, visit publishamerica.com.

‘A New Earth’ study planned at Ursuline Center

CANFIELD — Now Creations is sponsoring an ongoing book study of Eckhart Tolle’s “A New Earth” facilitated by Vince Lisi. The first class will take place from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. Thursday at the Ursuline Center, 4280 Shields Road.

A free-will donation of $10 each session is requested but not required. Call Now Creations at (330) 788-9965 to register for class or for more information.

Poetry reading downtown

YOUNGSTOWN — Pig Iron Literary & Art Works will present 2nd Tuesday Open Poetry Reading on Tuesday at Tomasino’s Pizza & More, 103 W. Federal Plaza West.

The reading begins at 7:30 p.m. Readers are invited. Sign up at the door.

Awards

Six women writers win $25,000 Jaffe awards

NEW YORK — Three poets, two fiction writers and a nonfiction writer have won $25,000 prizes given annually to emerging women authors.

Poets Vievee Francis, Janice Harrington and Heidy Steidlymayer; fiction writers Lori Ostlund and Helen Phillips; and nonfiction writer Krista Bremer are this year’s recipients of the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Awards.

E-MATTERS

Sony plans a Kindle rival with wireless downloads

NEW YORK — Sony plans to offer an e-book reader with the ability to wirelessly download books. That adopts a key feature of the Kindle from Amazon.com and enhances the competition in a small but fast-growing market.

The $399 Reader Daily Edition will be on the market by December, Sony executives said recently. The device, which has a 7-inch touch screen, will be able to get books, daily newspapers and other reading material over AT&T Inc.’s cellular network.

Sony has produced e-book reading devices with “electronic ink” displays for the U.S. market since 2006, but has seen most of the attention stolen by Amazon.com Inc., which launched the Kindle in 2007. The latest version of the Kindle costs $299.

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