Posts Tagged "authors"

Celebrity Chat: Bring Back Our Girls

Posted by on Aug 10, 2016 in Critic's Area | 0 comments

It has been just over 4 weeks since I sponsored the Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) international conference. So thrilled to see the best CMCS video on Celebrity Chat Season 2 already! It makes you think about the role (or failures) of fame in Bring Back our Girls campaign, which is what award-winners Dr Susan Hopkins and Dr Jenny Ostini discuss. Watch till the end and tell us what you think.  Tweet to www.twitter.com/celeb_studies to be part of a dialogue that this exclusive video has generated. Also join our associate press WaterHill Publishing at...

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Writing in Transit

Posted by on Mar 2, 2015 in Critic's Area | 0 comments

Dear Readers, Hope March started off well for all! It is a pleasure to update that I just received Celebrity and the Media from University of Portsmouth in the UK. I am looking forward to reviewing the book for Routledge publishers next month. I received the offer while I was travelling from Australia to Canada. You can have a glimpse of my latest journey here:   https://instagram.com/samitanandy. In Australia, my co-author Dr Hilary Wheaton and I had the honour and pleasure to speak at the inaugural Persona Studies symposium.  The talk was based on an area that we are passionate about: the...

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