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ABCtales magazine, Issue 9, out now

The July 2008 edition of ABCtales Magazine is now available as a free download, featuring the cream of recent writing from ABCtales.com:

www.etribes.com/abctalesmag


Me and Mickie James is out!

'Me and Mickie James' by our very own Drew Gummerson is now out and available for purchase.

ABCtales Editor, Tony Cook, reviews it here:


THE WINNERS OF THE GROWING UP COMP ARE....

For prose the prize goes to mori saltson for Just Running:

http://www.abctales.com/story/mori-saltson/just-running

For poetry the prize goes to Leonie for Bank Holiday Monday:


Deadline Approaches on Amazing Live Literature Opportunity.

IF you are a spoken word artist based in the East of England who wants to develop your work then you should be applying for ESCALATOR 2008 LIVE LITERATURE.


Spack's Debut Novel is met with acclaim

Joe Dunthorne, our very own spack (http://www.abctales.com/user/spack) from ABCtales, has had his debut novel Submarine published by Hamish Hamilton and it has met with some great reviews.


A NEW Guideline!

In a bid to get more comments on our writers' work it has been requested that as a general rule we try and put a comment on the work of someone else for every story or poem that we post.


Books for Kenya - to celebrate 15,000 members

We recently passed the 15,000 member mark here on ABCtales and the 15,000th member was one Rachel Mbulwa Mang'eli, who works in a children's library in Mombassa.


Stories and Poems not in English

I'm sorry to say that we cannot accept stories or poems in languages other than English.


Lulu Founder Bob Young talks to ABCtales

Bob Young is a collaborator. As the fourth ranked entrepreneur on Silicon.com’s 2006 list that’s a bit of a surprise. Most hotshot entrepreneurs are not collaborators.


For all the latest literary news...

The blog on Booktribes is great for keeping you up to date with what's happening in the world of books. Just take a look at it here: http://www.booktribes.com/blog/category/news/


ABC visitor figures for 2006

We've decided to publish our figures for 2006 - and they make very interesting reading. More than 58,000 people visited ABCtales more than 200 times in 2006 - which shows we have many thousands of dedicated readers who are not registered users. If you are one of those then please take the effort to register - it does help us!


ABCtales Magazine Issue #3 out now

The third issue of the ABCtales magazine is now available by clicking on the heading of this report...


ABCtales Author gets major publishing deal

Andreas Koumi's first novel, 'The Cypriot', is out now...


Brazil go out in the final report

Aussie ABCtaler Anthony Jucha is filing his World Cup reports from South America - see the 'greatest show on earth' through new eyes...


Hearing Eye launches new website

News of a new poetry based website...


Your e-tribes/life site

You have all received an email about this - possibly two! It seems like a great deal from our point of view - we wouldn't have made the offer if we didn't believe it to be so.

And in the spirit of utter transparency we have declared that if you choose to upgrade your life site and begin to pay money then we will receive a share of that cash - that's good for us and, hopefully, good for you, as it allows us to burgeon.


Mark Brown steps down as editor of ABCtales

As of Tuesday 2nd of May 2006, Mark Brown is stepping down as editor of ABCtales.com.

"I've enjoyed the time I've spent with you all over the last three years, and certainly won't be leaving ABCtales entirely", he says.


Bloggers' books win prizes

The first prizes for books by bloggers have been announced - and we think it's time that ABCtales members featured heavily....


World Book Day - the findings

Many of you took part in the World Book Day 'Happy Endings' survey. Here's the findings...


HAVE YOU TRIED? #1: Sending an email to another ABCtales User

One of the most exciting things about putting your writing onto ABCtales is getting feedback from your fellow users. One way that this happens is through discussion in the 'Discuss Writing From ABCtales.com' discussion forum. Another, more personal way that this happens is through contact by email.