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You can take the girl out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the girl. In addition to releasing her debut EP Highway Songs No. 2 last year, Jack River took the music back to Forster, her hometown in New South Wales, via a specially curated festival called 'Grow Your Own' that featured local bands from the region.
River takes folk and psych elements, and fondues them in pop-sensibility to produce edgy, upbeat tracks. CONVICTS caught up with River in Redfern, Sydney to get her word on the music and rowdiness bred by her hometown, moving to the big city, talking in a Californian accent on tour, and her mixed relationship with Bruce Springsteen.
How's it going? To start can you tell us who you are and where you're from?
I'm Holly from Jack River and we're in my room in Redfern, Sydney.
Where are you from?
I'm from Forster, New South Wales. It's a little town four hours north of Sydney up the coast i had to move here for music.
Let's switch gears a bit. Tell us about Jack River?
Well, Jack River is me. I write all the music and produce it and when we play live it's three boys and I.
Where did the name Jack River come from?
I needed a name and wanted it to feel infinite, like I could do anything with the name or sail anywhere. Me and my friends made up pirate names when we were sixteen and mine was Jack River. It kind of confuses people. Which I like.
How did Jack River's sound evolve over the years?
I grew up writing folk music then moved into psychedelic stuff and tried to write these big psychedelic anthems, then went back to basics with the current songs I have just released. I like to match elements of modern pop with older textures like grungy electric guitars, old pedals and heavy effects. I feel the world is at this collision between the natural world and this new tech life we find ourselves in, so that's what I try to sonically build into Jack River.
There's a number of bands out of Foster. You Skeggs, Los Scallywags-what gives? Are they putting something in the water in Foster?
The Foster thing is interesting in regards to recklessness. There's something interesting about wanting to fuck shit up. Get not necessarily wasted, but wild. Foster is an isolated town, but also a really straight town. The generations before us have been pretty conservative and i think all of us just hate that and want to mess the town up. Now we're in the city and we still want to mess things up. That happens late at night.
Tell us about Grow Your Own.
So I recently curated a festival in my hometown called 'Grow Your Own,' and it was made of all bands that have grown up in our area and are doing well on a national scale. We had Dope Lemon, Angus Stone's new project as the headliner, and I played as well. The whole town and all of the surrounding regions (Newcastle, Byron and Sydney) got on board. We were overwhelmed with the way everyone felt about it and can't wait to do it again.
When the best things happen. Did you have a fuck it moment, when you decided to pursue music and make the move to Sydney?
You have to have that moment a lot in music because you're constantly risking so much stability. I had that moment when I was younger, with continually quitting uni. I was studying environmental science and loved it, but music kept tugging at me so I had to be like 'Fuck it, I'm not doing university.'
What's the most underrated part of Sydney?
Of this city? Strangely a lot of people don't go down to Sydney Harbour. We tend to stick in the city or go to the Eastern Suburbs or the beaches, but going down to Sydney Harbour around Sydney Theatre Company you get real reality check that Sydney's surrounded by water.
How do you escape?
My escape is to the ocean again with nobody around. Definitely my hometown, probably the beach i grew up at, really late in the afternoon when everyone's gone or really early in the morning when no one's there. Or in winter-I love the beach in winter when it's really cold and you're not meant to be there.
Do you surf?
I do, on small waves. I prefer up to two foot but beyond that more of a watcher.
What does that escape do for your headspace?
I've learnt so much about what i want to do from being alone, wherever that is in the world or whether it's in my hometown. Just chilling alone gives you extra time for extra perspective.
Who did you grow up listening to?
So my dad literally only plays Bruce Springsteen. To this day, my whole childhood, he hasn't played any other artist unless someone else puts it on. He's quite a freak in that regard, my mum loves ABBA and Fleetwood Mac so those gals were in the house, which was really cool. Bruce Springsteen and ABBA mixed together is my perfect dream band.
How do you feel about Bruce Springsteen after that?
The Bruce Springsteen thing annoyed me up until I was around nineteen. Then I was like 'Wow, this is going to go on forever, I have to stop and listen to Bruce Springsteen.' Bruce is obviously such an incredible human. His role in American politics and music and in his hometown of New Jersey, along with his incredible music catalogue, is so inspiring. He's definitely like a second Father figure.
What artists hold a special place for you?
I love David Bowie he's one of the only-nah, I won't say only-but few humans who seems to have made us so aware of ourselves in space in an artistic way, which is cool.
What about when you're travelling? What do you listen to when you're on the move?
Neil Young is a go to for everything on a plane. 'Heart of Gold' is a good taking off and touching down song. It makes it feel like you're in a movie when you're traveling.
What essentials do you travel with?
Probably a pen and a black book to write in. I love those black Moleskin diaries-if i have one of those i feel safe, because if anything's happening or you feel weird you just write about it. And definitely headphones.
Any good tour stories?
Something funny the band boys and I do when we're on tour: we go into sound checks in random cities all talking in this Californian accent, pretending to be this band that just flew in from LA. So that's pretty fun, because the people at the venue are like 'Oh my god, who is this band?'
Have you ever been arrested?
Nope not yet.. But one thing that comes to mind is when my friend Lee and I wrote 'Happy Birthday' to someone in the road with house paint we'd found in a building site. We wrote 'haps bday lolz' on the road and the debacle afterwards went on like sixth months. But it was worth it to permanently have happy birthday written on a major road.
What scares you?
What scares me? Running out of time to do cool things. Seeing people not believe in themselves hurts me a lot too.
How do you overcome that fear?
I do stuff! Right now I'm pretty confident in making something from nothing, and doing a lot of things at once, be it a song or a festival or whatever. That sense of trust in my own intention has come through a lot of rejection. People telling you over and over again that you can't do something makes you have to believe in yourself. If you start to trust the haters, then everything feels weird.
That's the truth, Jack River. Thanks for the chat, and best of luck with everything.


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Learning: Stepping Toward Your Next Skill Sets
As babies we learn to eat, crawl, walk, talk … then we go to school to learn more…then we go to work and learn some more. It's human nature to keep learning, so it's no surprise most if not all skills are learned.
To be honest, most skill can't be learnt by a course or 2. So most learning is a process of drip…drip…drip from challenging ourselves. Example: Do a math problem, reading Shakespeare or starting a your own company.
Teaching, mentoring & leadership skill can & are nuture in companies or just life. (especially from parenting)
This post is a reminder, any skills you want takes time & experience. If you want to gain teaching, leadership & careering skill, start taking your steps into a journey to gain these skill … start take your next step now!

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Allen Bill Pond in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada.
As winter begins to release its long, tight grip on Southern Alberta, there is a treasured opportunity to enjoy Easter Monday with family.
The quickest way to the mountains is the drive west on Hwy 66 from south Calgary into Elbow Valley in Kananaskis Country to the winter gate at Elbow Falls.
The gate opens each year on May 15.
The picnic lunch is thoroughly enjoyable in the sun beside fast, white water flowing in the altered flood plain created by the significant flood event of June 2013.
A short, easy hike in sunlight tempered by a cool, gentle breeze provides the opportunity to examine the substantially altered profile of Elbow Falls.
The view over the top of Elbow Falls into the river valley beyond, in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada
Following a short hike on the Prairie Mountain trail just inside the Elbow Falls winter gate, the return hike east explores the flood devastation at Allen Bill Pond. The pond is gone, completely devastated by the June 2013 flood.
The parking area, replaced after the 2005 flood remains relatively intact but the pond is now a field of boulders with streams running through it.
Walkways and picnic grounds have been washed away and one span of the bridge over the Elbow River collapsed.
There is endless supply of stones which can be skipped on the waters surface. Navigating the muddy restoration site to examine the state of the bridge over the Elbow River reveals the collapsed bridge span has been replaced and one alternating lane of traffic over the bridge has replaced the temporary gravel detour of one-way alternating traffic around the bridge.
The foot trail beneath the bridge appears to be sufficiently restored to provide the original link to the Fullerton Loop hiking trail. Shorelines have been fortified and partially restored.
Checking out the status of repairs to the Hwy 66 bridge over the Elbow River near Allen Bill Pond in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada
Approaching the Hwy 66 bridge over the Elbow River near Allen Bill Pond in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada
The trail under the bridge is nearly restored as the link to Fullerton Loop, The temporary one lane road has been removed and one lane on the bridge is restored.
Perimeter repair and reinforcement at the Elbow River near the Hwy. 66 bridge near Allen Bill Pond in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada
The flood plain looking up river from the bridge near Allen Bill Pond in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada
On the muddy walk back along the Elbow River shoreline to the main area of Allen Bill Pond, the extent of flood devastation is obvious. Sections of pathway disappear into open space. Picnic tables and memorial park benches are scattered in debris fields created by raging water in June 2013.
Contrary to 2005, the outhouse at the east end cul-de-sac stood firm in the 2013 flood. Small victories deserve recognition.
Repairs to the bridge over the Elbow River at Allen Bill Pond in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada. Notice the new support structure by a different color. The original support was destroyed by flood water and debris.
One of many picnic tables left in the 2013 flood debris field at Allen Bill Pond in Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada
Trails into space at flood devastated Allen Bill Pond in West Bragg, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada
Park bench torn from the ground by the 2013 flood at Allen Bill Pond, Kananaskis Country, Alberta, Canada
Allen Bill Pond is iconic within the Elbow Valley area of Kananaskis Country. It remains to be seen if the pond will be restored to original, if not better, condition as it was after the 2005 flood. The damage is so severe there may be a possibility the area will remain wild. There is no doubt a great deal of thought and planning is being applied to reduce the destructive exposure of flood conditions along the Elbow River.
Photographs for this post were taken on April 21, 2014.


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LET'S TALK!!! Someone Said "Olamide Has Declined Greatly Compared To The Baddo Of 2013/2014" – Do YOU AGREE?
Three, four years ago, Olamide will easily slot into any "Top three Nigerian artistes" list. He was like a kingpin of a kidnap ring but this time, the Kidnap ring was the music industry.
He ruled with hits, songs that enjoyed long spells on the radio. It was those times we had relatable lyrical content from the YBNL honcho.
Durosoke, Sitting On The Throne, Yemi My Lover from the album, "Baddest Guy Ever Liveth" were all songs that had long spans on the radio and it wasn't surprising when he won Album of the year.
Those were days Wizkid and Davido couldn't compare in terms of the impact Olamide's had on the scene.
But what could have happened to Baddo? 🤔
See what someone tweeted:-
The industry has in recent years been subjected to trends in sounds. Two years ago, Tekno and Davido profited from the Pon Pon sound pattern and in conjunction with new street acts, Mr. Real and Slimcase, Olamide spearheaded Wobey sound.
However, if we're to be honest with ourselves, Olamide's last hit came a year ago with "Science Student".
Experimental singles like Spirit where he tried the South African Gqom sound and Oil and Gas which had him returning to the street instrumentals have not yielded any landmark success.
Lastly, could an international deal change fortunes and return Olamide to his place as the paramount ruler of the music space?
Music enthusiasts have questioned Olamide over refusal to bag an international record deal like this in particular, has helped Burna Boy's global push.
Times have changed now and Olamide's name no longer comes up when we mention the best, three Nigerian artistes.
So Guys 👇
Has Olamide Really Declined Compared To The Baddo We Have In 2013 And 2014?
Let's hear from you
Drop your comments…
Olamide don relent and in the next 2yrs if he continue like this , tha name and fame will surely die down , and his doing like baba isale when he should sit tight and produce a good music ,
Thank God phyno brain don wise up ,Olamide and reminisce are just doin oribu together ( Olamide I hope you're reading this!!!! Everyone has bills and family!! Stop forming family man when you should be writing good lyrics
Olamide of today is just a lazy artist , doesn't wanna crack his brain to write good lyrics
Mr brain or No brain…..No sense for r you at all….u talk sense OK buh which one b fame go die?
Naijaloaded sef lack sense….Oil and Gas no b hit…I hate wen bloggers are not truthful just to go align with the topic….Try and wise up na
Chai….I pity una oooo
Oil and gas wey say he dey top 5 yha saying rubbish here
Na ogun go kill Naijaloaded😂😂😂😂😂😂
He say na Science student be Olamide hit??
So na your papa sing Motigbana abi?? Ogun lo ma gbogbo èyin haters Olamide danu
You people should know know he can't reign forever and to b honest he's not as b4 and can never b
NA hAtE go finish all of una
Is Wizkid of 2015 still d same Wizkid of 2019??
Is Davido of 2017 still d same as Davido of 2019 …Una dey Craze.
Olamide has evolved…dont expect Him to be releasing 5songs in a momth again..The music industry has changed..Eyin oloriburuku…È fi Ölamide silé…we love am like dat
You are one of those that see the truth and act blindly ……olamide has declined seriously,go and die
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Actually, olamide still dominates the street. He's just not into the foreign pattern of music that his contemporaries are into. I believe badoo is still the king of the street Davido and wizkid have gone to this style of foreign music. He's still a champion and I believe he should just stay the way he is because I believe it's too late for him to go international now, he might not be able to catch up with his then rivals. Teal baddo, baddest, starboy ❤
Even Ronaldo dey decline
Messi dey decline
2baba decline
Dbanj Decline
Wizkid decline
Davido decline.
Nobody dey ds world wey no go decline
Jose mourinho self decline
Only God is perfect…
But na Olamide be all of una problem just because him no wan go internstional…make una free ds guy abeg…He still make money and shut down any fucking show…E don use 10years already and he still dey stand tall….All ds yeye One year wonder artiste Na him make u dey talk rubbish abi?? Una dey craze
You are not asking the real question. There were people before him who have come and gone. The moment you are playing lieu and street music you have short life span. He must fade away to give room for fresh new trend lyrics. You cannot eat cake and have it. Let them play evergreen music. We are tired of gbon- gbon- everyday life is not about noisy music.
Beefers must enter river. Na you know who dey decline or recline.
I love Olamide and will continually love him come what may. Does the writer of this article even get a name?….nobody wey dey talk about somebody. Olamide remains my number ONE, so go and die. Evergreen artiste. The name he made in a decade, your 5 generations altogether may not make a quarter of it.
Abegi, someone pass me popcorn jare.
But he is still champion in other areas, better things like impregnating our girls and,of course look at his eyes,bush burning
Olamide still remain the king of the street till date, he is doing his best all the time, Olamide for life,
May u never know peace till u die…Ogun lo ma pa è danu…awön babbaa é ati iya é lo ma fade away iwö ömö ale plateu boy yii
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He loosed no form.
The truth is you can't be on the top forever.
He's been there don that.
Wizkid and Davido despite their international collabos do have some tracks that couldn't make hit.
He stick to his style and there's nothing baf about it.
He knows how to cut his onions and I'm very sure he's gonna come back with great hits.
Hey Malik u too Dull I swear,
down and good d oil and gas hit well buh tell us Dude d Olamide last 4years only hit one song in a year abi, fr example can u count hw many of hisnsomg hit 2015
(Shakiti Bobo,Melo Melo,Lagos boys, and even d album of Nov/Dec wit Matters ar rising in Oct u ar nw talking abt one single song
Hello Common Sense, u ar nt dressing only one dat Love d Guy u here, I Love him to some extent buh if truly u Love d guy u will feel his weakness if truly u listening to him u will feel dat we ar loosing him alrdy.
I Lost listening to Olamide music since ending of last year Dude cos fr d fact dat I Love him he has been a disappointment fr me 😔 d guy really fall my hand I followed him frm Eni-Duro till Motigbana even I just endure till dat he will still get himself bck on time dat it happens dat way sometimes buh NO d guy is trying to delete himself without even knowing Dude wise up
dat's d point dude y u too dull like dis bcos others artist ar also relenting and my performing as dey did b4 dat doesn't mean Olamide should also don't care,i don't care if Wizkid or Davido no dey perform well again 😢 I just want my Óla back I just want him on top except frm d start he was nt doing d hard work fr himself and his fans b4 except if he's doing it fr Wizkid and Davido and other artists dat's nt working hard to b Love by der Fans
fine d guy don get Family sure he has to act as d head and b a responsible Man buh dat doesn't Mean he should nt b a responsible human being to all his Fans cos I as a person I really Love him so much I Love his Music I Love is personalty I Love evrythng abt him I av more dan 450 Song of him iSwesr to God evry single track d one dat he was featured d one dat him he'self feature even his 20 30secs freestyle evrythng I av it till 2018 April I never miss anythng buh d guy av been disappointing me since 2017 nw
Abeg, make Naijaloaded no even bring this kind matter up, if u no get gist for us please lock up… Almost a decade nw, make he kill himself 9 Albums with several single that's not even part or Album… No rapper can try wat Olamide av done not this generation again… It must happen, na only am wan dey rule for life and all these so call new rapper without ordinary One Album. King Baddo, Efile fun omo to sabi #Pawon
Olamide didn't decline it's the evolution in the music industry that is changing every one of them
Cos before their songs are being downloaded for free on any website now it is being sold in apple music store in which not many people have access to it except clubbers and social savvy people who will go and buy the songs
If it had been free then his hits will have been everywhere but all the same he's still making hits and making good music just go create account for apple music and buy his songs and stop waiting for free downloads the music industry is changing we gotta change with it even the movie industry no longer sells or display most of their hit movies on website now they use cinemas where you will have to pay to watch
So if you ain't that social you won't be able to access nice music and movies
Such is life
Lol naijaloaded bloggers are busy laughing at you guys insulting urselves over this issue… Anyways personally I don't consider what's going on with olamide's music a decline.. It's just the simple theory of life… Evolution ..music evolves everyday.. What makes a successful artist is the ability to adapt to the evolution and tag along.. Shebi some months ago if you didn't know how to dance shaku shaku it'll be as if ur from the 80s.. Until Zlatan and naira Marley came along now everyone is doing leg work zanku .. A time Will come when we will move on from leg work.. So this also applies to the artist too..me I'm more of a foreign music person.. This happens to foreign artists too.. Lil Wayne is a legend but today he's not as hot young thug even after dropping his latest album.. Not because he has declined but simply because young thug is the better trapper but drake is so hot because drake can adapt from rnb to rap to trap to pop.. So olamide to me didn't decline in quality he simply hasn't adapted to the current flow…
Olamide is a good artist but he needs to change is pattern of his music they only understand is music in Nigeria alone, olamide needs to upgrade is music to the level of international standards what am saying in essence is to sing with good English so that people will understand the message is passing to the world
Even if olamide decided to be saying rubbish I'm not going to tired of him I love him more than enough if olamide leave music industry today then I will never lieastening or hear hip hop again once a baddo is a baddo forever ybnl flows in my vein but the day I'm going to set my eyes on u I don't known what will happened that day but I known say na good go happened (olamide I love uuuuuu)
That is true…music is now perceived in different ways…you can't dominate for life,that is why he is signing upcoming stars so to remain relevant in the music industry and keep up with his reputation
Na Badoo dey let dem dry compare him with new rappers in d music industry .
If olamide dey feature international musician and making sure he release rap song always , and taking his concert to sold London , American stadium to perform …..
he should be the best rapper in Africa , but he his not thinking …..
let him sign rappers
He should be d best rapper in Africa if he deals with rap back to back …
and rapping in English always i.e rapping as an international musician since he has gain fame , he should start to sold London , America stage to perform always …
and Badoo should be featuring international artiste .
if he is doing all dis , he won't be compare to dos new musician in Nigeria now …..
Olamide don tay na 4 music industry , he should stop all this local stuff now .
Why sacordi dey collect international act , olamide should av sight dat and amend himself but he didn't , by just singing pawon and other song dat can't make him awards and recognition over or across d country…
Badoo should stop all this child act , even dagrin dey rap 4 English na ….
if only Badoo can make Nigeria among other country , like seeing our country as a big country wen singing with d tops in other countries
Why sacordi dey collect international act , olamide should av sight dat and amend himself but he didn't , by just singing pawon and other song dat can't make him awards and recognition over or across d country…
Badoo should stop all this child act , even dagrin dey rap 4 English na ….
if only Badoo can make Nigeria among other country , like seeing our country as a big country wen singing with d tops in other countries
Badoo na boss na , he should know all this , even he is loosing fans everyday ….
look at naira Marley , he rap in English and Yoruba , he knows wen he should say nonsense in his songs , u guys should listen to Davido ft wurld , naira and zlatan , naira rap using English cuz he knows d song can be nominate at anytime and he can gain international recognition than this guy zlatan using Nigeria lambers , ayi , ee ee , ahh , kapachumerimerichupako inside inside international song …..
god should help our rappers in Nigeria .
since u av got ur recognition in nigeria , ur song will always be listen to since u are not new anymore .
That was y obo and Wizkid are not relating with olamide much anymore


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The 100 best fiction, nonfiction books of 2009
If 2009 was a tough year for the book industry (continued layoffs and corporate reorganizations, the growing popularity of e-books, Dan Brown's shocking inability to sell a copy of "The Lost Symbol" to every man, woman and child in America), many fine books nevertheless were published. Authors produced a wealth of diverse memoirs, definitive biographies and memorable novels. It was also a remarkable year for short story collections, many written by women.
We present here our favorite books of 2009: 100 fiction and nonfiction titles, five poetry titles, and 50 notable Bay Area titles. Of course, there are a few additional books we wish we had been able to include - that can happen when tens of thousands of titles get published every year - and we welcome you to post your own lists of favorites at sfgate.com/books. Meantime, here's to being blessed with more good reads in 2010.
All the Living, by C.E. Morgan (Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 199 pages; $23). Readers won't forget Morgan's first novel, a lovely little book set in the bone-poor Kentucky mountains.
The Anthologist, by Nicholson Baker (Simon & Schuster; 243 pages; $25). If you want lightly ironized, sometimes laugh-out-loud funny prose from a hapless fictional poet and a sneaky introduction to poetry that conveys real information despite its fictional disguise, this book will be a delight.
Asterios Polyp, by David Mazzucchelli (Pantheon; 344 pages; $29.95). Mazzucchelli's funny, harrowing and thought-provoking graphic novel is a remarkable portrait of an architect who is forced to build a new life for himself.
Atlas of Unknowns, by Tania James (Knopf; 336 pages; $24.95). This dazzling and deeply absorbing debut novel follows two sisters, one of whom leaves for New York while the other remains in India.
The Believers, by Zoë Heller (Harper; 335 pages; $25.99). Heller takes an acidly anthropological look at a dysfunctional clan's convictions as a patriarch lies in a coma.
Between the Assassinations, by Aravind Adiga (Free Press; 339 pages; $24). Adiga's second book - interconnected stories all set in the fictional city of Kittur - further proves his talents for observation and pinpointing the complexity of modern India.
Blonde Roots, by Bernardine Evaristo (Riverhead; 269 pages; $24.95). Despite the seriousness of the subject - African slave dealers raid the British Isles in this alternative history - a lot of fun rubs off on the reader.
The Book of Genesis, illustrated by R. Crumb (Norton; 224 pages; $24.95). Crumb's literal interpretation of the first book of the Bible is beautifully detailed, fully engaging and, yes, sometimes graphic, but blessedly free of any sophomoric undertones.
Brooklyn, by Colm Tóibín (Scribner; 262 pages; $25). This absorbing, nuanced read - about a young Irishwoman who immigrates to Brooklyn, N.Y., shortly after World War II - gradually surprises us with its moral resonance.
The Children's Book, by A.S. Byatt (Knopf; 675 pages; $26.95). In her majestic novel, the author of "Possession" once again transports us back to the 19th century, this time to its last years, as the Victorian ethos empties into the various channels that led society into the 20th century.
Chronic City, by Jonathan Lethem (Doubleday; 480 pages; $27.95). Lethem's ingenious and unsettling novel gradually diverges into a world where assumptions of what is real dissolve in a puddle of virtual constructs put into place to keep the machine running.
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; 733 pages; $30). Davis' delightful strangeness, in all its range and wonder, is on full display in this treasure, which contains all her stories to date.
Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese (Knopf; 541 pages; $26.95). An epic tale about love, abandonment, betrayal and redemption, this Bay Area writer's first novel is a masterpiece of traditional storytelling that spans three countries and six decades.
Don't Cry: Stories, by Mary Gaitskill (Pantheon; 226 pages; $23.95). Gaitskill is a fiercely empathetic writer, and this collection is wonderfully Machiavellian in its excavation of character.
Drift: Stories, by Victoria Patterson (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 240 pages; $12.95). In Patterson's extraordinary collection of interlinked stories, she introduces us to an unexpected Newport Beach, where many flounder among the yacht-clogged harbors of Orange County.
Every Man Dies Alone, by Hans Fallada (Melville House; 543 pages; $27). Fallada's final novel, a grimly realistic mosaic of Berlin under Hitler, based on the Gestapo file of a couple's quiet rebellion against the Nazi regime, is a belated revelation.
Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned: Stories, by Wells Tower (Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 238 pages; $24). Tower's striking, often savage first collection of stories, about men down on their luck who behave badly, focuses on the cracks in civilization.
A Happy Marriage, by Rafael Yglesias (Scribner; 371 pages; $26). A deeply personal story about infatuation, love, betrayal and loss, Yglesias' largely autobiographical novel is a sprawling yet intimate account of his 27-year marriage that will break readers' hearts while renewing their faith in the institution of matrimony.
Homer & Langley, by E.L. Doctorow (Random House; 208 pages; $26). Doctorow's novel about the lives of the Collyer brothers, the two famous New York City hoarders, transforms into a stately, beautiful performance with great resonance within the narrow range of the siblings' apartment-bound lives.
The Housekeeper and the Professor, by Yoko Ogawa (Picador; 180 pages; 14 paperback). Ogawa has built a quiet and deliberate story of a deepening friendship, one of whose binding agents is the beauty and consolation of math.
I Am Not Sidney Poitier, by Percival Everett (Graywolf Press; 234 pages; $16 paperback). In this tour de force of purposeful nonsense, the title character is a picaresque hero whose increasingly absurd experiences allow readers a funhouse-mirror glimpse into race relations and cultural collision.
The Immortals, by Amit Chaudhuri (Knopf; 342 pages; $25.95). Set in 1970s and '80s Bombay, following the lives of a bourgeois family, this novel is impressive and rare; it seems somewhat old-fashioned in its slowness, its refusal to tip toward facile plotting and postmodern irony.
In Other Rooms, Other Wonders, by Daniyal Mueenuddin (Norton; 247 pages; $23.95). A resignation to life's blatant unfairness permeates Mueenuddin's prose in his compelling collection of linked short stories about an aging feudal landlord.
Inherent Vice, by Thomas Pynchon (Penguin Press; 369 pages; $27.95). Pynchon has written a delicious dark comedy - a pastiche of the noir detective novel - about Southern California in the late '60s and early '70s.
The Invisible Mountain, by Carolina De Robertis (Knopf; 364 pages; $24.95). A galloping saga of three generations - particularly their women - a partial chronicle of Uruguay and Argentina, and a celebration of art and language, this Oakland author's first novel is a hugely ambitious work.
Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi, by Geoff Dyer (Pantheon; 296 pages; $24). Dyer's enigmatic novel is quite the mind game: The reader is left with two stories, nominally related by a single character, that take place in two waterlogged cities.
The Lacuna, by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper; 507 pages; $26.99). Set in milestone-studded history, this novel is a supremely ambitious work: a dense picaresque, glitteringly alive.
Lark & Termite, by Jayne Anne Phillips (Knopf; 254 pages; $24). In her extraordinary novel, which splices the Korean War with West Virginia, Phillips weaves together a story of overlapping lives, loss and love.
Let the Great World Spin, by Colum McCann (Random House; 368 pages; $25). In his National Book Award-winning novel, McCann both resurrects and redeems the horrors of Sept. 11, creating a metaphorical landscape of human endurance in the face of unspeakable tragedy.
Little Bird of Heaven, by Joyce Carol Oates (Ecco; 442 pages; $25.99). Oates' mix of realism, romance and myth on the subject of contemporary life in anti-pastoral upstate New York triumphantly comes together in this story of a murder and its aftermath.
Love and Obstacles: Stories, by Aleksandar Hemon (Riverhead; 210 pages; $25.95). These linked coming-of-age stories become scarred elegies, quickened with poetry, anger, violence, wistful love and Hemon's extraordinary lyric freedom.
Lowboy, by John Wray (Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 258 pages; $25). A teenager escapes from a New York mental institution and shuttles madly across the city, by subway, in Wray's masterful third novel.
My Father's Tears and Other Stories, by John Updike (Knopf; 292 pages; $25.95). On display in Updike's final book are the cardinal virtues of a writer who bestrode the American literary landscape for more than half a century: a virtuosic talent for sensual description, the seemingly effortless weaving of image and theme, and an almost Proustian capacity to absorb the reader in the quiddities of childhood and adolescence.
Nobody Move, by Denis Johnson (Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 196 pages; $23). This lean, addictively suspenseful crime novel delivers a steadily pleasurable dose of voyeuristic dread.
Nothing Right: Short Stories, by Antonya Nelson (Bloomsbury; 304 pages; $25). Deceptions, disappointments, failures - all these trouble Nelson's characters, yet there is an unmistakable sense of delight in these stories, too.
Once the Shore: Stories, by Paul Yoon (Sarabande; 269 pages; $15.95 paperback). In this breathtaking collection of eight interlinked stories, Yoon writes with such sparse precision as to create a visceral portrait of lost souls, each searching in worlds both living and dead.
The Piano Teacher, by Janice Y.K. Lee (Viking; 328 pages; $25.95). Lee's remarkably assured, altogether enjoyable first novel has not one but two epic romances, both involving denizens of Hong Kong's monied expat community.
Sag Harbor, by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday; 273 pages; $24.95). Where Whitehead's first three novels tackled society and race with complex metaphors, "Sag Harbor" - set in the Hamptons in the 1980s - works within a smaller realm, one more immediately recognizable as our own.
A Short History of Women, by Kate Walbert (Scribner; 239 pages; $24). Walbert's exquisite novel, told through the interwoven stories of five generations of highly intelligent but variously thwarted women, considers women's place in society over the course of more than a century.
Spoiled: Stories, by Caitlin Macy (Random House; 240 pages; $24). What Macy renders so well in these stories of the profoundly entitled and chronically dissatisfied is the queasy nature of self-deception.
That Old Cape Magic, by Richard Russo (Knopf; 261 pages; $25.95). Russo's latest is a fine and funny novel about parents and children, about remembering and forgetting, and ultimately what it means to be a grownup.
The Thing Around Your Neck, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Knopf; 218 pages; $24.95). Adichie's first collection of short stories showcases her insights into human nature in social, ethical, cultural and personal dilemmas.
Tinkers, by Paul Harding (Bellevue Literary Press; 191 pages; $14.95). On its surface, Harding's stunning first novel is the story of a dying old man in New England; below the surface, it's a series of heart-wrenching inquiries into the nature of life on earth.
Too Much Happiness: Stories, by Alice Munro (Knopf; 304 pages; $25.95). Munro's canvas may be small, but her brush strokes are fine, her vision encompasses humanity from its most generous to its most corrupt, and the effect is masterful.
The Vagrants, by Yiyun Li (Random House; 337 pages; $25). A meditation on fate, causality and suffering, the Oakland author's first novel, set in the hysterical paranoia of China post-Mao, post-Gang of Four, is not for the fainthearted; nonetheless, the book, written with austere beauty, stands as a testament.
The Way Through Doors, by Jesse Ball (Vintage; 240 pages; $13.95 paperback). A delightful prose experiment, this novel toys with plot and language with a skillfulness we don't often find, conjuring up a tradition of surreal playfulness on the theme of the search for identity and the quest for romance.
Wolf Hall, by Hilary Mantel (Henry Holt; 532 pages; $27). Mantel's magnificent Booker Prize-winning novel, set in the court of Henry VIII, reads the way a great film races - a breathtaking, brainy, sexy, political thriller.
The Women, by T.C. Boyle (Viking; 451 pages; $27.95). In Boyle's novel about Frank Lloyd Wright's tempestuous personal life, the author's prose moves with equal parts vigor and grace.
Woodsburner, by John Pipkin (Nan Talese/Doubleday; 370 pages; $24.95). Pipkin, in his excellent debut novel, catches Henry David Thoreau in an uncertain, though not unguarded moment, basing his novel on an actual event, when Thoreau set fire to Concord Woods.
The Year of the Flood, by Margaret Atwood (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday; 434 pages; $26.95). Atwood's enthralling novel takes place in a not-far future, in the wake of a viral pandemic, and two factors make the book compelling: the writing and - true to Atwoodian form - her vision's frightening realism.
Ayn Rand and the World She Made, by Anne C. Heller (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday; 567 pages; $35). Heller, in her splendid account, has taken the forbidding author of "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged" and made her real, a person of greater complexity than Rand herself would admit.
The Bolter, by Frances Osborne (Knopf; 300 pages; $30). Lady Idina Sackville was famous for being a "socially outlawed femme fatale," but Osborne reveals the desperation that fueled her great-grandmother's attention-seeking escapades, and succeeds in making Sackville fascinating.
Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America, by Barbara Ehrenreich (Metropolitan; 235 pages; $23). In a voice urgent and passionate, Ehrenreich makes the case for living with a clear head, eyes wide open.
Cheerful Money: Me, My Family, and the Last Days of Wasp Splendor, by Tad Friend (Little, Brown; 353 pages; $24.99). This is a gorgeously written memoir of a man born into privilege; but nowhere in this book does the author allow self-pity or longing for times past to creep in.
Cheever: A Life, by Blake Bailey (Knopf; 770 pages; $35). This sympathetic and deeply engaging biography details the life of a high school dropout who achieved his dreams of fame, wealth, marriage, children and outward respectability as an author - all while leading a complicated, messy personal life.
Closing Time: A Memoir, by Joe Queenan (Viking; 338 pages; $26.95). Queenan drops his cool, sarcastic, funnyman persona in this shocking memoir and looks back at his horrific childhood in Philadelphia.
Cowboys Full: The Story of Poker, by James McManus (Farrar, Straus and Giroux; 516 pages; $30). McManus, who happens to be one of the best poker players around, has written a captivating history of the game.
Dancing in the Dark: A Cultural History of the Great Depression, by Morris Dickstein (Norton; 598 pages; $29.95). Dickstein has written the definitive book about Depression culture for our time, which, with the economic downturn, has unmistakable echoes of that decade.
Dawn Light: Dancing With Cranes and Other Ways to Start the Day, by Diane Ackerman (Norton; 240 pages; $24.95). Ackerman sheds light on the waking world, exploring dawn through science, mythology, art and etymology and her own deeply personal observations.
Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits, by Linda Gordon (Norton; 536 pages; $35). Lange deserves reconsideration - documentary portraiture is not in vogue these days - and this wide-ranging, richly detailed biography will help.
Down at the Docks, by Rory Nugent (Pantheon; 290 pages; $24.95). In his breezy, gritty book, Nugent takes us on a tour of New Bedford, Mass., a Mafia-infested wilderness of drugs, crime and joblessness - a far different city from the town Herman Melville portrayed in "Moby-Dick."
Eating Animals, by Jonathan Safran Foer (Little, Brown; 352 pages; $25.99). Much of Foer's book is a catalog of the horrors that factory-farmed animals endure, but it's ultimately a compelling work of moral philosophy.
Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer, by Novella Carpenter (Penguin Press; 276 pages; $25.95). Carpenter's account of farming in inner-city Oakland is a riveting inquiry into our culture's complex relationship with food.
A Fiery Peace in a Cold War: Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon, by Neil Sheehan (Random House; 534 pages; $32). Sheehan's exciting and highly readable book is a history of something that did not take place (World War III), told through the biography of the man responsible for the development of intercontinental ballistic missiles.
The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt, by T.J. Stiles (Knopf; 719 pages; $37.50). This San Francisco author's absorbing book - which won the National Book Award - is much more than a biography; it's filled with important, exhaustively researched and fascinating details that would profit every student of American business and social history to read.
Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City, by Greg Grandin (Metropolitan; 416 pages; $27.50). In his impressively researched book, Grandin details the Ford Motor Co.'s failed escapades in the Brazilian jungle.
Gabriel García Márquez: A Life, by Gerald Martin (Knopf; 642 pages; $37.50). A towering achievement of Latin American literary studies, this biography reads beautifully, almost like a novel.
Golden Dreams: California in an Age of Abundance, 1950-1963, by Kevin Starr (Oxford University Press; 564 pages; $34.95). In the eighth volume of his monumental chronicle of California, Starr covers the entire social, economic, political and artistic history of California during the '50s and early '60s and extrapolates it into an dazzling account of the emerging American Century.
Googled: The End of the World As We Know It, by Ken Auletta (Penguin Press; 384 pages; $27.95). Auletta, in his richly reported book, has provided the fullest account yet of the rise of one of the most profitable, most powerful and oddest businesses the world has ever seen.
The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution, by Richard Dawkins (Free Press; 470 pages; $30). In his brilliant and immensely readable book, Dawkins gives us dozens of clues from the fossil record and from today's genetics laboratories to persuade us all that evolution is indeed real and that the process has in fact made us all relatives, however distant, of everything else alive.
In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language, by Arika Okrent (Spiegel & Grau; 342 pages; $26). Okrent takes the reader on an illuminating and entertaining tour of human folly and brilliance.
The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates, by Peter T. Leeson (Princeton University Press; 271 pages; $24.95). Leeson offers a fascinating perspective into the world of pirates in his highly readable book.
The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-Shek and the Birth of Modern China, by Hannah Pakula (Simon & Schuster; 787 pages; $35). Pakula's well-written biography reveals her subject to be a person of ability and character, who rose to the top (without holding office) by charm, determination and willingness to be simply the wife of Chiang Kai-shek.
Lit: A Memoir, by Mary Karr (Harper; 386 pages; $25.99). With grace, saltiness and profanity galore, Karr, author of "The Liars' Club," re-establishes herself as one of our finest memoirists and storytellers.
Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth, by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H. Papadimitriou (Bloomsbury; $22.95 paperback). This imaginative and often funny graphic novel centers on Bertrand Russell's life and philosophy.
Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon, by David Grann (Doubleday; 352 pages; $27.50). In his entertaining book, Grann follows in the footsteps of Percy Harrison Fawcett, who became so convinced that a lost civilization had once flourished in the Amazon that he took his son on an expedition into its darkest reaches, where they disappeared.
Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son, by Michael Chabon (Harper; 306 pages; $25.99). In this hilarious, moving and beautifully written collection of essays, the Berkeley author turns the focus on himself.
Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City, by Eric W. Sanderson (Abrams; 352 pages; $40). This is an exuberantly written and gorgeously illustrated exploration of pre-European Gotham.
The Mercy Papers: A Memoir of Three Weeks, by Robin Romm (Scribner; 213 pages; $22). In her sad, searing and often witty memoir, Romm recounts the three somber weeks leading up to the death of her mother from breast cancer.
Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town, by Nick Reding (Bloomsbury; 255 pages; $25). Reding's insightful saga about the deadly, illegal narcotic focuses on the small towns of Iowa and Missouri.
The Music Room: A Memoir, by William Fiennes (Norton; 216 pages; $24.95). Fiennes pokes holes in his depiction of an idyllic childhood by letting in its darker side; his fantasy years in a castle were haunted not by ancestors past but by the live ghost of his brother, who suffered brain damage from epilepsy.
Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, by Barbara Demick (Spiegel & Grau; 314 pages; $26). Demick's excellent book humanizes a downtrodden, long-suffering people whose individual lives, hopes and dreams are little known abroad.
Open: An Autobiography, by Andre Agassi (Knopf; 386 pages; $28.95). Agassi's riveting and sometimes very funny memoir is the story of a man attempting to grasp choice and responsibility in the fishbowl of celebrity.
A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster, by Rebecca Solnit (Viking; 353 pages; $27.95). In her large-spirited book, the San Francisco author argues that disasters are opportunities as well as oppressions, each one a summons to rediscover the powerful engagement and joy of altruism, grassroots community and meaningful work.
Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line, by Martha A. Sandweiss (Penguin Press; 370 pages; $27.95). As Sandweiss details in her compelling biography, King, a 19th century Western explorer and writer who moved in the highest societies of his day, lived a secret double life as the husband of a black woman.
Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong, by Terry Teachout (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 475 pages; $30). Teachout has written a definitive narrative biography of the jazz great.
Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life, by Carol Sklenicka (Scribner; 578 pages; $35). This Bay Area author's exhaustive and definitive biography is not merely a great portrait of the man, but often an astute critical assessment of his writing as well.
Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work, by Matthew B. Crawford (Penguin; 246 pages; $25.95). Crawford has written an unusual and compelling book that seduces us to succumb to the passions that are dormant within us, begging for release.
The Slippery Year: A Meditation on Happily Ever After, by Melanie Gideon (Knopf; 212 pages; $24.95). One expects certain things from a memoir: angst, revelations of childhood abuse, crazy mothers; forget all that, for with this memoir the Oakland author has written a lovely song to her family and to life.
The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream, by Patrick Radden Keefe (Doubleday; 414 pages; $27.50). A strength of Keefe's research and writing is his willingness to tell the story of a smuggler from various perspectives.
Somewhere Towards the End: A Memoir, by Diana Athill (Norton; 183 pages; $24.95). By writing with refreshing frankness about such unmentionables as the relative ease of letting go of sex compared with giving up driving, Athill reassures us that there's still a life force despite the diminutions of old age.
Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness, by Tracy Kidder (Random House; 277 pages; $26). Told with compassion and deep humanism, Kidder's book follows a young African medical student's inspiring odyssey from war-torn Burundi to crime-ridden New York and back to Africa.
Tamalpais Walking: Poetry, History, and Prints, by Tom Killion and Gary Snyder (Heyday; 143 pages; $50). The latest product of the creative collaboration between Killion and Snyder is a joy to hold and behold.
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original, by Robin D.G. Kelley (Simon & Schuster; 588 pages; $30). It's surprising that the authoritative biography of this mysterious and eccentric personality has taken so long to arrive, but Kelley has delivered it with this exhaustively researched work.
This Lovely Life: A Memoir of Premature Motherhood, by Vicki Forman (A Mariner Original/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 272 pages; $13.95 paperback). As Forman illustrates in her deft and fearless book, medical authority can trample the intimacies of the body and pathologize the most private ordeal.
True Compass: A Memoir, by Edward M. Kennedy (Twelve; 532 pages; $35). Readers will enjoy this upbeat, gossipy and often uproariously funny book for its sweep, its readability and its characters, as fascinating as they were famous.
The Union of Their Dreams: Power, Hope, and Struggle in Cesar Chavez's Farm Worker Movement, by Miriam Pawel (Bloomsbury Press; 372 pages; $28). The Bay Area author's engrossing narrative is an astringent corrective to a long shelf of books, many bordering on hagiography.
The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America, by Douglas Brinkley (Harper; 940 pages; $34.99). Brinkley brings into relief the biography, cultural influences and political record of the most effective conservationist in history.
Woman From Shanghai: Tales of Survival From a Chinese Labor Camp, by Xianhui Yang (Pantheon; 302 pages; $24.95). Starvation and death permeate these stories; death, however, didn't extinguish the yearning for love and dignity.
Zeitoun, by Dave Eggers (McSweeney's; 342 pages; $24). Eggers' account of one man's Orwellian ordeal in post-Katrina New Orleans is both gripping and moving.


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Athens, Greece – 18 March 2011 – Coca‑Cola Hellenic Bottling Company S.A. (Coca‑Cola Hellenic, the Company) announces a proposed capital return to its shareholders of € 0.50 per share. The proposed transaction is expected to be financed from the cash position of the Company and is subject to shareholder and regulatory approval.
The proposed capital return is expected to be paid out on June 21, 2011 with a record date (the date at which registered shareholders will qualify for the return of capital) on June 15, 2011.
Coca‑Cola Hellenic's Board of Directors endorsed the plan in its meeting on March 16, 2011 and believes the proposed recapitalisation is appropriate for the following key reasons:
- The long-term potential of Coca‑Cola Hellenic's business
- The positive view of Coca‑Cola Hellenic's long-term cash flow generation
- The need to optimise the Company's balance sheet
As previously announced Coca‑Cola Hellenic's Annual General Meeting will be held on May 6th, 2011 where the proposal will be presented to shareholders. The proposal comprises the increase in the par value of the Company's shares by a larger amount of approximately €544 million through a recapitalization of reserves. Subsequently, a capital return of approximately €181million, or €0.50 per share, would be paid to its shareholders,
Doros Constantinou, Chief Executive Officer of Coca‑Cola Hellenic, commented, "The proposed transaction will provide value to our shareholders and the Company will benefit from a more efficient and flexible capital structure.
The focused execution of our strategy enables us to be confident with regards to our future cash flow generation. We do not expect the transaction to have a material impact on our key financial ratios. Indeed, following this transaction, we believe that Coca‑Cola Hellenic will continue to maintain sufficient financial flexibility to pursue attractive growth opportunities that may arise."
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About Coca‑Cola Hellenic
Coca‑Cola Hellenic is the second-largest bottler of products of The Coca‑Cola Company in terms of volume with sales of more than 2 billion unit cases. It has broad geographic footprint with operations in 28 countries serving a population of more than 560 million people. Coca‑Cola Hellenic offers a diverse range of ready-to-drink non-alcoholic beverages in the sparkling, juice, water, sport, energy, tea and coffee categories. Coca‑Cola Hellenic is committed to promoting sustainable development in order to create value for its business and for society. This includes providing products that meet the beverage needs of consumers, fostering an open and inclusive work environment, conducting our business in ways that protect and preserve the environment and contribute to the socio-economic development of our local communities.
Coca‑Cola Hellenic's shares are listed on the Athens Exchange (ATHEX: EEEK), with a secondary listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: CCB). Coca‑Cola Hellenic's American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CCH). Coca‑Cola Hellenic is included in the Dow Jones Sustainability and FTSE4Good Indexes. For more information, please visit www.coca-colahellenic.com


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Today's post is from Morris Proctor, certified and authorized trainer for Logos Bible Software. Morris has trained thousands of Logos users at his two-day Camp Logos training seminars.
As you're reading in the Scriptures do you ever wonder how far people walked from city to city? If so, you can easily answer that question in Logos 4 with a tool called Biblical Places.
- Choose Tools | Biblical Places
- Type Corinth in the Place box
- Click the Search arrow or press the Enter key to generate the report
- The first map to appear will probably be entitled Paul's Trip to Rome (if not, select the first thumbnail from the list at the bottom)
To calculate distances between places on the map:
- Position your mouse pointerat a location on the map
- Hold down the Ctrl key
- Move the mouse to another location and the distance between the two places appears on the screen
Pretty cool! Enjoy!


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Silk fabric types
This A-Z guide to silk fabrics – from clothes-press – covers fabric properties, main uses in sewing and washing care instructions.
Silks are generally luxurious, light- to medium-weight fabrics with a shiny, lustrous finish. They tend to be used to make smart clothes, wedding dresses and evening wear. As silks are so expensive, there are many polyester versions available of the different kinds of fabrics – these are cheaper but harder to sew. Silk fabrics tend to be delicate and generally need hand washing or dry cleaning.
Main types of silk fabrics
- Charmeuse - this is a satin-weave, lightweight silk fabric with a shiny right side and matt wrong side. It's also sometimes made from rayon, viscose, polyester or blends. Charmeuse is soft and drapes well. It's main uses are for blouses, delicate dresses and lingerie. Care: careful hand wash and cool iron on wrong side.
- Chiffon - this ultra-lightweight plain-weave silk fabric is made from tightly twisted fibres and drapes well. It's semi-transparent or sheer, and has a little bit of stretch and a slightly rough feel, though it's smoother and more lustrous than georgette. Reduced-cost versions are made from polyester. Silk chiffon is generally used for blouses, lingerie and evening wear. It can be difficult to handle when sewing and hems are best sewn by hand or with an overlocker. French seams are often used for sheer fabrics like this to give a neat finish as they tend to show through to the right side. Care: gentle 40°C machine wash, hand wash or dry clean, cool iron without steam.
- Crêpe-de-chine - this is a lightweight, plain-weave, smooth silk fabric which drapes well. It has a matt texture and muted lustre. It is used for making lingerie, blouses and evening wear. Care: dry clean and cool iron using a pressing cloth.
- Devoré velvet – a luxurious, textured, lightweight silk fabric which is treated with an acid to burn away the nap to reveal a pattern. It's mainly used for smart dresses and evening wear. Care: dry clean, warm iron on wrong side without steam.
- Dupion - also called doupioni and slub silk. A medium-weight, plain-weave silk fabric which has a crisp texture. The fabric is tightly woven with different sized weft and warp threads which gives it a textured appearance and highly-lustrous surface. Its edges have a tendency to fray. Dupion is sometimes woven with different coloured warp and weft threads, giving an iridescent look called shot silk. Sometimes it's woven in stripes, checks and other patterns. It's generally used for posh dresses, jackets, evening wear and bridal wear. Care: dry clean, warm iron without steam.
- Habutai - also called China silk. Plain-weave, glossy silk fabric which is woven in both light- and medium-weight versions. Traditionally habutai was woven in Japan, but most now comes from China. The fabric is soft with a lustrous finish, and is used for dresses, lingerie, blouses, jackets, scarves and linings. Care: hand wash or dry clean, cool iron.
- Georgette - also called crêpe Georgette. This is a lightweight, loosely woven sheer fabric made from highly twisted yarns. It has a crinkled surface and is manufactured in plain and patterned versions. It's sometimes made from polyester rather than silk. Main uses are for blouses, dresses and evening wear. Care: dry clean, warm iron without steam.
- Organza - very fine, sheer plain-weave silk fabric with a sheen. It's woven from highly twisted threads which make it very strong. Though lightweight, the fabric is crisp and is often used for trims, collars, facings and fabric flowers as well as for evening and bridal wear. It can be difficult to sew because it's so lightweight – one option for hemlines is to roll and hand sew the hem. Seams should be finished neatly as they'll show through the right side: French seams are often used. Care: hand wash or dry clean, cool iron.
- Shantung - also called tussah silk. This is a medium-weight, plain-weave silk fabric which is woven from irregular threads and so has a rough texture. It's similar to dupion but is a lighter weight and more irregular. It's mostly used for shirts, dresses and trousers. Care: dry clean, cool iron on wrong side without steam.
- Silk-cotton mix – a soft, lightweight fabric which has a cotton weave combined with the lustre and drape of silk. It's often used to make blouses and dresses. Care: gentle 40°C machine wash, hand wash or dry clean, warm iron on wrong side.
- Silk crêpe-backed satin – a light- to medium-weight fabric which is reversible as it has a satin face and a crêpe back. It's sometimes made from rayon or polyester instead of silk. Crêpe-backed satin drapes well and is often used for dresses, blouses and lingerie. Care: careful hand wash and cool iron on wrong side using a pressing cloth.
- Silk-linen mix - medium-weight fabric which is shiny and dense. The silk softens the crispness of the linen and adds extra sheen. Used mainly for posh suits, skirts, dresses and trousers. Care: dry clean, warm iron on wrong side.
- Silk satin – this satin-weave fabric is woven in a variety of different weights and has a smooth, glossy surface on the right side and a dull surface on the wrong side. It's often striped and is generally used for dresses, jackets and evening wear. Cheaper versions of this fabric are made from synthetic fibres. Care: gentle 40°C machine wash, hand wash or dry clean, warm iron on wrong side using a pressing cloth and no steam.
- Silk-wool mix – medium-weight soft fabric which combines the softness of wool with the sheen and lustre of silk. Mainly used to make posh suits and jackets. Care: dry clean, warm iron on wrong side using a pressing cloth.
- Taffeta - a smooth, crisp, plain-weave silk fabric which creases easily and makes a rustling sound when worn in motion. This light- to medium-weight fabric has a finely ribbed surface texture and a lustrous finish. Shot silk taffeta is woven with different coloured warp and weft threads which produces an iridescent appearance. Cheaper versions of taffeta are also produced from acetate and polyester. Taffeta's main uses are for dresses, jackets, bridal and evening wear. This fabric can be a little tricky to sew as you need to handle it as little as possible and it doesn't ease well. You can also only stitch it once – any removed stitches will leave holes in the fabric. Care: dry clean, warm iron on wrong side without steam.
- Velvet - a medium- to heavy-weight silk fabric with a soft, luxurious feel. It's made with short thread loops that are cut to form a dense pile or nap which lies in one direction. Cheaper velvets are also manufactured from cotton, rayon and synthetic fibres. The colour of velvet can look different depending on which way up the fabric is, so you need to take this into account when cutting out pattern pieces. Stitch velvet with a fine needle, preferably in the direction of the nap. You can only stitch it once as any removed stitches may leave holes. Iron velvet as little as possible during making up. Care: dry clean. Avoid ironing if possible (hang up in a steamy bathroom instead) – if you must iron it, place the fabric upside down on a pile of towels and iron gently with a warm iron on the wrong side to avoid crushing the pile.
- Washed silk - a light- to medium-weight fabric which drapes well. It's been washed in fabric softeners to make it soft and slightly faded in appearance, and is used mostly for shirts and dresses. Care: dry clean, warm iron on wrong side without steam.
Note on washing instructions
I've included general care instructions for each fabric but please check any information that comes with the fabric you're buying. Alternatively, test a sample to check that the general recommendations given here are right for your specific fabric. The temperatures given are the maximum suggested for each fabric – obviously you can do lower temperature washes if you prefer. Fabrics made from natural fibres can shrink quite a bit (sometimes 10%) when you first wash them, so do make sure you buy enough fabric to allow for this and pre-wash it before sewing.
Where to find more detailed information on fabric types
Online resources
- Google images – I find this is the best place to get a quick idea of what any of the fabrics look like
- Wikipedia's massive list of fabrics – there's a lot of information for some fabrics and not much for others but it's a very comprehensive list
Books for more in-depth information
- The Sewing Book – of all the general sewing books I've read, I think this one has the best guide to fabric with excellent photos
- The Fashion Designers Textile Directory – for the full works, lots of useful information here
- Fabric for Fashion – The Swatch Book – a more expensive alternative but includes 120 actual fabric samples
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- Fabric types intro | Cottons | Linens | Woollens | Silks | Synthetics and special fabrics | Interfacings and linings
- Dressmaking for beginners – how to choose and buy fabric
Quick guide to fabric, good fabrics for beginners, how and where to buy, notions and haberdashery, preparing to cut out
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- December 14, 2018 at 7:20 pm
I am a fashion design student and have found your site very very helpful in finding my way through the confounding amount of information and choice of fabrics available.
Thanks for making it so clear
- December 30, 2018 at 8:08 am
What a perfect website. It has allowed me to identify 3 different bolts of silk which I have had for more years than I can remember. Now I am able to choose a suitable dress pattern for the fabric for a posh mum's garment for daughter's wedding. Thankyou.
- February 8, 2019 at 3:06 pm
I am trying to find a silk fabric that is matte and does not have sheen. and is light weight and drapes and is thinner and breezy by nature. Do you know what this silk fabric may be called? I cannot figure it out online because the photos are not so clear.
Thank you!
- May 26, 2020 at 3:43 pm
what a great article. I've been making masks. Got a suggestion to use silk for the hot summer. Your info was exactly what I needed.
Thanks, Judy
- June 4, 2020 at 10:22 pm
I am looking for a silk fabric which is stretchy..A Silk fabric that i can use to make Swimwear..
Please help
Thank you
- July 3, 2020 at 6:38 pm
I would like to know what's the meaning of Twill Silk? Is that a different kind of Silk or just a different way processed? I see on Shawls that there's some that are 100% Silk, and some are Twill Silk. The Twill felt a little more stiff than the 100% Silk. Please explain.
Thank You
- July 3, 2020 at 6:55 pm
Also I would like to know if usually when they state a fabric as 100% Silk is that referred to Satin Silk. Satin Silk is usually more slippery than the Twill Silk.
- July 8, 2020 at 1:11 am
Can you use silk charmeuse for a dust ruffle. Is it heavy enough?
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Friday, May 12, 2017
12:00pm - 1:00pm
To Register:
Advanced registration is required. Click here to register.
Space is limited.
For questions or more information, please contact Jackie Rowe at 860.240.6140 or email@example.com.