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	<title>Jean Kwok</title>
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	<description>Author of Girl in Translation</description>
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		<title>Shortlisted (or Not) for the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award</title>
		<link>http://jeankwok.com/blog/2012/03/shortlisted-or-not-for-the-sunday-times-efg-private-bank-short-story-award/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Awards and Honors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my experience of waiting to hear about being shortlisted for a major writing prize, the Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award, the world’s largest short fiction award. I was thrilled that my short story, “Where the Gods Fly” had made the longlist for a number of reasons: 1) I’d had so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Book Tour: Fears and Reality, Part 2</title>
		<link>http://jeankwok.com/blog/2010/05/book-tour-fears-and-reality-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://jeankwok.com/blog/2010/05/book-tour-fears-and-reality-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 20:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the continuation of my fears for my national book tour and what the reality turned out to be. FEAR: You will be so busy, you won’t even have time to take a shower. REALITY: You will be so busy, you will need to plan your showers in advance.  Here is one sample day I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>43</slash:comments>
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		<title>New York Times Bestseller</title>
		<link>http://jeankwok.com/blog/2010/05/new-york-times-bestseller/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 20:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jeankwok.com/blog/?p=284</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[GIRL IN TRANSLATION has just hit the New York Times Bestseller list at #29!  I received the call from my editor, Sarah McGrath, last night!  I was also congratulated by my agent, publisher, and other members of the Penguin/Riverhead team.  Yet another thing I didn&#8217;t know before I became a published author was that Wednesday [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Book Tour: Fears and Reality, Part 1</title>
		<link>http://jeankwok.com/blog/2010/05/book-tour-fears-and-reality-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://jeankwok.com/blog/2010/05/book-tour-fears-and-reality-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 19:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I realized that there could be a need for this post because I was in a television studio not long ago.  I had many fears, and waiting to go on after me was a very beautiful girl, clearly a professional who&#8217;d been on television for years.  I told her I was nervous because I was [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tips for a Book Tour, Part 2</title>
		<link>http://jeankwok.com/blog/2010/05/tips-for-a-book-tour-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://jeankwok.com/blog/2010/05/tips-for-a-book-tour-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 18:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the continuation of my tips for a book tour.  They may or may not work for you. 3. Be prepared for anything. Your media schedule will tell you clearly if an event is voice only (radio) or video (television, video, etc.)  However, while this is important, I’ve realized that you need to be ready [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tips for a Book Tour, Part 1</title>
		<link>http://jeankwok.com/blog/2010/05/tips-for-a-book-tour-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://jeankwok.com/blog/2010/05/tips-for-a-book-tour-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 16:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stephanie Sorensen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obviously, everyone is different, but here are some things I’ve learned about touring as an author that I didn’t know before. 1. Have everything essential with you in your carry-on. On this tour, I’m in a different city almost every day and often, I need to go to a media event as soon as I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trials of the Telephone</title>
		<link>http://jeankwok.com/blog/2010/05/trials-of-the-telephone/</link>
		<comments>http://jeankwok.com/blog/2010/05/trials-of-the-telephone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 15:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National Book Tour]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jeankwok.com/blog/?p=194</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In our household, I&#8217;m the one who deals with everything electronic.  I&#8217;m  competent with things like a computer, since I used to work as a part of the multimedia team for the Board of Directors of an international  investment bank.  However, there is one great exception to this ability, and that is: I was waiting [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>National Book Tour, the Beginning</title>
		<link>http://jeankwok.com/blog/2010/05/national-book-tour-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://jeankwok.com/blog/2010/05/national-book-tour-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 18:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[National Book Tour]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jeankwok.com/blog/?p=166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There has been so much news!  GIRL IN TRANSLATION is now finally available and has already received an amazing amount of attention in the press.  It&#8217;s been picked out as one of the books to read by Vogue, Entertainment Weekly, O Magazine, Oprah.com, USA Today, and more!  I&#8217;m on the national book tour now, and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Slower than a snail</title>
		<link>http://jeankwok.com/blog/2010/03/slower-than-a-snail/</link>
		<comments>http://jeankwok.com/blog/2010/03/slower-than-a-snail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jean</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://jeankwok.com/blog/?p=154</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was riding my cargo bike, which has a wooden box in the front.  I&#8217;d just filled it with kids, and one little tyke (who can hardly talk) suddenly came up with a full sentence:  &#8220;We&#8217;re going slower than a snail!&#8221; Another one piped in with, &#8220;Those people walking are faster than us!&#8221; And indeed, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>How to go from complete unknown to published author</title>
		<link>http://jeankwok.com/blog/2010/02/how-to-go-from-complete-unknown-to-published-author/</link>
		<comments>http://jeankwok.com/blog/2010/02/how-to-go-from-complete-unknown-to-published-author/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First of all, you probably shouldn’t listen to me.  The only reason you might even consider listening is because I was pulled out of the slush pile, without any connections, for the two most important moments in my professional career: my first publication and when my agent found me.  I’m going to tell you the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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