READER'S ROCK LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE VOL 2 ISSUE 4 NOVEMBER 2014 Volume 1 Issue 1 June-July 2013 | Page 53

BOOKGIRL . TV

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by award-winning author
founder of BookGirl . TV .
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McGovern is an award- winning short-story writer whose many publication credits include the
Connecticut Review and the
English Arts Council at the
the BookGirl e-newsletter at www . BookGirl . tv .
About BookGirl . TV
Created by award-winning author and educator Tessa
Smith McGovern ,
Forged from 20 years of
Southbank Centre , London .
BookGirl . TV is a new
writing experience ,
She is also an educator at
platform that empowers
successfully navigating the
Sarah Lawrence College
women readers and writers to
publishing industry and
where she brings valuable
thrive . Designed for women
teaching , BookGirl . TV helps
insight into long- or short-
35 + years-old , BookGirl . TV is
writers achieve their creative
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poetry for beginners to
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publishing .
a video book club and an
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Thursdays at 7 p . m . EST via
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McGovern also is founder and editor of eChook™ Digital
Publishing , which publishes short-story collections on multiple mobile platforms as well as original web-based stories at echook . com . eChook attracts thousands of readers in 100 + countries with 26 million impressions on
Facebook and 1,100 + Twitter followers .
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innovative new infotainmentdriven web series that delivers information , fun and inspiration to female writers .
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