Tom Hanks to publish short stories collectionNovember 4, 2014 - 16:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Tom Hanks has landed a book deal. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced on Monday, November 3 that the actor would publish a collection of short stories. The "Captain Phillips" actor's upcoming book will be "loosely connected to photographs of typewriters from Hanks' personal collection," the publisher's statement reveals. There is no more info regarding the book including the title, its release date or the terms of the deal, AceShowbiz said. "I've been collecting typewriters for no particular reason since 1978 - both manual and portable machines dating from the '30s to '90s. The stories are not about the typewriters themselves, but rather, the stories are something that might have been written on one of them," Hanks said in a press release. The upcoming project is not the "Saving Private Ryan" actor's first experience with writing. He recently published a short story called "Alan Bean Plus Four" on The New Yorker. The piece, appearing on the October 27 edition, centers on four teenagers who build a rocket to fly to the moon. Back in August, Hanks' love of typewriter prompted him to launch a typewriter app "Hanx Writer" for iPad. The star of "The Da Vinci Code" said in a Q&A session back then, "I wanted the sound of typing if nothing else... cause I find it's like music that spurs along the creative urge. Bang bang clack-clack-clack puckapuckapuckapucka." Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | “By Your Side”: IDBank's new support program for displaced Artsakh citizens IDBank is launching a long-term social support program for forcibly displaced Artsakh residents. The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. |