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 Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. 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”. Partner news | Lithuania sending €100,000 to help Armenia fight floods consequences Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. |