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Two Papua New Guinean’s starring in a short narrative film will be in Hollywood for the premier of the movie titled Bataplai/Butterfly on May 5th, 2023. The siblings – 29-year old Regina Pande and her 27-year old brother Graham from Western Highlands Province, will feature in the movie about a mixed raced Papua New Guinean-American woman who challenges her family’s strict rules to find her voice as a make-up artist.  They said they’re happy to be part of this project that broadens the view of what a Pacific Islander looks like and the experience of a Papua New Guinean American.  The siblings reside in Silicon Valley and are travelling to Los Angeles today to attend the premiere in Hollywood. Graham is studying Psychology at San Jose State University in California, while his sister is studying Film and Media at the Ohlone Community College in Fremont, California.  The film is directed by PNG-New Zealander woman Veialu Alia Unsworth. NBC News  / PNG Today Next :  PNG Reactivates Short Te

I received a book for participating in this virtual tour.        Today I’m pleased to welcome James Hayman , author of The Cutting . His guest post here today is part of the book’s virtual tour, courtesy Pump Up Your Book Promotion . In The Cutting : Detective Sergeant Michael McCabe moved from New York City to Portland, Maine, to escape a dark past: both the ex-wife who’d left him for an investment banker, and the tragic death of his brother, a hero cop gone bad. He sought to raise his young daughter away from the violence of the big city . . . so he’s unprepared for the horrific killer he discovers, whose bloody trail may lead to Portland’s social elite. Write What You Know That’s probably the oldest cliché ever about writing. Practically guaranteed to pop up somewhere in virtually every “How to write a terrific novel” book ever written.” But how can you write what you know when the story you want to write is a suspense thriller about a homicide cop who has to track down a sadistic