Candy Gourlay (formerly Candy Quimpo) is a Filipino author based in the United Kingdom. Her debut novelTall Story (2010) won the National Children's Book Award of the Philippines in 2012 and the Crystal Kite Award for Europe in 2011. Tall Story was shortlisted for 13 prizes, notably: the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Branford Boase Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the UKLA Children's Book Prize. It was nominated for the Carnegie Medal. Her second novel Shine (2013) was longlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. It won the Crystal Kite Award for the British Isles and Ireland in 2014.
Candy Gourlay was born and raised in the Philippines. From 1984 to 1989, she worked as a journalist in the Philippines, notably as a staffwriter and later associate editor of the weekly opposition tabloid Mr & Ms Special Edition, which played a significant role in the overthrow of the 21 year regime of Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
"Candy" is a song by Iggy Pop from his ninth solo album, Brick by Brick. The song is a duet with Kate Pierson of The B-52's, and was released as the album's second single in September 1990. The song became the biggest mainstream hit of Pop's career, as he reached the US Top 40 chart for the first and only time.
In "Candy", the initial narrator is a man (Pop) who grieves over a lost love. Following the first chorus, the perspective of the woman (Pierson) is heard. She expresses, unbeknownst to the male, that she misses him as well. According to Pop, the lyrics refer to his teenage girlfriend, Betsy. Pop said:
Another interpretation of the song is that the male protagonist sings to a prostitute, who gave him "love for free," while the woman explains that she has grown tired of the men "down on the street", and that she just wants love, not games.
Candy is a 1958 novel written by Maxwell Kenton, the pseudonym of Terry Southern and Mason Hoffenberg, who wrote it in collaboration for the "dirty book" publisher Olympia Press, which published the novel as part of its "Traveller's Companion" series. According to Hoffenberg,
Southern had a different take on the novel's genesis, claiming it was based on a short story he had written about a girl living in New York's Greenwich Village neighborhood, a Good Samaritan-type, who became involved with a hunchback. After he read Southern's story in manuscript form, Hoffenberg suggested the character should have more adventures. Southern suggested that Hoffenberg write a story about the girl, and he came up with the chapter in which Candy meets Dr. Krankheit at the hospital.
Southern and Hoffenberg battled Olympia Press publisher Maurice Girodias over the copyright after the book was published in North America by Putnam under the authors' own names and became a best-seller.
I love your candy apple bottom with your milkshake waste peanutbutter eyes with your cupcake face 31 flavours aint got nothing on me if lovin comes in scoopes girl i'll take two(yeah) cherry on the top and some cream in the middle you got a rainbow flavour, girl can i call you skittle? tell me what you want we can meet now or later i'm glad i met you girl you a real life saver chorus is your name candygirl? candygirl? your name must be candygirl cuz you look so yummy (x2) verse2 What's your bubblegum, i wanna get me some no matter what the flavour, you're my favorite one satisfy me like a snicker, i'm hungry for your love i dessert after dinner and i cant get enough strawberry, whip cream, raspberry, lemonade girl you're so sweet, i might get a toothache tell me what you want, we can meet now or later i'm glad i met you girl, you a real life saver chorus is your name candygirl? candygirl? your name must be candygirl cuz you look so yummy (x4) bridge satisfy me like a snicker, i wanna get me some the one to bust your bubble, but you're my bubblegum you're my m&m, the way you melt in my hand the way i fien for you, i dont think you understand strawberry, whip cream, raspberry, lemonade girl you're so sweet, i might get a toothache i scream, you scream, we scream for candymeal i wanna taste you, i wanna taste youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu chorus is your name candygirl? candygirl? your name must be candygirl cuz you look so yummy (x7) bridge satisfy me like a snicker, i wanna get me some the one to bust your bubble, but you're my bubblegum you're my m&m, the way you melt in my hand the way i fien for you, i dont think you understand strawberry, whip cream (Tim & Bob), raspberry, lemonade girl you're so sweet, i might get a toothache (valentino, neyo) i scream, you scream, we scream for candy meal i wanna taste you, i wanna taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaste youuuuuu baby
Books newsletter ...Martin Doyle. Fri Feb 16 2024 - 11.46 ... Eason offer ... READ MORE ... KwameAlexander (2019), Phil Earle (2022) and Candy Gourlay (2019) for writing and Poonam Mistry, who has been shortlisted three times (2019, 2020 and 2021) for illustration.
This is a summary of Candy Gourlay's novel, "BoneTalk," a gripping young-adult novel that I had read before and recently re-read, with a local edition from Anvil...The BookTrust notes that "Gourlay ...
Now she’s glad she gave up the day job Read Anna Readman’s Dancing Queen here Read runner-up Candy Gourlay’s Safe Passage here Last November, Anna Readman, 26, gave up her job in a Leeds comics shop, hoping to make a living full time from cartooning.
But it came up against strong competition in the form of our runner-up, Safe Passage, by Candy Gourlay – a story set in the Philippines in 1941 during the Japanese invasion, when many city people were forced to flee to the country.
Learn the craft of writing historical fiction with award-winning author Candy Gourlay. The Davao-born, London-based author Candy Gourlay is known for her young adult novels about the pains and joys of coming of age.
... opportunities with renowned writers, including award-winning authors Ambeth Ocampo, Rica Peralejo-Bonifacio, Mary Ann Ordinario, artist Kajo Baldisimo, and UK-based Filipina writer Candy Gourlay.
Candy Gourlay’s BoneTalk was shortlisted for both the Carnegie medal and the Costa children’s book award ... Her overseas adventure brings great wonder, but Luki soon discovers a darker side, of racism and inequality ... ....
Too many books are promoted because of their marketing spend and author profile, not their excellence and enjoyability for children ...Candy Gourlay’s heroine takes us on a much more uncomfortable journey in WildSong (David Fickling, £12.99, 13+).
