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Bookmarks – Russians not reading, Grass sues, movies get made from poems, and more

Some book-related links: Russians aren't reading enough, either (Sunday Herald) Gunter Grass sues his publisher (Guardian Unlimited) Coming soon: Eunoia II: A New Vowel “ movies based on poems (The Boston Globe) Nick Hornby wants ... Read More »

November 26, 2007 | Filed under: Book links

Moore, Lansens have eyes on Orange prize

By Leigh Anne Williams

Two Canadian authors have made the longlist for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction (the award formerly known as the Orange Prize). Among the 20 contenders are Lori Lansens' The Girls (published by Knopf Canada ... Read More »

March 22, 2007 | Filed under: Awards

A room of one's own

By Alison Jones

In a special report, The Guardian takes a look at authors' writing rooms. The article includes photos of the rooms (which don't look like the authors prepared them to be photographed). The accompanying text is ... Read More »

February 13, 2007 | Filed under: Authors

Penney keeps on winning

By Leigh Anne Williams

Scottish novelist Stef Penney has won the Costa book of the year prize for her Canada-set historical novel The Tenderness of Wolves (published here by Penguin Canada and reviewed by Q&Q here). Penney had already ... Read More »

February 8, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Undercover reading

By Alison Jones

Stephen King is the U.K.’s favourite guilty pleasure read, as reported in The Guardian. In a survey conducted for the Costa Book Awards 2006, King topped a list that included J.K. Rowling, John Grisham, and ... Read More »

January 8, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Pamuk wins Nobel

By Leigh Anne Williams

Well-known Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, who has been much in the news lately for his freedom-of-speech struggles in his homeland, has won this year's Nobel Prize for Literature. Given the cries of who? that often ... Read More »

October 12, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

Frey speaks, selectively

By Leigh Anne Williams

In case anyone missed it, James Frey has spoken in-depth to a reporter – Laura Barton, writing for The Guardian – for the first time since the massive controversy over his Oprah-anointed but exaggerated "memoir," ... Read More »

September 21, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Booker shortlist announced

By Leigh Anne Williams

Well, Mary Lawson's The Other Side of the Bridge didn't manage to make the jump from the Man Booker Prize longlist to the just-announced shortlist. But there is good news for a couple of Canadian ... Read More »

September 14, 2006 | Filed under: Awards

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By Cassandra Drudi

The fallout from Gunther Grass's SS confessions continues to fly fast and furious, with everyone throwing their two cents at the man, hoping to gouge out an eye or at least chip a tooth. Bookninja ... Read More »

August 15, 2006 | Filed under: Authors, Book news, Opinion

Lem dead at 84

By Scott MacDonald

Between yesterday and today, at least eight major news sources have reported on the death of Polish science-fiction writer Stanislaw Lem. Lem, best known for the novels His Master's Voice and Solaris, which was turned ... Read More »

March 28, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

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Search Results by tag: the Guardian

Bookmarks – Russians not reading, Grass sues, movies get made from poems, and more

Moore, Lansens have eyes on Orange prize

A room of one's own

Penney keeps on winning

Undercover reading

Pamuk wins Nobel

Frey speaks, selectively

Booker shortlist announced

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