Posts Tagged ‘ Books ’

Former prime minister worried BNP might have caused trouble, and says he wanted to prevent 'extra strain on police resources' Tony Blair yesterday took a last-minute decision to cancel his key book signing in central London because of security fears, a...
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Lionel Shriver's absolutely right, of course (I write a nasty book. And they want a girly cover on it, 3 September). There's no rational reason why fiction written by women shouldn't be accorded the same critical and commercial respect routinely given ...
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You may not have heard of this British novelist, but Barack Obama has taken her latest book on holiday with himAge: Early 40s.Appearance: Surprisingly happy for a novelist.That's one hell of a grin. Has she just signed a multimillion-pound rights ...
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Today is polling day for the books blog's coveted award: time to choose which of the many nominated books should make the shortlistGiven that so many people sent so many excellent nominations in for the first round of this year's Not the Booker prize, ...
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This time, a remarkable supple kind of pastoral that makes room for a number of unexpected and daring fusionsDr Johnson, while recognising Milton's genius, took a famously dim view of this week's poem. "Such is the power of reputation justly acquired t...
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Former PM cancels scheduled appearance at Waterstone's store in Piccadilly days after eggs and shoes were thrown at him in DublinTony Blair today cancelled a high-profile signing of his new memoirs in central London amid warnings that he would face a h...
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Mortal Kiss will be a serialised paranormal romance targeted at teenage girlsThe publisher Random House is exploiting the trend for vampire romance through an interactive story project in partnership with Stardoll, the social gaming site for teenage gi...
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The City and the City and The Windup Girl draw equal numbers of votes for prestigious science fiction prizeFor only the third time in its 57 years of existence there has been a dead heat in the Hugo award for best novel, with China Miéville's The City...
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Kidnapped Austrian schoolgirl Natascha Kampusch's autobiography reveals details of her 3,096 days in captivityNatascha Kampusch, the Austrian woman who was kidnapped and held captive for more than eight years, has told of how she tried to kill herself ...
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Bookshops are crucial infrastructure for any free society. The retail chain, which once exemplified this, seems to have lost touch with thisWhatever happened to Waterstone's? Like many bookshop lovers, and fans of Tim Waterstone's achievements in the 1...
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