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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Manuscript Saved
The original manuscript of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (written in 1817) has been saved by a £3 million pound donation from the National Heritage Memorial Fund. The donation went to the Oxford University's Bodleian library where the original manuscript and notes will be kept.
Source: BBC
Posted on December 21, 2003
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Hemingway Letters, Items for Sale
Letters and a rare first edition of Ernest Hemingway's In Our Time are being put up for sale at an auction by Hemingway's nephew, John Sanford. John Sanford is a Hemingway scholar. The items up for auction could go for as much as $80,000 total according to SFGate.com.
Source: SFGate.com
Posted on December 15, 2003
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Tolkein Relative Joins Rings Cast
A living relative of J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, will be joining the cast for The Return of the King. 34 year old Royd Tolkien will play a Gondorian Ranger in the final film.
Source: BBC
Posted on December 8, 2003
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George Carlin To Publish New Book
Hyperion has announced plans to publish a new book by Grammy award-winning comedian, George Carlin. The book, to be entitled, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?, will be an assortment of short and long form humorous observations, essays, complaints, and routinesr. The book is scheduled for publication in October, 2004.
Source: The Write News
Posted on December 7, 2003
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Western Fiction is Going Strong
The Western genre is still popular among readers and movie goers. Elmer Kelton and William W. Johnstone -- plus many other western novelists -- are at the top of their game. On top of that, Kevin Costner's Western film Open Range was released this year to positive reviews, and other movies, including the Ron Howard-directed The Missing and the epic The Alamo, are coming out soon.
Source: The Write News
Posted on December 5, 2003
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Writer Wins Bad Sex Writing Award
Indian writer Aniruddha Bahal has won the annual Bad Sex in Fiction Award. Bahal won the award for a sex passage in his novel Bunker 13. Fortunately, Bahal has managed to keep his sense of humor in the process. Aniruddha Bahal told BBC News Online: \"I'm not one to shy away from having a laugh at my own expense.\"
Source: BBC
Posted on December 3, 2003
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Stephen King Gets National Book Award
Prolific author Stephen King (over 300 million books in print) has been given the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters -- also known as the lifetime achievement award. King is in good company here as literary authors like John Updike and Philip Roth have won it in the past. However, some of the snobby literati, like literary critic Harold Bloom, do not feel King deserves the award. But there are many more (both fans and literary critics) who do feel King has more than earned it.
Source: Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, WWForums.com Discussion
Related Links: National Book Award Winners
Posted on November 23, 2003
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Loren Long Signs 5 Book Deal
Loren Long, illustrator of Madonna's second book for children, Mr. Peabody's Apples, has signed a five-book deal with Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group. The deal was made directly with the illustrator by Doug Whiteman, President of Penguin Young Readers Group. All five books will be illustrated by Loren Long and he may write one or more of them. Patricia Gauch, who has worked with such legends as Eric Carle and Patricia Polacco, will be his editor. The first book is slated for publication in 2005.
Posted on November 21, 2003
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Impac Award Longlist Announced
125 authors are in the longlist of finalists for the The International Impac Dublin Literary Award 2004. The prize of 100,000 euros is the world's richest literary prize for a single work of fiction. The IMPAC shortlist will be announced in March 2004. Last year's winner was Orhan Pamuk forMy Name is Red.
Source: BBC, Past IMPAC Winners
Posted on November 18, 2003
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Graphic Novels in Demand
Graphic novels are rising in popularity as they celebrate their 25th birthday. The explosion in sales of Manga comics is partly behind the boom, but non-Japenese graphic novels have been selling as well. Neil Gaiman's Sandman: Endless Nights hit the New York Times bestseller list in October showing that graphic novels can sell as well as books.
Source: Time Magazine
Posted on November 14, 2003
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Madonna's Second Children's Book Debuts
Bestselling children's book author and musical artist Madonna kicked off the release of her second children's book, Mr. Peabody's Apples (Callaway Editions), with a joint promotion on America Online, Audible.com, and the Apple iTunes Music Store. The promotion will include two interviews and a teaser clip of Madonna's narration of Mr. Peabody's Apples on AOL; the full narration is available for download from Audible.com and the Apple iTunes Music Store. Mr. Peabody's Apples, which Madonna dedicates to teachers everywhere, is a story about the power of words and the importance of teachers. It takes place in 1949 in Happville, USA. Mr. Peabody, the beloved elementary school teacher and baseball coach, one day finds himself ostracized when rumors about him spread through the small town. Mr. Peabody silences the gossip with a poignant lesson about how we must choose our words carefully to avoid causing harm to others. Mr. Peabody's Apples is illustrated by Loren Long.
Posted on November 11, 2003
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Guiness Sells 100 Millionth Copy
Guinness World Records, which contains information about record-breaking achievement, has announced the upcoming sale of its 100 millionth book on November 11. The record will be set by the book's 2004 edition, which has been featured on The New York Times bestseller list for more than eight weeks since its August 28th launch. First published in 1955 in the United Kingdom for one shilling (10 cents), the comprehensive collection of the greatest and most amazing feats from around the world is now printed in more than 100 countries and 23 languages and stakes its claim as the bestselling copyrighted-book of all-time.
Posted on November 8, 2003
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Stephen King to Finally Finish Dark Tower Series
Stephen King is finally wrapping up his Dark Tower series which he began 33 years ago. Wolves of the Calla, the fifth book in the series, has just been released -- six years after book four. The last two books will be released within the next 12 months.
Source: BBC
Posted on November 6, 2003
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South Beach Diet Keep Selling
The South Beach Diet book has remained a hot bestseller and
more SBD books like Good Fat, Good Carb are coming. The South Beach diet is similar
to the Atkins no-carb concept, but allows dieters to reintroduce
some carbs (fruits and vegetables) after a no-carb introduction
phase. The diet plan has plenty of critics including the Florida
citrus industry, because the South Beach Diet, which
borrows from the 1970s glycemic index system, recommends dieters
avoid orange juice.
Source: Miami Herald
Posted on November 4, 2003
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Amazon.com Offers Full Text Book Searches
Amazon.com has launched Search Inside the Book, a new feature which allows customers to find books by searching the full text inside them. In collaboration with publishers, Amazon.com is enabling customers to find books at Amazon.com based on every word inside more than 120,000 books -- over 33 million pages of searchable text. Customers can also preview the inside text of these books. Search Inside the Book has been integrated into Amazon.com's standard search tool.
Source: The Write News, SearchEngineWatch.com
Posted on October 31, 2003
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Screenwriters Take Poetic License With Plath
Screenwriters for Sylvia, a new film about the troubled life of poet and novelist Sylvia Plath (The Bell Jar) starring Gwyneth Paltrow, had to fill in a lot of the blanks in Sylvia's life. Sylvia's husband British poet laureate Ted Hughes destroyed Sylvia's second unpublished novel and the filmakers and screenwriters were denied access to most of Sylvia's poetry by Frieda Hughes, the poets' daughter.
Source: Christian Science Monitor, Smithsonian Magazine
Posted on October 24, 2003
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National Book Award Nominations
This year's National Book Award Nominations include veterans T Coraghessan Boyle, Marianne Wiggins, Shirley Hazzard, Edward P Jones and Scott Spencer. This year's award show, usually hosted by Steve Martin, will be hosted by mystery novelist Walter Mosley.
Source: BBC
Related Links: Past National Book Award Winners
Posted on October 22, 2003
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A Conversation With Lyn Hamilton
The Internet Writing Journal (IWJ) is featuring an interview with bestselling Canadian mystery novelist Lyn Hamilton. Lyn's novels featur amateur sleuth and antiques dealer Lara McClintoch and her books combine mystery and exotic travel. In an interview with The IWJ, Lyn discusses her latest book, The Thai Amulet, her love of travel, and how she created her popular heroine.
Source: The Internet Writing Journal
Posted on October 20, 2003
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Latest Harry Potter Sells 11 Million Copies
Scholastic reported that since its June 21 release twelve
weeks ago, the company has sold 11 million copies of J.K.
Rowling's Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Scholastic
released the fifth Harry Potter book at midnight on June 21 and
sold an astonishing 5 million copies in the first 24 hours,
breaking all publishing records.
Posted on October 18, 2003
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Peter Lance Discusses 9/11 and Terrorism
In his groundbreaking new book, 1000 Years for Revenge: International Terrorism and the FBI, the Untold Story (ReganBooks), Peter Lance puts together for the first time a detailed outline of the massive conspiracy which led to the tragedy of 9/11. In a tragic failure of our country's intelligence, al-Qaeda operated a major terror cell for years on the East Coast, while the FBI missed opportunity after opportunity to stop it. In the interview, Peter Lance talks about what went wrong, what's being done to correct the problems at the FBI, and why he believes that America is in more danger from terrorism than ever before.
Source: The Internet Writing Journal
Posted on October 16, 2003
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DBC Pierre Wins Booker Prize
Australian Author DBC Pierre, a former con man and drug addict, has won this year's coveted Booker Prize. Pierre won for his novel Vernon God Little, a dark comedy about a boy mistakenly identified as the shooter in a high school massacre that takes place in Texas. Pierre beat out Margaret Atwood, Damon Galgut, Zoe Heller, Clare Morrall, Monica Ali and others to win the prize. Pierre said his ?50,000 check will go to pay creditors.
Source: BBC, Globe and Mail
Related Links: Past Booker Prize Winners
Posted on October 15, 2003
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A Conversation With Kevin J. Anderson
In an interview in The Internet Writing Journal, internationally bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson discusses his exciting new epic SF series, The Saga of the Seven Suns, which is receiving rave reviews from critics. He talks about the latest book in the series, Forest of Stars (Warner Books), his Dune collaboration with Brian Herbert, and important issues facing the world today: from stem cell research to space exploration.
Source: The Internet Writing Journal
Posted on October 14, 2003
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Billy Crystal to Pen Two Children's Books
HarperCollins Children's Books has signed a deal to publish two children's books by actor, director and Academy Award host Billy Crystal. Crystal will draw upon his personal experiences in creating the books. Crystal's first of the two book deal, I Already Know I Love You, is inspired by the recent birth of his first grandchild, Ella. It will be published in April, 2004.
Source: The Write News
Posted on October 11, 2003
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Tom Wolfe Awarded Chicago Tribune Literary Prize
Author Tom Wolfe has been named the recipient of the 2003 Chicago Tribune Literary Prize for his lifetime of achievements. Wolfe began his career as a newspaperman and went on to champion the role of the novelist as reporter.
The author of The Right Stuff, The Bonfire of the Vanities, A Man in Full, and originator of the phrase "the Me Decade" will receive his award Sunday, Nov. 2, at Chicago's Symphony Center, where Wolfe will deliver the annual Chicago Tribune Lecture as part of the Chicago Humanities Festival.
Source: The Write News
Posted on October 10, 2003
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Shrek Author William Steig Dies
Shrek author William Steig has died at age 95. Steig was known as a prolific children's author (30 children's books) and as King of Cartoons for his popular cartoons in the New Yorker.
Source: BBC
Posted on October 4, 2003
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Coetzee Wins Nobel Literature Prize
John Maxwell Coetzee, a South African author, has won the 2003 Nobel Prize for Literature. Coetzee has also won the Booker Prize twice.
Source: BBC
Posted on October 2, 2003
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Oprah Selects Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton is Oprah's second pick since relaunching her Book Club in June with a focus on the classics. The book club was relaunched with East of Eden, the literary classic by author John Steinbeck.
Source: ReadersRead.com
Posted on September 30, 2003
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Dr. Phil Tackles Weight Loss
Dr. Phil, a psychologist and talk show host, is now tackling the problem of weight loss with a blunt behavioral approach. His new book, The Ultimate Weight Solution: The 7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom, offers advice on learning why you overeat, how to avoid problem foods and understanding emotional eating. Along with the book, Dr. Phil has also released a line of weight loss pills called Shape Up! Critics have complained the book contains very obvious advice and that the plan won't work in the long run, but that hasn't stopped Dr. Phil's latest book from hitting the bestseller lists.
Source: Washingtonpost.com
Posted on September 22, 2003
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Book Tries to Explain Life
The Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For? is a self-help styled religious book which offers readers a purpose to their lives. The book tells readers the meaning of live is not about the reader, but about serving God and others. The book's short, easy to follow style has been a hit with readers. The Purpose-Drive Life has sold 4.5 million copies since last October and has been on the New York Times bestsellers list for 33 consecutive weeks.
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
Posted on September 19, 2003
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HarperCollins Launches Agatha Christie Ebooks
HarperCollins Publishers Perfect Bound division and Agatha Christie Limited, a Chorion company, have announced a program for the publication in ebook format of 85 works by Agatha Christie. The program will include Agatha Christie's classic mysteries that feature Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple, and such genre-defining crime titles as And Then There Were None. Each title contains special ebook features that are not available in any print edition. They Came to Baghdad, for example, contains the lengthy essay 'Agatha Christie in Baghdad,' the author's own account -- taken from her autobiography -- of her many years in Baghdad and the Middle East as tourist, occasional archaeologist and resident, and where she wrote some of her most important works.
Posted on September 17, 2003
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Booker Prize Shortlist Announced
The shortlist for the 2003 Booker Prize has been announced. This years favorites include Monica Ali for Brick Lane, Margaret Atwood for Oryx and Crake, DBC Pierre for Vernon God Little, Damon Galgut for The Good Doctor and Zoe Heller for Notes on a Scandal.
Source: BBC
Related Links: Past Booker Prize Winners
Posted on September 16, 2003
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Stephen King Named for Literary Prize
The National Book Foundation announced that Stephen King will receive the 2003 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters on November 19, at the 54th National Book Awards Ceremony and Benefit Dinner at the New York Marriott Marquis Hotel in Times Square. The award includes a medal and a $10,000 prize. Stephen King, who was very excited to win the award, will return the cash prize to the National Book Foundation.
Source: SFWA, WWForums.com Discussion
Posted on September 15, 2003
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Forgotten Christie Play Uncovered
A forgotten Agatha Christie play, The Secret of Chimneys, written in 1925 has been discovered in the British Library. The play was found by Christie's grandson.
Source: BBC
Posted on September 7, 2003
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DirectGroup Picks Second Interntional Book
The DirectGroup division of Bertelsmann, AG, co-owners of Bookspan's Book-of-the-Month Club, has selected A Faint Cold Fear by New York Times bestselling author Karin Slaughter as the next International Book of the Month.
Sources: The Write News, ReadersRead.com Book Awards
Posted on September 5, 2003
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Madonna Records Message for Readers on Amazon
Madonna, the pop singer turned children's author, has recorded a special message for readers on Amazon.com. In the message she talks about the first children's book (The English Roses) out of a series of five that she will be publishing. Each book in the series will feature a new children's illustrator.
Source: BBC
Posted on September 3, 2003
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2003 Hugo Award Winners
The Hugo Award Winners for 2003 were just announced at the 61th World Science Fiction Convention, Torcon 3, in Toronto, Ontario. Robert J. Sawyer won the best novel award for Hominids (Tor). Neil Gaiman won the novella award for Coraline -- his second Hugo after winning for his novel American Gods in 2002.
Source: SFWA
Related Links: ReadersRead.com Hugo Award Winners Page
Posted on September 2, 2003
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Chick Lit Boom
A new genre, chick lit, has sprung from the success of Helen Fielding's 1998 bestselling novel, Bridget Jones's Diary. The contemporary novels feature average or typical women (usually in their 20s or 30s and sometimes slightly overweight) pursuing careers and romance. ABC News reported that Chick Lit sales generated at least $71 million in sales in 2002.
Source: ABC News
Posted on August 30, 2003
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Gluck Next US Poet Laureate
Louise Gluck, a Pulitzer-prize winner, will be the next U.S. Poet Laureate. She received the Pulitzer in 1993 for her poetry collection called The Wild Iris. Gluck teaches English at Williams College in Massachusetts. Billy Collins is the current U.S. Poet Laureate.
Source: BBC
Posted on August 29, 2003
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DK and Google Launch Children's Encyclopedia
DK Publishing, a family reference publisher and Google, a popular search engine, have announced a joint project that will enhance the way children do their homework. The new project, e.encyclopedia, will combine reference book publishing with Google's search tools. A modern, general encyclopedia, e.encyclopedia will include nine main subject areas of perennial relevance to what children are learning. Keywords on each entry in the book will direct readers to the e.encyclopedia website, where they will be connected to information from a pre-selected range of more than 1,000 useful sites, clip art, and videos.
Source: The Write News
Posted on August 22, 2003
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2003 Christy Awards Winners Announced
The 2003 Christy Awards, annual awards for Christian Fiction, were recently announced. Karen Hancock won the Allegory category with Arena (Bethany House); Ann Tatlock won the Contemporary category for her novel All the Way Home (Bethany House); and Michael Morris won Best First Novel with A Place Called Wiregrass (RiverOak Publishing). A complete list of winners and past winners can be found on the ChristyAwards.com and on ReadersRead.com's Christy Awards page.
Posted on August 18, 2003
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Rubbadubbers Become Children's Books
Simon Spotlight, an Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing imprint devoted to media tie-ins, and Scholastic, a publisher and distributor of children's books, announced that they will each publish a line of books based on HIT Entertainment's new animated television series Rubbadubbers. Simon Spotlight will publish novelty and storybook formats and Scholastic will publish coloring and activity formats. Spotlight and Scholastic are coordinating sales and marketing efforts with national accounts to assure a major Rubbadubbers presence when the books launch in Summer 2004.
Posted on August 17, 2003
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23 on 2003 Booker Prize Longlist
23 authors have been named to this year's coveted Booker Prize literary award. According to the BBC, J M Coetzee is the leading favorite with 6/1 odds. Other authors with strong changes of winning include Martin Amis (8/1), Melvyn Bragg (8/1), Margaret Atwood (10/1) and Graham Swift (10/1). The Booker Prize shortlist will be announced on September 16th, 2003.
Sources: BBC
Related Links: BookerPrize.co.uk, ReadersRead.com Awards
Posted on August 15, 2003
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Rita Award Winners
This year's Rita Award Winners have been announced. The Rita Awards are prestigious romantic fiction awards announced annually by the The Romance Writers of America (RWA). Wendy Lindstrom won Best First Book for Shades of Honor (St. Martin's Press), Nora Roberts won the Romantic Suspense category with Three Fates (Putnam) and Barbara Ann Samuel won Best Contemporary Single Title with No Place Like Home (Ballantine). Other 2003 Rita Award Winners and winners from previous years can be found on the RWA's website or ReadersRead.com's RITA award winners page.
Posted on August 13, 2003
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Madonna Becomes Children's Author
Madonna, the celebrity music star, mother and author of a book called Sex, will author a series of six children's books. The first book, The English Roses, will be available in September, 2003. Each book in the series will feature a new children's illustrator.
Source: NY Daily News
Posted on August 10, 2003
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A Conversation With Steve Hamilton
The June/July issue of The Internet Writing Journal features
an interview with bestselling
novelist Steve Hamilton, author of A Cold Day in Paradise
(St. Martin's Minotaur) and Blood is the Sky (St.
Martin's Minotaur). An information developer for IBM for nineteen
years, Steve Hamilton always had a secret longing to write fiction.
His first book, A Cold Day in Paradise won the PWA/St. Martin's
Press Best First Private Eye Novel Contest, and went on to win
both the Edgar and the Shamus awards, as well. Now he juggles
two careers, while writing his bestselling series about an ex-cop,
Alex McKnight, who lives in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. In the interview, Steve Hamilton discusses his latest novel, Blood is the Sky (St. Martin's Minotaur), and how he manages to keep two successful careers going at
the same time.
Source: The Internet Writing Journal
Posted on July 28, 2003
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A Conversation With Eliot Pattison
The June/July issue of The Internet Writing Journal features
an interview with critically acclaimed novelist Eliot Pattison,
author of The Skull Mantra (St. Martin's Minotaur) and Bone Mountain
(St. Martin's Press). Eliot Pattison already had a successful career as an
international attorney when he began writing fiction, inspired
by his many visits to China and Tibet. His first novel, The Skull
Mantra (St. Martin's Minotaur), won the Edgar Award for Best
First Novel, received rave reviews from critics and launched a
new series. In this exclusive interview he talks about
the latest novel, Bone Mountain (St. Martin's Minotaur), and
how his travels to Chinese-occupied Tibet have changed his life.
Source: The Internet Writing Journal
Posted on July 26, 2003
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Jay Leno Writes Children's Book
Jay Leno, the host of the Tonight Show, has become a children's author. Leno's new book, If Roast Beef Could Fly, is based a memory from his childhood about a cookout.
The book will be illustrated in full
color by S. B. Whitehead, best-known for his work in Entertainment Weekly. The book will be available in the summer of 2004 from Simon & Schuster.
Source: CBC
Posted on July 23, 2003
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Booker Winner Rips on Potter Series
Author AS Byatt, a winner of the Booker Prize, a prestigious British literary prize, wrote in the New York Times that the latest Harry Potter
novel by J.K. Rowling is "written for people whose imaginative lives are confined to TV cartoons, and the exaggerated (more exciting, not threatening) mirror-worlds of soaps, reality TV and celebrity gossip." She also said the book lacked the seriousness found in other great children's writing. The BBC reported
that Byatt has been called a snob by some following her New York Times editorial.
Source: BBC
Posted on July 20, 2003
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Carol Shields Dies Aged 68
Canadian literary novelist Carol Shields has died of breast
cancer at age 68. Shields is best known for her 1993 pulitzer-prize winning novel The Stone Diaries.
Her most recent novel Unless made the shortlist
for the 2002 Booker Prize and the longlist for the
Orange Prize.
Source: BBC
Posted on July 17, 2003
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Baen Books Celebrate 20 Years of SF Publishing
In the current era of publishing mega mergers and consolidation, Jim Baen, president and publisher of Baen Books, is celebrating his independence and twenty years of science fiction publishing. Baen has been using the Internet to both sell books and find new authors. At their website, baen.com, a down-to-earth atmosphere prevails. Fans, aspiring writers, and several of Baen's top authors are all regulars at Baen's Bar, a science fiction and fantasy oriented chat room. Baen.com also contains an interesting FAQ which provides manuscript submission guidelines and answers to questions about book costs, print runs and book promotion.
The Write News
Posted on July 11, 2003
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Disney and Gemstone Relaunch Disney Comic Books
Disney Publishing Worldwide and Gemstone Publishing have announced a series of comic books featuring popular Disney characters. Gemstone Publishing will introduce the first two monthly comics, Walt Disney Comics and Stories and Uncle Scrooge, in June at $6.95. The first bi-monthly, Donald Duck Adventures ($7.95), will debut in July, with two additional monthlies, Donald Duck and Friends and Mickey Mouse and Friends ($2.95) hitting the shelves in September.
Source: The Write News
Posted on July 5, 2003
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East of Eden Sale Soar Afer Oprah Selection
Penguin Books announced that East of Eden by John Steinbeck, the book that Oprah picked to relaunch her book club, will be #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list for July 6, 2003. East of Eden has gone back to press five times since June 18, when Oprah Winfrey announced it was the book she chose to relaunch her Book Club. To date there are 1,175,000 copies in print.
Posted on July 4, 2003
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More Potters Printed
Scholastic announced that the Company is going back to press for a third printing of 800,000 copies of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix which will be shipped to retailers over the next month. J.K. Rowling's fifth Harry Potter book hit bookstores nationwide at midnight on June 21, 2003 and sold an unprecedented 5 million copies in the first 24 hours, breaking all publishing records. The 800,000 copies is in addition to Scholastic's record breaking first print-run of 6.8 million and a second printing of 1.7 million copies, bringing the total in print number to 9.3 million copies.
Posted on July 3, 2003
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Microsoft Launches Free Ebook Promotion
Microsoft Corp. has made 60 bestselling ebooks available for free download by users of Microsoft Reader. These books represent a wide cross-section of authors and books from a variety of publishers, such as A Short History of Nearly Everything, by Bill Bryson; The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan; Fear Itself, by Walter Mosley; and Beach Music, by Pat Conroy.
The 20-week promotion will feature three new titles each week, available at http://www.microsoft.com/reader/. Once downloaded, each ebook can be read on a user's desktop or laptop PC, Pocket PC or Tablet PC. Each week, new content will be made available to expand each user's personal library of ebooks.
Posted on July 2, 2003
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Oprah Traffics Soars
Nielsen//NetRatings reported that traffic to Oprah.com jumped 51
percent during the week ending June 15, as surfers logged on to
access information on the relaunch of Oprah?s Book Club. More
than 303,000 unique visitors at home visited the site, as compared
to 200,000 the previous week. Of those visiting the Web site last
week, more than 29 percent of the audience traffic accessed a
promo page announcing the relaunch of the book club.
?Oprah?s book club was a huge success, bringing often little
known authors into the mainstream,? said Abha Bhagat, senior
Internet analyst, Nielsen//NetRatings. ?The financial gain for those
books picked is enormous. One endorsement from Oprah can
launch a book into best seller status.?
Posted on June 25, 2003
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Potter Mania
The latest Harry Potter novel (the first in three years), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, is selling out at bookstores nationwide. The book sold 5 million copies on its first day alone. This is after the book set records at Amazon.com and other online booksellers as a pre-order title. The reviews for the book have also been favorable from both critics and fans.
Sources: New York Times, L.A. Times, The Guardian, Business Week, BBC
Posted on June 23, 2003
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Oprah Selects East of Eden
Oprah has relaunched her book club. This time she will be focusing more on the classics. Her first pick is East of Eden, the literary classic by author John Steinbeck.
Source: The Write News, Readers Read, Oprah.com
Posted on June 18, 2003
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2002 Bram Stoker Award Winners
The Horror Writer's Association has announced this year's Bram Stoker Awards Winners. The Night Class by Tom Piccirilli won best novel and Alice Sebold won best first novel for The Lovely Bones
Source: The Write News, Readers Read
Posted on June 15, 2003
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2003 Book Sense Book of the Year Winners
The ABA has announced this year's BookSense Awards Winners. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold (Little, Brown) won for the best adult fiction title. Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (Perennial) won the paperback awards, which was given for the first time this year. Cornelia Funke, author of The Thief Lord (Chicken House/Scholastic) took home the Children's Literature category award.
Source: The Write News, Readers Read
Posted on June 14, 2003
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Harry Potter & the Order of Searches
The popularity of the Harry Potter series from J.K. Rowling has resulted in a wide variety of searches for the books, the characters, the author and the actors playing the characters in the films. Click here a for a look at some of the most popular and most unusual Harry Potter searches made on Yahoo Search.
Posted on June 13, 2003
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New Garth Nix Series Announced
A new children's fantasy from author Garth Nix (The Seventh Tower, Abhorsen) is being released by Scholatic. The new series, Keys To The Kingdom, will be a seven book series. The first book in the series, Mister Monday, is already in stores.
Source: The Write News
Posted on June 8, 2003
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James Brady Wins W. Y. Boyd Literary Novel Award
James Brady?s book, Warning of War, published by St. Martin?s Press is the winner of the W. Y. Boyd Literary Novel Award for Excellence in Military Fiction. The award was given to the best military novel written in the year 2002. The W.Y. Boyd Literary Novel Award honors the best fiction set in a period when the United States was at war. The $5,000 award and citation, donated by author W.Y. Boyd, recognizes the service of American veterans and military personnel, and encourages the writing and publishing of outstanding war-related fiction.
Posted on June 3, 2003
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Bookspan Launches Conservative Book Club
Bookspan is launching a new club devoted to books with a conservative viewpoint. Brad Miner, a publishing and magazine veteran, will serve as Editor of the new club, which is expected to be introduced later this year.
Source: The Write News
Posted on May 30, 2003
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5th Harry Potter Amazon's Largest New Product Release
With less than one month remaining before its release, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5) has already surpassed Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4) as Amazon.com's largest new product release ever, with more than 500,000 copies ordered in just four months. Amazon has received more than 875,000 orders for the book on all of its websites worldwide (including amazon.com). Previously Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire was Amazon.com's largest new product release, with more than 350,000 orders placed on amazon.com in the five months leading up to its July 8, 2000 release, and 410,000 copies ordered in advance of its release on Amazon sites worldwide.
Posted on May 28, 2003
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Oryx and Crake and Genetics and Sars
Margaret Atwood's latest novel, Oryx and Crake, follows themes present in our time (including sars and genetically modified foods) and takes them to a distressing conclusion. In Atwood's novel the genetics are taken a step farther and animals are being engineered. A deadly disease has also swept mankind, like SARS is beginning to do now. Atwood provides some of the headlines that helped give her ideas for the novel and oryxandcrake.com.
Sources: USA Today, Oryxandcrake.com
Posted on May 26, 2003
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L.A. Times Book Awards
The Los Angeles Times Book Prizes were recently announced. Larry McMurtry won the annual Robert Kirsch Award for lifetime achievement. Nine Book prizes, including Atonement by Ian McEwan for fiction, Prague by Arthur Phillips for first novel and Hell to Pay by George P. Pelecanos for first novel, were also given.
Source: The Write News, Readers Read
Posted on May 23, 2003
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Stephen Glass: A Fabulous Liar
Stephen Glass, a journalist who fabricated stories several years ago in The New Republic, has now written a novel about a fictional character who does the same thing. In The Fabulist, a journalist fabricates stories and is caught and soon finds himself the target of an aggressive media blitz that seeks to destroy him.
Sources: MSNBC, Salon
Posted on May 21, 2003
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Erica Jong Tells Sapho's Tale
Author Erica Jong has a new book out -- nearly 30 years after her
popular first novel, Fear of Flying which sold over 12
million copies. Her new novel, Sappho's Leap, is a story
about the Greek love poet Sappho.
Source: Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted on May 14, 2003
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A Conversation With Sarah Lovett
he April/May issue of The Internet Writing Journal features an interview with bestselling
thriller novelist Sarah Lovett. Sarah Lovett has always been
fascinated with the dark side of human nature, which she explores
in her popular novels starring Dr. Sylvia Strange, a forensic
psychologist who assists the FBI as a profiler. Her latest book
is Dark Alchemy, a stunning thriller in which Dr. Strange goes
after a brilliant serial poisoner who uses sophisticated,
top-secret neurotoxins to dispatch her victims. In the interview,
Sarah discusses Dark Alchemy and her road to publication. She also
shares some fascinating insights into how she creates her
memorable characters.
Source: The IWJ
Posted on May 6, 2003
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A Conversation With T. Jefferson Parker
The April/May issue of The Internet Writing Journal features
an interview with New York Times bestselling author T.
Jefferson Parker. Parker began his career as a cub reporter for the
Newport Ensign and eventually went on to the Daily
Pilot. But even as he garnered awards for his journalism,
he always had a hankering to write fiction. From his first,
bestselling novel, Laguna Heat, to his Edgar award-winning novel,
Silent Joe (Hyperion), T. Jefferson Parker has won rave reviews
for his clean prose, exciting action and fascinating
characterizations. In this exclusive interview he talks about
his exciting new police thriller, Cold Pursuit (Hyperion), and
discusses his journey from award-winning journalist to bestselling
author.
Source: The IWJ
Posted on May 5, 2003
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Stephen Ambrose Novel to be Published
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers will publish the first and only work of fiction by the late renowned historian, Stephen E. Ambrose. A novel for teens and adults, This Vast Land: A Young Man's Journal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, will chronicle the famous expedition through the words of a young man. The manuscript was submitted by Dr. Ambrose to his editors prior to his death in October 2002.
Source: The Write News
Posted on May 2, 2003
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Original Voices Award Winners
The Borders Original Voices Awards winners include Paul Auster's Book of Illusions (Henry Holt & Company), won top honors in the fiction category; Complications (Metropolitan Books), a collection of essays about the fallibility of surgeons by Atul Gawande was the nonfiction winner; author Linda Smith and illustrator Marla Frazee won in the children's picture book category for their collaboration on Mrs. Biddlebox; and established horror novelist Clive Barker won for his first young adult fantasy novel, Abarat (Joanna Cotler Books).
Source: The Write News, Readers Read
Posted on April 29, 2003
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Discover Great New Writers Award Winners
Anthony Doerr, author of the short-story collection The Shell Collector (Scribner/Penguin), and Dina Temple-Raston, author of A Death in Texas (Henry Holt), have been named the winners of the tenth annual Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Awards for fiction and nonfiction, respectively.
Source: The Write News, Readers Read
Posted on April 28, 2003
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The Science Fiction Experience
Paul G. Allen has announced the development of a cultural project dedicated to science fiction. Temporarily named The Science Fiction Experience, the project will provide exhibit experiences that inspire appreciation of science fiction's history, creativity and contributions, while at the same time recognizing notable science fiction creators and their creations. Included in the exhibit will be works by Isaac Asimov, Ursula Le Guin, H.G. Wells, George Lucas, Chesley Bonestell, Arthur C. Clarke, Ray Bradbury, Gene Rodenberry, James Cameron, Octavia Butler and Steven Spielberg, to name a few.
Source: The Write News
Posted on April 26, 2003
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Amazon Teams With FedEx and USPS For Potter Delivery
Amazon.com, FedEx and the U.S. Postal Service have teamed up to deliver the next book in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. The book will be delivered on Saturday, June 21 -- the first day the book is available to the public. Amazon.com is calling it the largest distribution event of any single item in ecommerce history. Amazon.com will offer delivery of the book via FedEx delivery services or the U.S. Postal Service on Saturday, June 21, for the same price as Standard shipping. Amazon.com is not the only online retailer with Harry Potter related deals -- most online book retailers feature the upcoming novel and offer discounts.
Source: The Write News
Posted on April 18, 2003
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Seventeen and Book Divas
Seventeen Magazine, Seventeen.com, and ElectricArtists announced the launch of Seventeen's
online book club, Seventeen - Book Divas. Seventeen has chosen ElectricArtists' Book Divas online book club as the exclusive destination for its readers to discuss, review, and
share thoughts about the books they love. The May 2003 issue of Seventeen officially kicked off Seventeen - Book Divas. The first featured book is
The Song Reader, by Lisa Tucker.
Posted on April 11, 2003
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Bratz Dolls Expand Into Books
Penguin Young Readers Group has signed a book licensing agreement with MGA Entertainment to launch a Bratz publishing program beginning with six titles in July of 2003. The Bratz (Yasmin, Cloe, Sasha, and Jade) are dolls with a passion for fashion. The Bratz book formats will include two 7 1/2 x 10 1/2 paperbacks; one with scented aromatherapy bookmarks, the other with a magnetic picture frame; and four activity books with glittery tattoo stickers. Six more books are scheduled to launch this fall.
Source: The Write News
Posted on April 8, 2003
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Dial Books Hopes For Hit With Lion Boy
Dial Books for Young Readers has purchased the U.S. and Canadian hardcover and paperback rights to Lion Boy, a children's adventure trilogy written by the writing team of "Zizou Corder" composed of mom, Louisa Young and her ten-year-old daughter, Isabel Adomakoh Young. Lion Boy has already created a loud enough buzz in Britain to garner a feature film option from DreamWorks, SKG. An adventure-fantasy novel for ages ten and up, Lion Boy follows ten-year-old Charlie Ashanti as he tracks his kidnapped parents. With his ability to speak the language of cats (since having been scratched by a leopard as a baby), Charlie recruits the stray cats of London -- and eventually the lions aboard a floating circus -- to help him in his search.
Source: The Write News
Posted on April 4, 2003
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Bookspan Launches International Book-of-the-Month
The DirectGroup division of Bertelsmann AG, co-owners of Bookspan's Book-of-the-Month Club, announced that
for the first time its clubs worldwide have agreed on the selection of a single title as a Main or Featured Selection in a new program, the International Book-of-the-Month.
The first International Book-of-the-Month is No Second Chance, the latest thriller by New York Times
bestselling novelist Harlan Coben. DirectGroup expects to
sell one million copies of No Second Chance through its
worldwide clubs.
Posted on March 24, 2003
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L.A. Times Book Finalists Announced
The Los Angeles Times has announced the finalists for the 23rd annual
Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, which will be presented April 26 at
UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles.
The 45 Book Prize finalists were announced during a March 7 evening
reception at the National Arts Club in New York. The event was hosted by
Los Angeles Times Features Editor Rick Flaste; Kenneth Turan, director
of the Book Prizes and Times film critic; and Times Book Editor Steve Wasserman. The 2002 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes will honor outstanding literary achievement in nine categories: biography, current interest, fiction, first
fiction, history, mystery/thriller, poetry, science and technology, and
young adult fiction. A list of the 2002 finalists is available here. Past winners of the book prizes can be found here on readersread.com.
Posted on March 17, 2003
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SCI FI Channel Creates Dune Miniseries
The SCI FI Channel is about to air a six-hour miniseries based on the Dune novels by Frank Herbert. The miniseries, Children of Dune, is based on the Dune Messiah and Children of Dune books.
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Source: Salt Lake Tribune
Posted on March 14, 2003
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Rowling Seeks to Block Grotter
JK Rowling, author of the popular Harry Potter series, is asking a Dutch court to block Dutch distributor Byblos from printing The Magic Double Bass by Dmitry Yemets. The novel stars a young girl known as Tonya Grotter, who has powers and features similar to Harry Potter. Rowling claims the Dutch book copies storyline, plot and the characters.
Source: BBC News
Posted on March 13, 2003
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2003 Independent Foreign Fiction Shortlist Announced
Six books have been shortlisted for the ?10,000 2003 Independent Foreign Fiction prize. Last year's winner was Winfried Georg Sebald, who was awarded posthumously for his novel, Austerlitz.
Source: BBC News
Posted on March 12, 2003
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Mormon Romance Novels
Romance novels vary widely in the amount of sexual content they contain. Some novels contain many sex scenes. And some, like Mormon romance novels, contain none. The Mormon romance novel contains no sex and there might not even be a "kiss scene" until after the romantic couple is engaged. However, Mormon romance novels can be big sellers -- especially in Salt Lake City.
Source: Casper Star Tribune
Posted on March 8, 2003
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HarperCollins Acquires Berenstain Bears Books
HarperCollins Children's Books has acquired the Berenstain Bears franchise. Senior Vice President and Editor-in-Chief Kate Morgan Jackson signed the deal for more than fifty books in six different formats. The first story starring the bear family, The Big Honey Hunt, appeared in 1962. Since then, more than 250 Berenstain Bears books have been published, and more than 240 million copies have been sold.
Source: The Write News
Posted on March 7, 2003
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Oprah's Book Club Will Focus on Classics
Oprah's Book Club will be officially returning, but publishers are hoping Oprah Winfrey only be focusing on "new classics" as well as the classic works of past authors. Caitlyn Rhodes, author of the Media Cynic column, suggests that one of the reasons Oprah might be selecting classic works by dead authors is because dead authors can't insult you or rudely refuse to appear on your show like Jonathan Franzen did in 2001. Oprah will also be traveling to locations from the books she selects and providing materials and relevant information on Oprah.com as part of her new focus on classic works.
Media Cynic, Previous Oprah's Book Club Selections, Oprah.com
Posted on March 6, 2003
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Interview With Sara Douglass
The Internet Writing Journal has interview internationally bestselling author Sara Douglass, the author of the The Wayfarer Redemption fantasy series and her new fantasy series, The Troy Game (Tor). In the in-depth interview, Sara Douglass discusses Hades' Daughter, the first novel in The Troy Game series, how she made it through fifteen years of rejections before she was published, her childhood, the creative process and the ghost that lives in her home.
Source: The Internet Writing Journal
Posted on March 5, 2003
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Interview With Laura Caldwell
The Internet Writing Journal has interviewed author Laura Caldwell, the author of Burning the Map (Red Dress Ink). In the interview Laura Caldwell discusses her new novel which fits in the "chick-lit" genre, how she got it published and how she made the transition from attorney to novelist.
Source: The Internet Writing Journal
Posted on March 4, 2003
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Madonna To Write Children's Books
Pop singer and actress Madonna has signed a five book deal with Penguin to write children's books. Madonna's first children's book, The English Roses, will come out in September 2003. Each book will be for readers over age six and will feature the work of a different illustrator.
Source: USA Today, BBC
Posted on March 3, 2003
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Stephen King To Finish Dark Tower Series
Bestselling author Stephen King has finished writing the fifth, sixth and seventh book of the Dark Tower series which began with The Gunslinger, first published in 1982. The first of the final books, Song of Susannah will come out this November from Donald M. Grant and Scribner.
Source: The Write News
Posted on February 27, 2003
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Oprah Revives Book Club
Oprah Winfrey is bringing back her popular and respected book club. This time Oprah is focusing on liteary classics like Shakespeare, Steinbeck, Faulkner and Hemingway. Oprah will select 3-5 books per year. Oprah is also planning to travel to the settings in each of the classic books.
Source: USA Today, Past Oprah Book Club picks.
Posted on February 26, 2003
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Tolkien's Grandson Excluded From Literary Estate
J.R.R. Tokein's grandson Simon Tolkien says he has been excluded from managing his grandfather's literary estate. Apparently disagreements between Simon and his father and complaints by Simon about how the books were being adapted into movies led to his exclusion from the estate. Simon Tolkein is now an author himself -- his first novel Final Witness is a legal thriller.
Source: Daily Telegraph
Posted on February 24, 2003
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Edgar Nominees Announced
The Mystery Writers of America (MWA) has announced the nominees for the Edgar Allan Poe
Awards 2003, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction, television, film and theatre published or produced in 2002. The Edgar Awards will be presented to the winners at the MWA's 57th Gala Banquet, May 1, 2003 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City.
Source: MWA Edgar Nominees, Past Edgar Winners
Posted on February 23, 2003
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The Worst Novel Ever Published
Gene Weingarten, a journalist at the Washington Post, recently interviewed Robert Burrows who is the author of Great American Parade. Weingarten says Great American Parade is the worst novel ever published in the English language. The novel covers the quite unexciting topic of fiscal policy, including the Bush tax cuts. Burrows is also planning a future novel about Bush's plan to remove taxes on stock dividends.
Source: The Washington Post
Posted on February 21, 2003
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Bradbury Still Passionate About Writing
Fantasy and science fiction legend Ray Bradbury still loves books and loves writing. Bradbury was self-taught and never did attend college but he told the The Plain Dealer that you can learn to write by "by taking 10 books out at a time and by writing every day." Bradbury prefers to read his favorite writers like George Bernard Shaw, H.G. Wells, Thornton Wilder and Christopher Morley and does not read the work of contemporary writers because "it's junk."
Sources: The Plain Dealer, Ray Bradbury
Posted on February 19, 2003
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2002 Final Nebula Award Ballot
The Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. (SFWA) has announced the finalists for the 2002 Nebula Awards. The awards will be announced at the Nebula Awards Weekend, which occurs on April 18?20, 2003 in Philadelphia.
Sources: SFWA News, Past Nebula Award Winners
Posted on February 18, 2003
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Salman Rushdie Death Sentence Renewed
Hardliners in Iran have renewed their death sentence on author Salman Rushdie. The death sentence or fatwa was first issued 14 years ago by the Ayatollah Khomeini after Rushdie published The Satanic Verses. Iran's president, Mohammad Khatami, wants Rushdie's death sentence dismissed.
Sources: Times of India, Amazon.com
Posted on February 17, 2003
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Champlin Offers Realistic Westerns
The Wild West was not just shoot-em-ups, cowboys and gold. Author Tim Champlin, who has written over twenty westerns, works hard to honor historical and scientific facts in his novels, including the deadly diseases, blizzards, inventions, discoveries, people and battles of the period. Deadly Season is Champlin's most recent novel.
Source: The Tennessean, Amazon.com
Posted on February 16, 2003
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Buzz About Lionboy: New Children's Fantasy Trilogy
Another children's fantasy novel written by a single mother is on its way. This one is called Lionboy. The author, Louisa Young, is rumored to have received a £1 million book deal with Puffin, a UK publisher. Louisa's 10-year-old daughter, Isabel, also helps write the series. Like Harry Potter, Lionboy is a children's fantasy and features a young boy as the hero, but the similarities to Harry Potter end there. The hero, Charlie, was scratched by a leopard as a boy and can now communicate with all types of cats. The UK release of Lionboy is October, 2003, but there has been no news about a U.S. release.
Sources: The Age, BBC, Amazon.co.uk
Posted on February 14, 2003
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Next Godfather Author Announced
The Puzo literary estate and Random House have announced
the winner of the contest to find out who will write the sequel to the
Mario Puzo novel, The Godfather. Mark Winegardner, a creative writing director at
Florida State University, is the winner. He will write the next novel, which is
to be titled, The Godfather Returns, and due for release in Fall 2004. The Godfather
was written 30 years and sold 20 million copies.
Sources: MSNBC, Ananova
Posted on February 8, 2003
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World Leaders Narrate Peter and the Wolf
Here is a welcomed and unique audiobook. Mikhail Gorbachev, a former leader of the Soviet Union, and Bill Clinton, former U.S. President, are teaming up for an audio edition of Sergei Prokofiev's Peter in the Wolf. Actress Sophia Loren will also help with the tape's narration. Profits from the audiobook will go to charity.
Source: BBC, The Prokofiev Page
Posted on February 6, 2003
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Interview with Mitchell Graham
Mitchell Graham, an attorney, a neuropsychologist and an expert
fencer, is now a successful fantasy novelist. His first fantasy novel,
The Fifth Ring (Eos), is receiving rave reviews. In an interview in
The Internet Writing Journal, Mitchell discussed his road to
publication, and how he created his new fantasy series.
Source: The Internet Writing Journal
Posted on February 3, 2003
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Penguin Buys Walter the Farting Dog
Penguin Young Readers Group has acquired the next two Walter the Farting Dog books from authors William Kotzwinkle and Glenn Murray and illustrator Audrey Colman. It may not sound like a children's books but there are currently 120,000 copies of Walter the Farting Dog in print. The next book, Walter the Farting Dog: Trouble at the Yard Sale is slated for publication in 2004.
Sources: The Write News, Amazon.com
Posted on January 29, 2003
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Stephen King to Publish Pop-Up Book
From fear-inducing thrillers to children's pop-up books. Stephen King is embarking on a new challenge. Through Little Simon, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, King plans to offer a pop-up version of The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon for children. An illustrator and paper engineer have not yet been chosen. Read more at The Write News.
Posted on January 24, 2003
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Harry Potter 5 Due in June
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by J.K. Rowling,
the fifth novel in the popular series has been scheduled for
release on Saturday, June 21, 2003, it was announced by Scholastic and
Bloomsbury publishers. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is over 255,000 words
compared to over l9l,000 words in Harry Potter and the Goblet of
Fire.
More Information: The Write News, Media Cynic, Amazon.com
Posted on January 17, 2003
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