April 30, 2019
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1. Tolkien film-makers insist they were respectful after estate disavows biopic 2. Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist revealed 3. Google expands the Assistant’s storytelling feature to mobile phones 4. Lost ‘Sequel’ to ‘A Clockwork Orange’ discovered 5. Microsoft stops selling … Continue reading
January 22, 2019
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1. Mary Oliver, Pulitzer prize-winning poet, dies aged 83 2. Mugabe Writing A Book About His Life 3. Tolkien and Dickens’s grandsons join forces on audiobook 4. TS Eliot prize goes to Hannah Sullivan’s debut 5. Publishers failing to … Continue reading
December 5, 2017
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1. Elena Ferrante is writing again, publisher says 2. ‘China’s Tolkien’ aims to conquer western readers 3. Bad sex award won by Christopher Bollen’s phallic ‘billiard rack’ 4. Pitkin rushes out book on Harry and Meghan 5. Unimpressed with revenue, publishers want to sell their … Continue reading
July 4, 2016
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At the BYOB Party in May, there were two fantasy novels that took center stage. One was a book Siddharth read called The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss; this was the first book in a series called The Kingkiller … Continue reading
January 26, 2015
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“Vampires are more photogenic- maybe better on TV?” says Jaya who does not want to get started on her attempt to read Twilight. She wants to discuss more serious reading. Tughlaq is a drama written by veteran Girish Karnad. … Continue reading