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Vladimir Nabokov's 'The Original of Laura' to be published

Nov 19 2008: In April 2008 Vladimir Nabokov's son announced that he planned to publish a controversial incomplete work by his father.

Now, some months later, 73-year-old Dmitri Nabokov is ready to reveal some of the book's details. Entitled The Original of Laura, it was written ...

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'5 Under 35' announced

Nov 18 2008: Five young fiction writers were recognized by the National Book Foundation at the "5 Under 35" celebration at Tribeca Cinemas on Monday, November 17. Each writer was selected by a previous National Book Award Finalist or Winner as someone whose work is particularly ...

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Spoof New York Times distributed to 1.2 million

Nov 13 2008: Commuters nationwide found out during Wednesday's morning rush hour that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had ended and global warming, health care spending and the economy's problems were on their way to being solved.

On behalf of a collective of liberal activists, ...

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Joseph Boyden wins Giller

Nov 12 2008: Joseph Boyden has been named the winner of the 15th annual Scotiabank Giller Prize for his novel Through Black Spruce, published by Viking Canada. The book will be published in the USA by Viking in March 2009.

The largest annual prize for fiction in the country, ...

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'Books = Gifts' campaign this holiday season

Nov 11 2008: The New York Times reports nervousness among publishers and booksellers as the holiday season approaches. Meanwhile Bertelsmann, the company that owns Random House (which includes Doubleday, Vintage, Crown and many other well known publishers) reported a 0.7% drop in ...

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Literary Critic John Leonard dies

Nov 07 2008: John Leonard lost his fight to cancer and died earlier this week, age 69. Critic, editor and novelist, he was particularly known for his early championing of future Nobel laureates Toni Morrison and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Kurt Vonnegut once observed, ''When I start to...

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Michael Crichton dies

Nov 06 2008: Michael Crichton, the author of the blockbuster science-fiction novels Jurassic Park, The Andromeda Strain and State of Fear, has died. He was 66.

His family released the following statement:
“Best-selling author Michael Crichton died unexpectedly in Los Angeles ...

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Guardian announces shortlist for Book Award

Nov 04 2008: The British newspaper The Guardian has announced the shortlist for their first book award. The shortlisted titles are: The Rest Is Noise by Alex Ross, Stalin's Children by Owen Matthews, God's Own Country by Ross Raisin, A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz and A ...

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