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More Memoirs Face Scrutiny

Feb 03 2006: The authenticity of three memoirs written by Nasdijj (The Blood Runs Like A River, Geronimo's Bones and The Boy and The Dog Are Sleeping) were revealed to be fraudulent by an article in LA Weekly.  It transpires that 'Nasdijj' (who claimed to have been...

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Playwright and Author Wendy Wasserstein Succumbs to Cancer.

Feb 03 2006: After her months-long bout with cancer, playwright and author Wendy Wasserstein died last week aged 55. She will be remembered for her caustic wit and the uncommonly strong female characters she created in popular plays like The Heidi Chronicles and The Sisters ...

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Peter Pan Sequel in the works

Jan 18 2006: When J.M. Barrie died he bequeathed the rights to his book, Peter Pan, to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).  Last week they announced the first officially sanctioned sequel, to be written by the award-winning children's author Geraldine McCaughrean, ...

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J.K. Rowling interviewed in UK Newspaper

Jan 18 2006: In a recent interview in the British newspaper, The Daily Telegraph, J.K. Rowling talks about the pressures of fame, the most traumatizing event in her life (the death of her mother), the last Harry Potter book which she has now completed, and a new children's book she ...

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James Frey Backlash Continues

Jan 18 2006: The backlash over James Frey's books continues, but doesn't seem to be effecting sales (A Million Little Pieces was the Publishers Weekly #1 selling trade paperback last week, and My Friend Leonard was the #1 hardcover nonfiction title). In her foreword in last week's ...

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Perfect Storm of Movies based on Books

Jan 18 2006: There are a number of movies based on books coming out in the next few months, including:

• Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story , starring Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon and Keeley Hawes, based on The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence ...

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A Million Little Pieces: Fabricated?

Jan 04 2006: An article in The Smoking Gun claims that James Frey (author of A Million Little Pieces and My Friend Leonard) fabricated key parts of his books.  They cite police records, court documents and interviews with law enforcement agents which belie a number of ...

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Gilead Wins Another Prize

Jan 04 2006: Gilead by Marilynne Robinson, already the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, has recently claimed another honor: the 2006 Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion. It is the only novel ever to win the award, which comes with ...

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