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How not to announce an award

slaming — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:18:31 +0000

When giving out an award, or doing any public speaking it is best to read your lines carefully and whatever you do … don’t do this

Lord of the Lawsuits

slaming — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:46:33 +0000

J.R.R. Tolkien’s two children are embroiled in a bitter lawsuit with New Line Cinema over unpaid royalties from the three Lord of the Rings movies. According to the LA Times, “Tolkien licensed motion picture rights to United Artists back in 1969 for a low six-figure sum and 7.5% of the gross receipts.” however New [...]

Library sting operation

slaming — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:24:00 +0000

In Brittan the Norfolk city council has been secretly undertaking an £82,000 sting operation to eradicate a scourge that has plagued the county and left its citizens cowering for far too many years… over due library books. I would hate to see what they do if you don’t pay your parking violations.

Classic American Authors

Seth Hornby — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:11:18 +0000

In the past 232 years, the United States has produced an impressive array of fiction authors. From Steinbeck to Salinger, Capote to Kerouac, to celebrate Independence Day, we are proud to share some of the finest books from these pillars of literature. J.D. Salinger Best known for his coming-of-age novel, The Catcher in the Rye, Jerome David [...]

AbeBooks.com Bestsellers for June 2008

slaming — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:55:21 +0000

The books listed here were the top 10 best selling books on AbeBooks.com for the month of June, 2008 1) Big Russ and Me by Tim Russert 2) Wisdom of Our Fathers by Tim Russert 3) Change Your Brain, Change Your Life by Daniel Amen 4) Dreams of My Father by Barack Obama 5) The Pillars Of The Earth by [...]

Top 10 flawed romantic heroines

slaming — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:57:31 +0000

Toni Jordan, who novel Addition was just selected by Richard and Judy for their summer reading list picks her top 10 flawed romantic heronines 1. Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare 2. Prudence Merridew in The Perfect Rake by Anne Gracie 3. Ayla in The Valley of Horses by Jean M Auel 4. Lucinda Leplastrier in [...]

Suspended for promoting literacy

slaming — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:19:38 +0000

An Indiana teacher was suspended for 18 months for teaching from the bestselling book The Freedom Writers Diary. Apparently one member of the teachers union disagreed with the fact that the book contained some swearing, because you all know what a little colourful language will do to an inner city kid! The Writers Diary, a [...]

Simone Ortega

slaming — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:13:37 +0000

Spanish chef and cookery author, Simone Ortega, died yesterday at the age of 89. Ortega was the author of 1,080 Recetas de Cocina which sold over 3 million copies, until his death in 2002 she was married to publisher José Ortega Spottorno, son of famous philosopher José Ortega y Gasset and founder [...]

Sadie Jones and The Outcast hits No.1

Richard Davies — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:35:09 +0000

So what’s the number one book in the UK right now? The Outcast by Sadie Jones. The book received the Richard and Judy treatment last week and took off - here is our interview with Sadie from earlier in the year.

Wine memoirs

Richard Davies — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:55:27 +0000

Bloomberg, oddly enough, writes about the growing genre of wine memoirs. Two recent examples of the genre offer very different views of what it’s like to spend a life discovering and peddling wine. Sergio Esposito’s unabashed love letter to Italian wine and food, Passion on the Vine, and Neal I. Rosenthal’s often querulous, Reflections of a [...]