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By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘The Insane Ones’ is a 1962 short story by the British author J. G. Ballard (1930-2009). The story concerns a world in which the various nations have been combined under one totalitarian government known as the United World (UW). Psychiatry has been... Continue reading at 'Interesting Literature'
[ Interesting Literature | 2024-11-20 15:00:08 UTC ]
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The British author of dozens of literary works has denied the allegations that five women made against him on a podcast series. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'
[ The New York Times | 2024-09-26 23:08:48 UTC ]
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The British author brings her acclaimed middle grade fantasy series-starter, ‘Impossible Creatures,’ across the pond this fall. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette lands a blockbuster new memoir by Priscilla Presley, Ballantine signs a new book from bestselling British author Eve Chase, and more Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Best-selling British author Sophie Kinsella announced Wednesday that she has glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer. Continue reading at 'CBC'
[ CBC | 2024-04-17 17:16:17 UTC ]
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By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) The British author Colin Dexter (1930-2017) is responsible for creating one of the most iconic fictional detectives: Endeavour Morse, known to millions around the world as ‘Inspector Morse’ (although Morse was always, in fact, already a Chief... Continue reading at 'Interesting Literature'
[ Interesting Literature | 2024-02-28 15:00:05 UTC ]
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Novel with author China Miéville thrills everyone from ardent followers to big publishersPenguin is cock-a-hoop, and Waterstones, tweeting the latest literary news, uncovered multiple gifs on a theme I’d never encountered before: “Take my money”. Please, begged the fan army, take my money and... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2024-01-12 17:38:10 UTC ]
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In her “A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder” series and “Five Survive,” this British author makes herself at home on the East Coast. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'
[ The New York Times | 2024-01-04 10:01:46 UTC ]
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By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘The Moth’ is a short story by the British author H. G. Wells (1866-1946), published in his 1895 collection The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents. The tale might be regarded as a variation on the ‘ambiguous ghost story’ in that we as readers cannot... Continue reading at 'Interesting Literature'
[ Interesting Literature | 2023-12-18 15:00:00 UTC ]
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British author A.S. Byatt, who was known for award-winning works including 'Possession' and 'The Children's Book,' has died. She was 87. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-11-17 17:18:21 UTC ]
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Celebrated British author A.S. Byatt—a scholar and novelist whose 1990 novel, Possession, won the Booker Prize and brought her international renown—has died at the age of 87. A statement released this morning by her longtime UK publisher, Chatto & Windus, reports that Byatt “died peacefully... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-11-17 16:46:10 UTC ]
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By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘Motel Architecture’ is not one of the best-known short stories of the British author J. G. Ballard (1930-2009), but it’s one of his most prescient. And this is an author who anticipated everything from Ronald Reagan becoming US President (in the... Continue reading at 'Interesting Literature'
[ Interesting Literature | 2023-11-03 15:00:16 UTC ]
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The British author discusses having her bestselling book adapted for an Apple TV+ series starring Brie Larson: "It's different from my vision, but it doesn't mean that it's not as good at all." Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
[ Los Angeles Times | 2023-08-31 10:00:32 UTC ]
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In 1966, after more than a quarter century in obscurity, the Dominica-born British author Jean Rhys published what is now considered to be her masterpiece. Wide Sargasso Sea is an astonishing, hallucinatory fantasy about the early life, and eventual psychological disintegration, of the first... Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'
[ Literrary Hub | 2023-08-24 12:59:00 UTC ]
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By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘The 60 Minute Zoom’, a 1976 short story by the British author J. G. Ballard (1930-2009), belongs to his middle period, when he was becoming more interested in the psychology of the camera eye and the relationship between sex and videotape (‘lies’... Continue reading at 'Interesting Literature'
[ Interesting Literature | 2023-08-03 14:00:00 UTC ]
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The London Public Library in southwestern Ontario is standing by its decision to block The Society for Academic Freedom from holding an event featuring controversial British author Joanna Williams. Continue reading at 'CBC'
[ CBC | 2023-05-18 08:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Wolf-Alice’ is a short story from The Bloody Chamber, the 1979 collection of modern fairy tales written by the British author Angela Carter (1940-92). The story tells of a girl raised by wolves who goes to live with a Duke who is a werewolf. You can read ‘Wolf-Alice’ here before […] Continue reading at 'Interesting Literature'
[ Interesting Literature | 2023-03-03 15:00:49 UTC ]
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The British author, who lived in the US, blended memoir and travelogue in books that were often inspired by the seaJonathan Raban, the British travel writer, critic and novelist known for his candid accounts of travelling the world in books such as Passage to Juneau and Coasting, has died aged... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2023-01-18 08:53:25 UTC ]
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Soon after “The Midnight Library” became a best seller, the British author learned something about himself. Continue reading at 'The New York Times'
[ The New York Times | 2023-01-05 10:00:17 UTC ]
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Hilary Mantel, the best-selling British author known for her award-winning Wolf Hall historical trilogy, died on Thursday at the age of 70, her publisher said on Twitter on Friday. Continue reading at 'CBC'
[ CBC | 2022-09-23 11:29:52 UTC ]
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