'The English Patient' was voted the best book to win Booker Prize in 50 years

Michael Ondaatje's novel "The English Patient" won the Golden Man Booker Prize, a special award established to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the prestigious British literary prize, on Sunday night. "The English Patient" beat out four other books to claim the award, which was voted on by the... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]

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PW Picks: Books of the Week, May 7, 2018

This week: new books from Michael Ondaatje, Zora Neale Hurston, and Rachel Kushner. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cape to publish 'mesmeric' new novel from Michael Ondaatje

Jonathan Cape is publishing a new novel from Booker Prize-winning author Michael Ondaatje, his first since 2011’s The Cat’s Table (Vintage), in May 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'The Affair' and the Top Five Hollywood Takes on Book Publishing

The Showtime series, which ended its second season on Sunday night, has become a favorite topic of water cooler chat among book industry types. With so many delighting in the travails of Brooklyn-high-school-English-teacher-turned-successful-novelist Noah Solloway, we dug up five of our favorite... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s still right to honour Charlie Hebdo | Nesrine Malik

Yes, Charlie Hebdo has published offensive cartoons. But its freedom of expression award for courage from the PEN writers’ association is surely meritedIf you thought that the debate following the Charlie Hebdo killings had exhausted the media and literary world’s reserves of feverish... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book review: 'Half-Blood Blues' by Esi Edugyan

In the 2011 Man Booker Prize finalist, the author has pitch-perfect voice and her jazz musician characters have rhythmic conversations.Not unlike its counterpart rock 'n' roll, memorable jazz novels occupy a pretty slim shelf at the local bookstore. Though the music has been gracefully spun into... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How to write faster.

Hunched over my keyboard, I'm haunted by anecdotes of faster writers. Christopher Hitchens composing a Slate column in 20 minutes—after a chemo session, after a "full" dinner party, late on a Sunday night. The infamously productive Trollope, who used customized paper! "He had a note pad that had... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2011-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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