Fiction Literature

Scottish book of the year goes to Kieron Smith, Boy by James Kelman

Saltire Society's award goes to Booker winner James Kelman's novel Former Booker prize winner James Kelman has won the Saltire Society's Scottish book of the year award for his novel Kieron Smith, Boy, which is told from the...

Last Night's Television - The Ascent of Money, Channel 4; The Story of the Costume Drama, ITV3;...

In 1968, the broadcaster Bernard Braden interviewed some of the biggest swingers of the Swinging Sixties, intending to revisit each of his subjects every three years. Perhaps he was influenced by Michael Apted's epic Seven Up...

An Introduction to Dickens 'A Christmas Carol'

Themes and Motifs In The First Novel In the Christmas Books A Christmas Carol is possibly the most popular and well known of Charles Dickens novels. The story of A Christmas Carol features the memorable character Ebenezer...

Best Foreign Fiction Of 2008

The Printable List Complete Holiday Book Recommendations 2008 NPR.org, December 1, 2008 · One of the biggest news stories out of the book world this year was Nobel Prize judge Horace Engdahl's criticism of American literature...

Classic ‘Casablanca' leads bevy of new Blu-ray titles

In a week filled with new Blu-ray releases, a 66-year-old production that is arguably the most popular movie ever made stands at the top of the list. "Casablanca: Ultimate Collector's Edition" (Warner, 1942, $64.99) showcases...

Friends recall spirit of Grand Junction's New Age link

By LAURENA MAYNE DAVIS Sunday, November 30, 2008 Who knew that behind the liquid-brown eyes of Grand Junction High School class of 1955 senior Marilyn Grasso was the flicker of curiosity that would ignite the New Age movement?...

The books authors have on their Christmas lists

Here’s a fun way to get a few new ideas as to what books to put on your own or someone else’s Christmas list: Check and see what books well known authors are giving/getting this year. Penguin Group asked the authors they...

Toronto writer, poet, Vancouver novelist win Bressani Prizes

Toronto short story writer Darlene Madott and Vancouver novelist Victoria Miles are among the winners of the Bressani Prize, offered every two years to honour the literary work done by Canadian authors of Italian descent.

Main / Thrity Umrigar Space Between Us

The Space Between Us Thrity Umrigar Harper Perennial The space between us is never as distant as we think it is. Umrigar’s own Parsi background, her sense that the poor are not so different than the rich, her tender feelings...

Nigeria: The Stream Never Dries Up - Chike Momah And the Diaspora

CHIKE Momah's latest novel, The Stream Never Dries Up is an intriguing story. It is a straight forward potboiler of a story around the life of Nwafor Obiako, a middle aged Nigerian immigrant in New Jersey who returns home to...

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