Books
The Gruffalo makes his TV debut
Much-loved children's book The Gruffalo will be brought to the screen this
Christmas as an animation.
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Prize writer’s plea
Thursday, 4 June 2009
US author Marilynne Robinson last night called for a “re-orientation” of
modern values after winning the 14th Orange Prize for Fiction.
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My poetry’s not pants: Purple Ronnie creator
Saturday, 23 May 2009
Bottom burps, smelly feet and pants may not be the obvious subject matter for
a future Poet Laureate — but Purple Ronnie creator Giles Andreae hasn’t
given up hope.
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Frank McCourt 'winning cancer battle'
Friday, 22 May 2009
Irish writer Frank McCourt is battling cancer but is winning the fight, his
family has said.
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Aaay! It’s Happy Days again as Fonzie drops in
Friday, 22 May 2009
One of television’s coolest characters dropped in to Belfast yesterday to sign
copies of his latest children’s book.
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Author Frank McCourt battling cancer
Thursday, 21 May 2009
Pulitzer Prize winning author Frank McCourt is suffering from cancer, his
publicist confirmed.
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Exploring Ireland's connection with Celtic Football Club
Thursday, 14 May 2009
Celtic Football Club has a massive support in Ireland north and south, with
many fans regularly making the trek to watch their team in Glasgow, but what
is the team's connection to the island?
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Bateman book on Richard and Judy list
Monday, 4 May 2009
A book by a Co Down author set in a bookshop in Belfast has bagged one of the
book world’s most showbizzy endorsements — a place on Richard and Judy’s
Summer Read list.
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First woman Poet Laureate 'humbled'
Saturday, 2 May 2009
Carol Ann Duffy said she was "honoured and humbled" to be named the
new Poet Laureate — the first female laureate in the post’s 341-year history.
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The Ten Best History Books
Wednesday, 29 April 2009
Improve your general knowledge with one of these wonderful history books.
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Molly Fox in the hunt for best book by a woman writer
Wednesday, 22 April 2009
A novel that was difficult to finish has turned out to be well worth the
effort for an author from Northern Ireland.
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Prince Charles book explores idea of restoring natural balance
Monday, 20 April 2009
The Prince of Wales has written a book called Harmony about how man has become "dangerously
disconnected" from nature, his publishers said today.
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J G Ballard dies aged 78
Monday, 20 April 2009
J G Ballard, the award-winning writer best known for his autobiographical
novel Empire of the Sun, has died at his home in Shepperton, aged 78, after
a long illness. He had been unwell "for several years", said his
agent, Margaret Hanbury. He had prostate cancer.
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Jade Goody’s diary lands in the bookshops
Saturday, 18 April 2009
Jade Goody’s cancer diaries have hit the bookshops nearly a month after the
reality TV star died.
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Seamus Heaney: voice of a generation
Tuesday, 14 April 2009
Eevery generation, it seems, has a voice, be it expressed through music, prose
or poetry. For many Irish people that voice has belonged for over 40 years
to Seamus Heaney.
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Seamus Heaney hailed as he hits 70
Monday, 13 April 2009
He looked like an unassuming schoolboy in 1950s Londonderry, but today Seamus
Heaney will mark his 70th birthday and a life filled with poetic lyricism.
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The Ten Best Photography Books
Saturday, 4 April 2009
Get inspired with our choice of photography books.
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Their Finest Hour and a Half
Saturday, 28 March 2009
It’s hard to write amusing fiction about film production; the lassitude of
shooting is too familiar, the compromises are too easily parodied.
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Making a Living in the Middle Ages
Saturday, 28 March 2009
A work of medieval economic history may not sound the most riveting read but
Dyer’s erudite, sweeping account of Britain’s finances between 850 and 1520
turns out to be endlessly fascinating and often relevant to our own plight.
As Dyer remarks, economic history is “the only branch of history which gives
pride of place to the whole population”.
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Cold Cream
Saturday, 28 March 2009
Aside from the off-putting title (the author’s eccentric mother used cold
cream as a “universal magic salve”), this is pretty much the perfect memoir.
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Downstream
Saturday, 28 March 2009
Finding a trickle of water measuring just “12 inches across” in a field in
rural Staffordshire, Tom Fort feels kinship with Speke at Lake Victoria.
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