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Books
BBC banned Enid Blyton’s work for 30 years
Children's author Enid Blyton was banned from the BBC for nearly 30 years
because the corporation thought she was a “second-rater” whose work “lacked
literary value”.
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Inside Books
£1m for ‘Fritzl’ book
Monday, 16 November 2009
An Irish writer has hit the big time with a novel inspired by the Josef Fritzl
case in Austria.
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DUP’s secret plot to oust Ian Paisley
Friday, 6 November 2009
Ian Paisley’s abrupt resignation as First Minister came amid secret DUP
plotting to ease him out of office, a controversial new book claimed today.
Comments: 12
Did this picture really end Ian Paisley’s reign?
Friday, 6 November 2009
The Belfast Telegraph’s David Gordon on the tumultuous events that saw Ian
Paisley lose the leadership of the DUP and, overleaf, an exclusive extract
from his new book
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Palin set for Belfast book-signing
Thursday, 5 November 2009
Monty Python star Michael Palin has a record that will never be broken to
boast about when he drops in on Belfast tomorrow.
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Portrait of a lost age
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
The 2,500-acre island of Inishmore emerges from the upper reaches of Lough
Erne.
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Irish author's incredible link to her 'witch' subject
Tuesday, 3 November 2009
It sounds like a spooky Halloween story but the author of a book about a
medieval Irish witch has discovered an incredible coincidence linking her to
her subject.
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Quartet of Irish writers on prestigious prize list
Monday, 2 November 2009
Four Irish writers have made the longlist for the world's most valuable
literary prize for a single work of fiction.
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Family denies murdered son has links to the IRA
Monday, 26 October 2009
The family of Wayne Doherty, who was gunned down earlier this year, have said that their son wasn't connected to the Provisional IRA, amid claims that Dublin's latest killing was revenge for his death.
Eamon de Valera 'was a British spy'
Monday, 26 October 2009
A new book to be published next month makes the shocking claim that Eamon de
Valera, the founding father of the Irish Republic, was under the control of
the British.
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Three more of Cecelia Ahern’s novels set for Hollywood
Friday, 16 October 2009
Author Cecelia Ahern is set for a Hollywood take-over, with three more of her
best-selling novels to hit the big screen.
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Plaque unveiled at home of local author Sam Hanna Bell
Thursday, 15 October 2009
A plaque was unveiled today commemorating the centenary of the birth of local
author Sam Hanna Bell.
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Cecelia’s doing it by the book
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
Chick lit author Cecelia Ahern will have books and babies on her mind when she
comes to Belfast tomorrow.
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Bruce Springsteen's ancestors hail from Ireland
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Bruce Springsteen's theme song may be "Born In The USA" but he's
really an Irishman.
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Bookies’ favourite wins the Booker
Wednesday, 7 October 2009
Bookies' favourite Hilary Mantel scooped the Man Booker Prize for Fiction last
night for her “demanding” novel about Henry VIII's adviser Thomas Cromwell.
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The Republic of Ireland's secret love affair with Queen Elizabeth
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
It was the summer of 1953 and I was nine. I was living with my uncle and aunt
in Sandymount, that pleasing Dublin suburb which seemed to feature as many
Protestants as Catholics, genially neighbourly. On this particular evening
in mid-summer my uncle and aunt were preparing to go out to some special
event.
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Bank clerk who penned hit novels
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
Born into a farming family in Ballyclare in 1860, Archibald McIlroy went on to
become an internationally celebrated novelist.
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Bestseller by an Ulster writer lost on the Lusitania resurfaces
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
A first edition novel by an Ulster author who went down with the Lusitania in
wartime 1915 is catching the excited eyes of antique book enthusiasts.
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Richard Dawkins: I've got the evidence to convince unbelievers that Darwin was right
Tuesday, 6 October 2009
With his latest book, creationist-basher Richard Dawkins believes he has
amassed all the evidence he could ever need to convince unbelievers that
Darwin was right. Now he just has to get them to read it...
Comments: 8
French president's passionate affair with Diana - fact or fiction?
Tuesday, 22 September 2009
It is the tale of a secret love between a dashing French president and an
attractive yet desperately unhappy princess who happens to hail from Wales.
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Why Dan Brown's latest novel The Lost Symbol is guaranteed to be a success
Monday, 21 September 2009
Dan Brown's release is the latest in an impressive line of 'event' book
launches that the publishing industry runs like military campaigns. Danuta
Kean discovers how to market a guaranteed blockbuster
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