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A children's book by the best-selling Glasgow based author
Julia Donaldson was the most borrowed work from Scotland's libraries last
year.
Tiddler topped the list, with another book by the author, Stick Man coming in
at number six.
Sail by American thriller writer James Patterson was the second most borrowed
title in Scotland.
Data by the Public Lending Right (PLR) revealed which titles were the most
popular from July 2008 to June 2009.
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J.D. Salinger died yesterday at the age of 91 in New Hampshire. Salinger was one of the greatest authors of the 20th century but only had four books published, 'The Catcher in the Rye', 'Nine Stories', 'Raise High the Roof Beam' and 'Franny and Zooey'.
Fans of Salinger's work will be hoping that with his passing, many unpublished works may now come to light. In an interview with the Boston Globe in 1980, 'I love to write, and I assure you I write regularly'.
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For half a century they have been fending off Roman
attacks from their village, armed only with fearlessness, flying menhirs and a
cauldron of magic potion. But now Asterix and his band of
indomitable Gauls are invading Lutetia - modern-day Paris - and determined to make
their presence felt.
Fifty years after Albert Uderzo and Réne Goscinny
unveiled their comic stars on the pages of Pilote magazine, Parisians are to be
besieged by tributes to France's most popular comic
strip. Today, among the third-century Gallo-Roman baths upon which the Musée de
Cluny is partially built, an exhibition of original plates and manuscripts
opened to allow fans a glimpse of the creators' inspirations.
Since it first appeared in October 1959, Astérix has sold 325m copies and
been translated into 107 languages.
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JK Rowling has signed up to Twitter to stop people impersonating her on the popular social networking site. Rowling has over 40,000 followers currently but that number will jump as more and more fans find her on line. "I am told that people have been twittering on my behalf, so I thought a brief visit was in order just to prevent any more confusion" she wrote. "However, I should flag up now that although I could twitter endlessly, I'm
afraid you won't be hearing from me very often," she added, "as pen and paper is
my priority at the moment".
Rowling's Twitter debut sees her describing herself as a children's author from
Scotland, with a profile photograph showing her hard at work with a pen and
paper.
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Book lovers can now borrow items from a public library regardless of where
they live, under a new scheme.
More than 4,000 libraries in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are in the
Society of Chief Librarians initiative.
Existing membership cards or a proof of address will allow people to use any
library in the scheme, although books have to be returned to the same area.
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Another fantastic 'Creative Selby' event...
Writing For The BBC, Selby Town Hall, 3pm-5pm, Tuesday 29th
September
Admission: FREE
Every wondered what it's like to write for famous BBC TV shows
like 'Doctors' and 'EastEnders'? Ever thought of crafting a Radio Four Afternoon
Play? Then don't miss this talk by distinguished BBC Radio Four drama producer
Gary Brown, jam-packed with insider knowledge that will put you ahead of the
competition.
Gary's television credits include EastEnders, Brookside and
Coronation Street. He has also written over thirty hours of broadcast radio. He
will be coming to Selby to talk about his experiences, to discuss the dos and
don'ts of script submission and to explain how the BBC supports the career
development of writers via resources such as the BBC Writers' Room (http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom).
For more information please contact Liz Ryan on 01757 630742
email liz.ryan@creativeselby.co.uk. And don't forget to sign up to the Creative
Selby facebook page.
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Frank McCourt, author of best-seller Angela's Ashes, has died
of cancer in a New York hospice.
The 78-year-old Irish-American writer was suffering from meningitis and had
recently been treated for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.
Angela's Ashes, a memoir of McCourt's childhood in Ireland, sold millions of
copies and won the Pulitzer Prize.
Before the book's 1996 publication, McCourt was a New York high school
teacher for 30 years
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Dan Brown's latest novel titles The Lost Symbol will be released on the 15th September 2009. It will be the third book to feature the Harvard University symbologist Robert Langdon, the character first written about in Angels & Demons and then again in The Da Vinci Code. For the third installment, the location will focus in Washington, D.C. and involve a storyline on Freemasonry. The book has been in development for several years and was originally expected back in 2006.This eagerly expected novel will have an initial print run of 5 million copies, the largest print run for the books publisher Random House.
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"Relentless" is the new thriller from the master storyteller, Dean Koontz. (Publisher - Bantam Books). In
this latest thriller, Cullen
"Cubby" Greenwich becomes the target of Shearman Waxx, the most influential book
critic in the country, after the publication of his latest novel.
In the novel, the main character, Cullen tracks down and manages to find Waxx at a local restaurant. He decides to leave
without speaking to the critic, but there's a minor mishap in the men's bathroom involving Waxx,
Cullen and Cullen's 6-year-old son, Milo. Waxx utters one word: "Doom."
The story follows the dangerous and psychotic Waxx who is more than just a critic.
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The library service in North Yorkshire is working with
Harrogate
International Festival's "Theakston Old
Peculier Crime Writing Festival"
to provide events for
Yorkshire's readers.
Some 30 reading groups across the County are taking part in the
Big
Read - "The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler. We are
delighted to be
hosting some events with crime writer
and Chandler buff Martyn Waites:
Tuesday 9th June 2.30pm at Ripon Library (Tel: 08450
349524)
Tuesday 9th June 7.30pm at Harrogate Library
(Tel: 0845 034 9520)
Wednesday 10th June 2.30pm at The
White Bear pub, Masham (Booking
details to be confirmed)
Wednesday 10th June 7.30pm at Knaresborough
Library (Tel: 0845
3005112)
So come along for a taste of the original noir with other book
lovers!
Tickets are just £2.50 to include refreshments,
so you your only crime
would be to miss it! Book in
advance at the library hosting the event
to avoid
disappointment.
For details of the main Festival programme visit the site from the link below.
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Harrogate Festival - Crime Noir
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The challenge to artists
The Arts Council are now over
half way in our search for 12 ideas for 12 projects in 12 places to make their
mark on the cultural landscape in 2012 and beyond.
Projects can be
from any artform, and will be judged by panels of artists around the
country.
If you have a big
idea, you have until Friday 29 May to tell them about it.
To
find out more and submit your idea, visit www.artiststakingthelead.org.uk
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A chain of booksellers in the United Kingdom has found a novel way of
tempting in more customers, a machine that can print a book within minutes.
The Espresso Book Machine has been installed on a three-month trial period at
Blackwell's Charing Cross branch in London.
It offers access to almost 500,000 books, including those out of print
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Full story at Big Pond News
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Philip Glenister, better known as Detective Gene Hunt in BBC's Life on Mars and the more recent Ashes to Ashes, has his new book out this month. 'Things Ain't What They Used To Be' takes a look at the 70's and 80's and compares life against our current culture.
Was life better with Roger Moore as Bond? Have Curley Wurleys shrunk?
This book proves to be a nostalgia trip to the childhood of many of us 30 or 40 somethings.
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Today marks the opening of the 3-day London Book Fair (20th - 22nd April)
This event always attracts large numbers and is a pivotal date in the calendars for many in the field of publishing. There is expected to be a fresh and vibrant atmosphere as this annual event will be attended by over 23,000 members across the publishing industry.
Held at the Earls Court in London, this is a key marketplace for the negotiation of rights, sales and distribution of written works as well as TV and film.
Over fifty authors such as James Patterson (The Woman's Murder Club, Maximum Ride amongst others) and Prue Leith (author of many best selling cookery books) will be in attendance and available for Q&A sessions and book signings.
The mayor of London, Boris Johnson will be in attendance on the final day of the Book Fair and will deliver a speech during his visit.
For more details click on the link below to the London Book Fair homepage.
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Penguin is to publish Vladimir Nabokov's unfinished final novel, The Original of Laura. Penguin Classics editor Alexis Kirschbaum bought the book, together with continuing rights to the Nabokov backlist, in a six-figure deal through Andrew Wylie. The Original of Laura will be published as a Penguin Classics hardback at £25 on 3rd November, and simultaneously by Knopf in the US.
Nabokov left the novel unfinished when he died in 1977, asking for it to be destroyed. His son Dimitri Nabokov finally took the decision to publish, bearing in mind that his father once also intended to burn his best-known work, Lolita
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Mills
& Boon have announced a new social networking site along the lines of
Facebook. It will launch next week and
will hope to build up a community for book lovers. Users will be able to upload photos, set up
their own profiles, make friends and also chat with authors and focus on forums
for book lovers.
Mills
& Boon is one of only a few widely recognised publishers in the UK and
although admittedly it won’t be as big as Facebook, it will attract many fans
of the Mills & Boon books as well as anyone interested in novels, short stories
and other published works.
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The publishers of bestselling authors JK Rowling, Aravind Adiga and Ken Follett have been shocked by the news that their authors' latest books are available to read for free on a US website. Internet users can not only read free copies of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, The White Tiger and World Without End at Scribd.com, but also download the text onto their computers to edit as they see fit.
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55 years after the original publication of The Lord of the Rings, a posthumously published book from JRR Tolkien titled The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun is to hit bookstores by 5th May 2009.
The story tells the epic story of the Norse hero, Sigurd, the dragon-slayer, the revenge of his wife, Gudrun, and the Fall of the Nibelungs.
The previously unpublished work was written while Tolkien was professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University during the 1920s and '30s and was written before he wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. No part of the story has ever been reproduced or quoted from since it was written over 70 years ago and will appear complete and unaltered, as Tolkien wrote it.
Publisher: HarperCollins
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You2Book has been created as a way for new authors to write online. It is unique in that it allows the writer to edit his/her text from any computer with Internet connection. Whereas, other sites allow the upload of contant only. Also unique to You2Book.co.uk is the ability to create works in collaboration with other users, rate work and share the creative process. So join us today and create your own work online.
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This list was selected by the National Education Association, is posted on the TeachersFirst.com website, and recommends best books for kids grouped by age level. There are also site links to Reading Resources, Storytelling Resources, and Reading Lessons
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http://www.teachersfirst.com/100books.htm
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In the beautiful setting of the Alhambra Palace,
writers and poets from Spain, the Middle East and northern Africa, as well as
the UK, US and many others, share their voices and stories to make this a truly
international festival of thought and word.
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The winners of the 2009 Blue Peter Book Awards were announced on the programme on 4 March.
Shadow Forest by Matt Haig was the Overall Winner and also won the Book I Couldn't Put Down category.
The Best Book with Facts was Planet in Peril by Anita Ganeri.
The Most Fun Story with Pictures was Mr Gum and the Dancing Bear by Andy Stanton, illustrated by David Tazzyman.
The prestigious Blue Peter Book Awards were established in 2000. Winners are shortlisted by a panel of adult judges; then a group of young Blue Peter viewers judges the three categories:
Book I Couldn’t Put Down
Best Book with Facts
Most Fun Story with Pictures
The winners of each category then compete for the accolade Blue Peter Book of the Year.
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15 - 31 August 2009
An energising and inspiring literary festival, right in the heart of Edinburgh: hundreds of author interviews, debates and workshops for all ages packed into 17 extraordinary days each August.
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The book chosen more often than any other was Joseph O'Neill's Netherland (Fourth Estate), a novel about cricket and post-9/11 New York. Other
popular fiction included Zoe Heller's The Believers (Fig Tree) – New
York again – Aravind Adiga's Man Booker Prize-winning The White Tiger
(Atlantic), Sebastian Barry's The Secret Scripture (Faber), John le
Carré's A Most Wanted Man (Hodder & Stoughton) and Nadeem Aslam's The Wasted Vigil (Faber).
Mick Imlah's The Lost Leader (Faber) took the crown for this year's
most-chosen collection of poetry.
The most popular non-fiction titles were Richard Holmes's The Age of
Wonder (Harper Press), a study of late-eighteenth-century scientists; Alex
Ross's The Rest is Noise (Fourth Estate), a history of
twentieth-century music; and autobiographies by Ferdinand Mount (Cold
Cream published by Bloomsbury) and JG Ballard (Miracles of Life;
Fourth Estate).
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After months of hard work we can finally launch a complete new site for people who love to write - YOU2BOOK
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