With the recent release of his newest fiction The Witch Of Portobello, it is nowwell worth looking at an international career that has changed millions of lives, told many beautiful stories and connected with reader, philosopher and dreamer alike.
Kate Summerscale's new book, The Suspicions Of Mr. Whicher, is an account of the
brutal murder of three-year-old Saville Kent in June 1860, a crime that so
horrified England's chattering classes, that Scotland Yard sent its best man,
Inspector Jonathan Whicher, to investigate, inadvertently sparking an enduring national
obsession with detection....
Two four-time winners are
among the list of winners of the 2008 Governor General's Literary Awards
announced yesterday by the Canada Council for the Arts. The awards are given in
the categories of fiction, poetry, drama, non-fiction, children's literature
(text and illustration) and translation, in English and in French.
Acclaimed author Sara Gruen has enjoyed immense
success as her third novel, Water for Elephants, rocketed to the top of
the New York Times Bestseller list and has sold over a million copies so far.
Now she discusses her latest project, called Ape House, animals, Water
for Elephants, and her writing routine.
WordFest
- The Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival is amongCanada's top three literary festivals, attracting more than 12,000 visitors
each year, and its 13th annual running was certainly successful,
with over seventy authors participating in sixty-one events through a six day
period.
1. SCARPETTA, Patricia Cornwell
2.CROSS COUNTRY,James Patterson
3. CHRISTMAS SWEATER, Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe, Jason Wright
4. THE STORY OF EDGAR SAWTELLE, by David Wroblewski
5. THE HOST, by Stephenie Meyer
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With the recent release of his newest fiction The Witch Of Portobello, it is now
