http://informbooknetwork.com/topic/western-europe2011-12-01T14:30:36Z2011-12-01T14:30:36ZAFP Global Editiontag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-12-01:/literary-awards/chilean-poet-nicanor-parra-wins-spanish-top-prize-4867772a/

<div><p><a title="Chile" href="/topic/Chile" >Chile</a>'s 97-year-old poet <a title="Nicanor Parra" href="/topic/Nicanor+Parra" >Nicanor Parra</a> has won the <a title="Cervantes Prize" href="/topic/Cervantes+Prize" >Cervantes Prize</a>, the culture ministry said Thursday, the oldest person to win the leading literary award for works in Spanish.</p><p>The prize honours a writer's life work and it carries with it a cash award of 125,000 euros ($170,000).</p><p>It will be handed out on April 23, i...

2011-11-23T15:30:16ZAFP Global Editiontag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-11-23:/literary-awards/french-writer-houellebecq-joins-goncourt-pets-jury-4862749a/

<div><p>A jury including provocative French writer <a title="Michel Houellebecq" href="/topic/Michel+Houellebecq" >Michel Houellebecq</a> handed out a book prize Wednesday dubbed the "Goncourt for pets", in a nod to <a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a>'s top literary award, to a <a title="Paris (France)" href="/topic/Paris+(France)" >Paris</a> vet and first-time writer.</p><p>Awarded by the French animal protection group 30 Millions d'Amis, the offbeat animal-themed prize tradition...

2011-11-18T18:30:32ZAFP Global Editiontag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-11-18:/books-and-literature/cuban-dissident-slams-censorship-travel-restrictions-4859917a/

<div><p><a title="Yoani Sanchez" href="/topic/Yoani+Sanchez" >Blogger Yoani Sanchez</a> denounced the travel restrictions and censorship imposed on dissidents like her in communist <a title="Cuba" href="/topic/Cuba" >Cuba</a>, as she introduced her latest book at a <a title="Miami" href="/topic/Miami" >Miami</a> book fair via telephone.</p><p>Sanchez, named by <span><a title="Time Inc." href="/topic/Time+Inc." >Time magazine</a></span> as one of the world's 100 most influential people in 2008, c...

2011-10-19T08:30:46ZReuters US Online Report Entertainment Newstag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-10-19:/books-and-literature/barnes-wins-booker-prize-named-posh-bingo-4845819a/

<div><p><span>LONDON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - English author and bookmakers' favorite <span><a title="Julian Barnes" href="/topic/Julian+Barnes" >Julian Barnes</a></span> finally won the <a title="Man Booker Prize" href="/topic/Man+Booker+Prize" >Man Booker Prize for fiction</a> on Tuesday, despite once dismissing the coveted award as "posh bingo."</p><p>The 65-year-old triumphed with "The Sense of an Ending," which at 150 ...

2011-10-18T19:30:44ZAFP American Editiontag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-10-18:/books-and-literature/author-julian-barnes-wins-booker-prize-4845641a/

<div><p>Author <a title="Julian Barnes" href="/topic/Julian+Barnes" >Julian Barnes</a> has won the <a title="Man Booker Prize" href="/topic/Man+Booker+Prize" >Man Booker Prize</a>, one of the highest-profile awards in English-language literature, at the fourth attempt for his novel "The Sense of an Ending".</p><p>Barnes picked up the &#163;50,000 ($80,000, 57,000 euros) award, which recognises the best work of fiction by an author from the Commonwealth or the <span><a title="Ireland" href="/topi...

2011-10-18T19:30:36ZAFP Global Editiontag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-10-18:/books-and-literature/british-author-julian-barnes-wins-booker-prize-4845634a/

<div><p>British author <a title="Julian Barnes" href="/topic/Julian+Barnes" >Julian Barnes</a> on Tuesday won the <a title="Man Booker Prize" href="/topic/Man+Booker+Prize" >Man Booker Prize</a>, one of the highest-profile awards in English-language literature, at the fourth attempt, for his novel "The Sense of an Ending".</p><p>Barnes picked up the &#163;50,000 ($80,000, 57,000 euros) award, which recognises the best work of fiction by an author from the Commonwealth or the <span><a title="Irel...

2011-10-18T18:30:24ZAFP Global Editiontag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-10-18:/books-and-literature/new-murakami-book-creates-buzz-britain-4845600a/

<div><p>Booksellers in <a title="United Kingdom" href="/topic/United+Kingdom" >Britain</a> were expecting to sell thousands of copies of Japanese author <a title="Haruki Murakami" href="/topic/Haruki+Murakami" >Haruki Murakami</a>'s latest novel on Tuesday as excitement built after some stores held special late-night openings.</p><p>Hardback versions of the book, "1Q84", went on sale across Britain a week ahead of its eagerly awaited launch in the <span><a title="United States" href="/topic/Unit...

2011-10-17T08:00:20ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-10-17:/books-and-literature/author-barnes-backed-booker-literary-spat-4845083a/

<div><p><span>LONDON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - English author and four-time nominee <span><a title="Julian Barnes" href="/topic/Julian+Barnes" >Julian Barnes</a></span>, who once dismissed the <span id="man_booker_prize" class="inform"><a title="Man Booker Prize" href="/topic/Man+Booker+Prize" >Man Booker Prize for fiction</a></span> as "posh bingo," is favored to win it on Tuesday with his novel "The Sense of an Ending."</p...

2011-10-16T16:30:18ZAFP Global Editiontag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-10-16:/books-and-literature/rival-award-clouds-booker-prize-announcement-4844893a/

<div><p>The winner of <a title="United Kingdom" href="/topic/United+Kingdom" >Britain</a>'s Man Booker prize for literature is announced on Tuesday, but the ceremony has been overshadowed by the launch of a rival award that claims the Booker has become too populist.</p><p><span><a title="Julian Barnes" href="/topic/Julian+Barnes" >Julian Barnes</a></span> remains the favourite for his novel "The Sense of an Ending", while debut novelists <span>Stephen Kelman</span> and A. D. Miller are also amon...

2011-10-04T18:30:20ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-10-04:/books-and-literature/poets-lead-running-nobel-literature-prize-4840073a/

<div><p><span><a title="Stockholm" href="/topic/Stockholm" >STOCKHOLM</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Two poets, one Swedish and the other Syrian, are leading the betting to win the 2011 Nobel Literature prize, a bookmaker said on Tuesday, though past prizes have often defied the predictions.</p><p>British betting firm <span><a title="Ladbrokes Ltd." href="/topic/Ladbrokes+Ltd." >Ladbrokes</a></span> have the 81-year-old Syria...

2011-09-06T09:30:16ZAFP Global Editiontag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-09-06:/books-and-literature/barnes-nominated-booker-prize-shortlist-4828358a/

<div><p><a title="Julian Barnes" href="/topic/Julian+Barnes" >Julian Barnes</a> remains the favourite to win <a title="United Kingdom" href="/topic/United+Kingdom" >Britain</a>'s prestigious <a title="Man Booker Prize" href="/topic/Man+Booker+Prize" >Man Booker Prize</a> for literature after his "The Sense of an Ending" was nominated on the shortlist announced Tuesday.</p><p>Debut novelists <span>Stephen Kelman</span> and A. D. Miller are also among the six finalists, made up of four Britons and...

2011-09-01T02:30:06ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-09-01:/book-reviews/book-talk-werewolf-doesnt-distract-author-core-themes-4826535a/

<div><p><span>NEW YORK</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - British author <span>Glen Duncan</span> has published seven critically acclaimed novels, often exploring touchy topics such as violence and perversity as well as love and morality.</p><p>He has employed the fantastic -- in his earlier book "I, Lucifer" the devil is transformed into a human for a month -- to explore these themes, but perhaps never more so than with his latest w...

2011-07-26T15:30:29ZAFP Global Editiontag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-07-26:/books-and-literature/man-booker-long-list-unveiled-4811584a/

<div><p>The longlist for the prestigious <a title="Man Booker Prize" href="/topic/Man+Booker+Prize" >Man Booker Prize</a> was announced Tuesday after being selected by a panel of judges headed by a former <a title="MI5" href="/topic/MI5" >MI5</a> intelligence chief.</p><p>The list of 13, picked from a total of 138 books, includes former winner <span><a title="Alan Hollinghurst" href="/topic/Alan+Hollinghurst" >Alan Hollinghurst</a></span>, who won the Booker in 2004 with "The Line of Beauty", an...

2011-07-25T04:30:27ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-07-25:/books-and-literature/horror-writer-campbell-scary-stories-4810845a/

<div><p><span>GIJON</span>, <span><a title="Spain" href="/topic/Spain" >Spain</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span> Life!) - Simply scaring his readers is not enough for horror fiction writer <span><a title="Ramsey Campbell" href="/topic/Ramsey+Campbell" >Ramsey Campbell</a></span> -- he wants to make them think too.</p><p>Described by the Oxford Companion to English Literature as "<span><a title="United Kingdom" href="/topic/United+Ki...

2011-07-22T05:00:08ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-07-22:/books-and-literature/spain-book-festival-wins-readers-fun-fair-4809924a/

<div><p>ABOARD THE NOIR TRAIN (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span> Life!) - One of <span><a title="Europe" href="/topic/Europe" >Europe</a></span>'s biggest literary festivals convenes for the 24th time in <a title="Spain" href="/topic/Spain" >Spain</a> on Friday in its annual bid to convince all comers that books are fun by mixing literary events with a fun fair.</p><p>A million people a year visit ferris wheels and merry-go-rounds at the week-...

2011-07-12T19:30:32ZAFP Global Editiontag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-07-12:/poetry/dsk-sickness-meat-menu-france-coach-4805986a/

<div><p>Ahead of the biggest game of French women's footballing history it wasn't semi-final rivals the <a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" >United States</a> which were worrying <a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> coach Bruno Bini.</p><p>During a surrealist pre-match press conference ahead of their Women's <span id="fifa_world_cup" class="inform"><a title="FIFA World Cup" href="/topic/FIFA+World+Cup" >World Cup</a></span> semi-final, talk wasn't on tactics and li...

2011-07-03T13:00:05ZOn Top Magazinetag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-07-03:/books-and-literature/ricky-martin-gay-community-love-coming-fking-direction-4801998a/

<div id="subtitle"><a title="Ricky Martin" href="/topic/Ricky+Martin" >Ricky Martin</a>'s M.A.S. world tour has landed in the <a title="United Kingdom" href="/topic/United+Kingdom" >UK</a>, where he's told a daily that coming out gay made him feel protected</div><div><p><p>Ricky Martin's M.A.S. world tour has landed in the UK, where he's told a daily that coming out gay made him feel protected.</p> <p>Martin came out gay last year on his blog &#8211; writing that he was &#8220;a fortunate homose...

2011-06-18T15:30:36ZAFP Global Editiontag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-06-18:/books-and-literature/saramago-ashes-lie-lisbon-olive-tree-4795572a/

<div><p>The ashes of <a title="Portugal" href="/topic/Portugal" >Portugal</a>'s Nobel literature prize winner <a title="Jose Saramago" href="/topic/Jose+Saramago" >Jose Saramago</a> were scattered under an olive tree Saturday brought from his native village and replanted near the Tagus river in <a title="Lisbon" href="/topic/Lisbon" >Lisbon</a>.</p><p>Saramago's death on June 18 last year, aged 87, unleashed a massive outpouring of emotion in Portugal for the prodigal son who went into self-impo...

2011-06-07T21:30:10ZAFP Global Editiontag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-06-07:/books-and-literature/spanish-writer-activist-jorge-semprun-dies-aged-87-4790866a/

<div><p>Spanish writer, left-wing activist and former culture minister <a title="Jorge Semprun" href="/topic/Jorge+Semprun" >Jorge Semprun</a> died in <a title="Paris (France)" href="/topic/Paris+(France)" >Paris</a> on Tuesday aged 87, his grandson <a title="Thomas Landman" href="/topic/Thomas+Landman" >Thomas Landman</a> said.</p><p>Semprun, who went into exile in <span><a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a></span> with his family after the Spanish Civil War, died "very peacefully"...

2011-06-02T15:30:24ZAFP Global Editiontag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-06-02:/books-and-literature/spanish-academy-admits-franco-bio-fixing-4788852a/

<div><p><a title="Spain" href="/topic/Spain" >Spain</a>'s Royal Historical Academy said Thursday it may issue some rapid corrections after a favourable biography of <a title="Francisco Franco" href="/topic/Francisco+Franco" >General Francisco Franco</a> was received with outrage.</p><p>More than 12 years in the making, the academy's 50-volume Spanish Biographical Dictionary provoked a storm of criticism over several entries, particularly one seen as being sympathetic to Franco.</p><p>Spain's lea...

2011-05-05T04:30:18ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-05-05:/book-reviews/spanish-filmmaker-tackles-invisible-legacy-book-4776578a/

<div><p><span><a title="Madrid" href="/topic/Madrid" >MADRID</a></span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - Having children spurred Spanish award-winning director and script-writer <span>Julia Montejo</span> to turn her hand to literature and she has just published her second novel with a third one on the way.</p><p>"I've been far more productive since I've had two kids, maybe because I'm scared of all the talk that, oh, now you're a mother ...

2011-04-22T14:30:29ZAFP Asian Editiontag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-04-22:/books-and-literature/protest-china-bars-writers-travel-4771484a/

<div><p>Authors led by <a title="Salman Rushdie" href="/topic/Salman+Rushdie" >Salman Rushdie</a> issued a protest Friday after outspoken Chinese writer Liao Yiwu said <a title="Beijing" href="/topic/Beijing" >Beijing</a> refused him permission to travel to <a title="New York" href="/topic/New+York" >New York</a> for a literary festival.</p><p>Liao, who spent four years in jail after writing the poem "Massacre" about the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, was slapped with a ban on leaving <a title...

2011-02-07T13:30:25ZAFP Global Editiontag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-02-07:/books-and-literature/egyptborn-writer-chedid-dies-paris-4739422a/

<div><p>The Egyptian-born poet and novelist <a title="Andree Chedid" href="/topic/Andree+Chedid" >Andree Chedid</a>, the grandmother of French rock singer <a title="Matthieu Chedid" href="/topic/Matthieu+Chedid" >Matthieu Chedid</a>, died in <a title="Paris (France)" href="/topic/Paris+(France)" >Paris</a> on Sunday aged 90, her publisher Flammarion said.</p><p>She was born into a Lebanese Christian family in <span>Cairo</span> in 1920 and was educated in <a title="Egypt" href="/topic/Egypt" >Eg...

2011-01-30T20:30:16ZAFP Global Editiontag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-01-30:/books-and-literature/polish-cleaner-takes-revenge-filthy-germans-4736157a/

<div><p>A sharp-tongued Polish cleaning lady is making a splash in <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a> with a tell-all memoir revealing the seamy underbelly of <a title="Europe" href="/topic/Europe" >Europe</a>'s biggest economy and exploding the myth of Germans' penchant for order.</p><p>"Under German Beds" written under the pen name Justyna Polanska shot to number four on online retailer Amazon's best-seller list after its release this month.</p><p>It is a cringe-inducing, st...

2011-01-18T14:30:53ZAFP Global Editiontag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-01-18:/books-and-literature/lover-sues-french-tv-star-letters-4731076a/

<div><p>A French celebrity TV news anchor, accused this month of plagiarism in his new biography of <a title="Ernest Hemingway" href="/topic/Ernest+Hemingway" >Ernest Hemingway</a>, now faces trial for allegedly using his ex-lover's letters in a novel, a report said Tuesday.</p><p>Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, a household name in <span><a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a></span> for the past three decades, is being sued by Agathe Borne for violation of privacy and plagiarism for using he...

2010-12-21T09:00:33ZReuters US Online Report Internet Newstag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-12-21:/books-and-literature/wikileakss-assange-publish-memoirs-report-4717486a/

<div><p><span>LONDON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - <a title="WikiLeaks.org" href="/topic/WikiLeaks.org" >WikiLeaks</a> founder <span><a title="Julian Assange" href="/topic/Julian+Assange" >Julian Assange</a></span> has sold his memoirs to two publishing houses and is expected to have a manuscript ready in March, <span><a title="United Kingdom" href="/topic/United+Kingdom" >Britain</a></span>'s <span><a title="Guardian Newspapers...

2010-12-21T08:30:16ZReuters US Online Report World Newstag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-12-21:/books-and-literature/wikileaks-assange-publish-memoirs-uk-paper-4717443a/

<div><p><span>LONDON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - <a title="WikiLeaks.org" href="/topic/WikiLeaks.org" >WikiLeaks</a> founder <span><a title="Julian Assange" href="/topic/Julian+Assange" >Julian Assange</a></span> has sold his memoirs to two publishing houses and is expected to have a manuscript ready in March, <span><a title="United Kingdom" href="/topic/United+Kingdom" >Britain</a></span>'s <span><a title="Guardian Newspapers...

2010-12-21T08:00:17ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-12-21:/books-and-literature/wikileaks-assange-publish-memoirs-uk-paper-4717430a/

<div><p><span>LONDON</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span> Life!) - <a title="WikiLeaks.org" href="/topic/WikiLeaks.org" >Wikileaks</a> founder <span><a title="Julian Assange" href="/topic/Julian+Assange" >Julian Assange</a></span> has sold his memoirs to two publishing houses and is expected to have a manuscript ready in March, <span><a title="United Kingdom" href="/topic/United+Kingdom" >Britain</a></span>'s <span><a title="Guardian News...

2010-12-17T07:30:11ZAP Newstag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-12-17:/books-and-literature/clarification-britainrare-book-story-4715042a/

<div id="subtitle">Clarification: <a title="United Kingdom" href="/topic/United+Kingdom" >Britain</a>-Rare Book story</div><div><p>In a Dec. 7 story about the auction of a rare edition of <span><a title="John James" href="/topic/John+James" >John James</a></span> Audubon's "Birds of <span>America</span>" book, <span><a title="The Associated Press" href="/topic/The+Associated+Press" >The Associated Press</a></span> reported the book sold at auction for the hammer price of $10,270,000. That figure...

2010-12-13T17:30:42ZAFP Global Editiontag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-12-13:/poetry/spanish-flamenco-star-enrique-morente-dead-67-family-4712443a/

<div><p>One of <a title="Spain" href="/topic/Spain" >Spain</a>'s leading flamenco singers, <a title="Enrique Morente" href="/topic/Enrique+Morente" >Enrique Morente</a>, died Monday at a <a title="Madrid" href="/topic/Madrid" >Madrid</a> hospital where he had been in coma following an operation for an ulcer, his family said. He was 67.</p><p>"After several days of a tough struggle against death, Enrique Morente, a unique performer and a wonderful person, has left an enormous void in our hearts a...

2010-11-30T12:39:45ZSmithsoniantag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-30:/children's-books/holiday-gift-guide-new-children238217s-books-food-4630800a/

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2010-11-29T15:00:31ZThisIsLondon.co.uktag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/long-live-short-story-read-borges-4465110a/

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2010-11-29T14:59:26ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/diary-4462622a/

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2010-11-29T15:00:29ZThisIsLondon.co.uktag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/books-loved-201-4465032a/

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2010-11-29T14:41:35ZForbestag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/literary-awards/ana-maria-matute-wins-spains-cervantes-prize-4421406a/

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2010-11-24T14:34:44ZAFP Global Editiontag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-24:/literary-awards/spanish-novelist-ana-maria-matute-wins-cervantes-prize-4388756a/

<div><p>Spanish novelist Ana Maria Matute was Wednesday awarded the Cervantes Prize, only the third woman to win the leading literary award for works in Spanish since it was first granted in 1976.</p><p>The 125,000-euros (169,000-dollar) award was announced by <span><a title="Spain" href="/topic/Spain" >Spain</a></span>'s culture ministry.</p><p>It will be given to Matute, 85, on April 23, in recognition of the anniversary of the death in 1616 of <span><a title="Miguel de Cervantes" href="/topic...

2010-11-29T14:59:18ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/-4462330a/

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2010-11-29T14:59:17ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/void-field-4462272a/

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2010-11-29T14:34:19ZCNETtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/electronic-books/amazon-lets-give-gift-mp3-4403380a/

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2010-11-29T14:31:38ZBella Onlinetag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/book-reviews/garlic-4397320a/

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2010-11-29T14:59:12ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/poetry/renaissance-latin-literature-4462025a/

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2010-11-29T14:59:11ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/poetry/historical-development-4462004a/

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2010-11-29T14:46:15ZLonely Planettag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/lost-worlds-greatest-bookstores-4432742a/

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2010-11-29T14:59:06ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/poetry/expressionism-literature-4461788a/

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2010-11-29T14:59:01ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/poetry/culture-muslim-spain-4461629a/

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2010-11-29T14:59:00ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/poetry/life-career-4461583a/

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2010-11-29T14:58:59ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/book-publishing-4461530a/

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2010-11-17T08:31:16ZReuters US Online Report Technology Newstag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-17:/books-and-literature/google-hachette-ink-accord-book-scanning-4383165a/

<div><p><span>PARIS</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span>) - <a title="Google Inc." href="/topic/Google+Inc." >Google</a> has signed an accord with <span><a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a></span>'s biggest book publisher <a title="Hachette Filipacchi Medias SA" href="/topic/Hachette+Filipacchi+Medias+SA" >Hachette</a> Livre on the scanning and sale of out-of-print books, which grants the publisher wide control over pricing ...

2010-11-29T14:52:35ZSuite 101tag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/running-book-club-4446779a/

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2010-11-30T13:58:49ZMahalotag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-30:/science-fiction/terry-pratchett-4701837a/

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2010-11-29T14:58:48ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/20th-century-4461034a/

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2010-11-29T14:58:13ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/life-works-4459617a/

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2010-11-29T14:58:11ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/realism-4459569a/

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2010-11-29T14:58:11ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/style-4459568a/

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2010-11-29T14:58:11ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/-4459567a/

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2010-11-29T14:58:07ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/bibliophile-societies-4459404a/

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2010-11-29T14:58:07ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/origins-contemporary-collecting-4459402a/

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2010-11-29T14:58:04ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/emergence-modern-short-story-4459293a/

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2010-11-29T14:58:05ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/french-writers-4459296a/

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2010-11-29T14:58:05ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/poetry/roemer-visscher-4459303a/

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2010-11-29T14:58:00ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/london-4459101a/

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2010-11-29T14:57:58ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/poetry/poetry-4459042a/

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2010-11-29T14:56:29ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/book-publishing-4455426a/

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2010-11-29T16:06:12ZHeliumtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/poetry/famous-landmarks-wales-suited-summer-tourists-4616906a/

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2010-11-29T16:09:56ZHeliumtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/book-reviews/book-reviews-rights-barbara-nadel-4627298a/

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2010-11-30T13:33:05ZMahalotag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-30:/poetry/hailes-ball-game-4676831a/

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2010-11-29T16:02:00ZHeliumtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/science-fiction/fiction-genres-overview-4606721a/

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2010-11-30T13:40:14ZMahalotag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-30:/books-and-literature/french-guiana-4683451a/

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2010-11-29T16:01:29ZHeliumtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/poetry/helium-writer-autobiographies-4605591a/

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2010-11-29T16:01:18ZHeliumtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/dont-experience-submit-work-agent-4605164a/

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2010-11-29T16:09:44ZHeliumtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/book-reviews/book-reviews-dangerous-affair-caro-peacock-4626768a/

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2010-11-29T16:01:42ZHeliumtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/poetry/styles-trends-writing-poetry-4606085a/

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2010-11-29T16:06:26ZHeliumtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/poetry/visitors-guide-museu-jose-regio-portalegre-portugal-4617454a/

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2010-11-29T16:09:43ZHeliumtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/book-reviews-azincourt-bernard-cornwell-4626737a/

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2010-11-29T16:01:17ZHeliumtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/vanity-publishing-worth-4605156a/

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2010-11-29T16:01:18ZHeliumtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/guide-finding-reputable-literary-agent-4605191a/

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2010-11-29T16:01:44ZHeliumtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/postmodernism-fiction-today-4606137a/

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2010-11-29T16:06:23ZHeliumtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/book-reviews-notes-small-island-bill-bryson-4617340a/

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2010-11-29T16:01:25ZHeliumtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/evaluating-writers-handbook-4605432a/

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2010-11-29T16:01:51ZHeliumtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/book-reviews-spelling-grammar-punctuation-john-polley-4606408a/

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2010-11-29T16:09:47ZHeliumtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/book-reviews-call-midnight-tess-gerritsen-4626930a/

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2010-11-29T16:09:49ZHeliumtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/book-reviews-crime-passion-stanley-loomis-4626974a/

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2010-11-29T15:51:06ZHeliumtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/poetry/origins-pixie-4581604a/

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2010-11-29T16:01:50ZHeliumtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/overview-prestigious-short-story-contests-uk-4606381a/

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2010-11-29T14:55:29ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/secrets-success-foundation-training-4453180a/

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2010-11-29T14:55:29ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/surgery-250-sbas-finals-4453182a/

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2010-11-29T14:55:29ZThe Encyclopedia Britannicatag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/prevention-cancer-4453183a/

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2010-11-08T08:00:41ZReuters Life! Online Reporttag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-08:/books-and-literature/french-author-houellebecq-wins-coveted-goncourt-prize-4375070a/

<div><p><span>PARIS</span> (<span><a title="Reuters Group plc" href="/topic/Reuters+Group+plc" >Reuters</a></span> Life!) - <span><a title="Michel Houellebecq" href="/topic/Michel+Houellebecq" >Michel Houellebecq</a></span>, <span><a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a></span>'s leading fiction provocateur, took home the prestigious <span id="prix_goncourt" class="inform"><a title="Prix Goncourt" href="/topic/Prix+Goncourt" >Goncourt prize</a></span> on Monday after years of dominatin...

2010-11-08T05:00:29ZAP Newstag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-08:/books-and-literature/houellebecq-wins-frances-top-literary-prize-4374786a/

<div id="subtitle">Controversial author <a title="Michel Houellebecq" href="/topic/Michel+Houellebecq" >Michel Houellebecq</a> wins <a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a>'s top literary prize</div><div><p>The controversial best-selling author Michel Houellebecq has won France's most coveted literary prize &#8212; the <span id="prix_goncourt" class="inform"><a title="Prix Goncourt" href="/topic/Prix+Goncourt" >Prix Goncourt</a></span> &#8212; for his new novel, "La Carte et Le Territo...

2010-11-08T03:53:35ZSuite 101tag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-08:/poetry/quotes-winter-poetry-literature-4374345a/

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2010-11-06T09:30:21ZAFP Global Editiontag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-06:/books-and-literature/book-prize-platter-frances-houellebecq-4372340a/

<div><p>But this time the writer, who came within a hair's breadth of a win on two occasions, in 1998 and 2005, is tipped as hands-down favourite for the coveted <span id="prix_goncourt" class="inform"><a title="Prix Goncourt" href="/topic/Prix+Goncourt" >Goncourt prize</a></span>, to be handed out on Monday in <span>Paris</span>.</p><p>"La carte et le territoire" (The Map and the Territory), one of four finalists, gleefully satirises the <a title="Paris (France)" href="/topic/Paris+(France)" >P...

2010-11-05T12:11:10ZThe Brooklyn Railtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-05:/poetry/verge-language-4371365a/

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2010-11-29T15:23:09ZHeliumtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/book-reviews/book-reviews-quick-stitch-cross-stitch-keepsakes-helen-philipps-4516944a/

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2010-11-29T15:40:55ZHeliumtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/book-reviews-home-doris-lessing-4558383a/

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2010-11-29T15:23:09ZHeliumtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/book-reviews/book-reviews-lastminute-fabric-gifts-30-handsew-machinesew-nosew-projects-cynthia-treen-4516945a/

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2010-11-29T15:35:21ZHeliumtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/censorship-limitations-age-limits-books-4544993a/

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2010-11-29T15:31:47ZHeliumtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/books-and-literature/working-publishing-subrights-4536644a/

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2010-11-29T15:32:09ZHeliumtag:informbooknetwork.com,2010-11-29:/mystery-novels/private-investigation-myths-realities-4537411a/

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2011-01-04T08:04:09ZAP Newstag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-01-04:/photo/britain-tuition-tangle-2405870p/

FILE - This is a Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010 file photo of <a title="United Kingdom" href="/topic/United+Kingdom" >Britain</a>'s <a title="Prince Charles" href="/topic/Prince+Charles" >Prince Charles</a> and Camilla, <a title="Camilla Parker Bowles" href="/topic/Camilla+Parker+Bowles" >Duchess of Cornwall</a>, as they react as their car is attacked by angry protesters in <a title="London (England)" href="/topic/London+(England)" >London</a>. British police released a video Tuesday Jan. 4, 2011 of ...

2011-01-05T08:02:05ZAP Newstag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-01-05:/photo/germany-partial-solar-eclipse-2405815p/

A partial solar eclipse is pictured through clouds in Albershausen, southwestern <a title="Germany" href="/topic/Germany" >Germany</a>, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/dapd, <a title="Daniel Kopatsch" href="/topic/Daniel+Kopatsch" >Daniel Kopatsch</a>)<div id="copyright"><div> Copyright 2011&#160; <a href="http://www.ap.org">AP News</a></div></div><div><p></p><br /><br /></div>...

2011-01-05T08:06:21ZAP Newstag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-01-05:/photo/australia-flooding-2405690p/

In this photo released by the <a title="Northern Territory Police" href="/topic/Northern+Territory+Police" >Northern Territory Police</a>, four German tourists rest on the roof of their vehicle as they wait for their rescue from the flooded Magela Creek, near Jabiru, <a title="Australia" href="/topic/Australia" >Australia</a>, Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. Drenching rain that started before Christmas has flooded an area the size of <a title="France" href="/topic/France" >France</a> and <a title="Germany...

2011-01-03T15:31:47ZAP Newstag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-01-03:/photo/spain-soccer-la-liga-2405637p/

<a title="Real Madrid CF" href="/topic/Real+Madrid+CF" >Real Madrid</a>'s Kaka from <a title="Brazil" href="/topic/Brazil" >Brazil</a> runs with the ball during a <a title="Liga de Futbol Profesional" href="/topic/Liga+de+Futbol+Profesional" >Spanish La Liga</a> soccer match against <a title="Getafe CF" href="/topic/Getafe+CF" >Getafe</a> at the Coliseum Alfonso Perez stadium in Getafe, <a title="Spain" href="/topic/Spain" >Spain</a> Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. <a title="Kaka (Soccer)" href="/topic/Ka...

2011-01-02T21:01:21ZAP Newstag:informbooknetwork.com,2011-01-02:/photo/grizzlies-lakers-basketball-2405322p/

<a title="Memphis Grizzlies" href="/topic/Memphis+Grizzlies" >Memphis Grizzlies</a> center <a title="Marc Gasol" href="/topic/Marc+Gasol" >Marc Gasol</a>, right, of <a title="Spain" href="/topic/Spain" >Spain</a> and his brother <a title="Los Angeles Lakers" href="/topic/Los+Angeles+Lakers" >Los Angeles Lakers</a> forward <a title="Pau Gasol" href="/topic/Pau+Gasol" >Pau Gasol</a> of Spain tangles under the basket during the first half of their <a title="National Basketball Association" href="/t...