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UC Irvine Extension Offers New Course on Fiction Writing: Online Access Extends the Opportunity to Many Seeking to Learn How to Write Novels for Young Adult Audiences IRVINE, Calif. -- The University of California, Irvine Extension announced plans to offer a new course designed for creative writers interested in penning novels for young adults. The course, "Fiction Writing...; Tags: Databases, novel, SOFTWARE, University of California; Research articles 2008-10-14
Nobel laureatue Pamuk publishes latest novel: ISTANBUL AFP — Turkey's first Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk launched his latest novel this weekend in Turkey, "The Museum of Innocence", a love story between a rich man and a poor girl set in Istanbul. The recipient of the Nobel prize for literature in 2006, whose works are translated...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Istanbul, novel, Turkey; Research articles 2008-08-31
First lady inspires 'Wife': In "American Wife," a novel loosely inspired by the life of Laura Bush, Curtis Sittenfeld boldly imagines the inner life of a first lady. Does she pull off a credible portrayal? Yes, unequivocally. Does she capture the heart and mind of the enigmatic Laura Bush? Only the first...; Tags: Alice, Bush, CAREER, lady, novel, White House; Research articles 2008-08-31
New publishing releases announced: New and upcoming releases in publishing: September "Home," by Marilynne Robinson: The sequel to the Pulitzer Prize- winning "Gilead." "Bacardi and the Long Fight for Cuba," by Tom Gjelten: The NPR host writes a biography of the Bacardi family. "Hitler's Empire,"...; Tags: novel, NPR; Research articles 2008-08-31
Laura Bush is the fictional 'American Wife': American Wife By Curtis Sittenfeld Random House, 555 pp., $26 In American Wife, a novel loosely inspired by the life of Laura Bush, Curtis Sittenfeld boldly imagines the inner life of a first lady. ...; Tags: Alice, Bush, CAREER, Democrat, lady, novel, president, White House; Research articles 2008-08-28

US publishers cancel book on Prophet Mohammed's wife: NEW YORK AFP — A US publisher has cancelled the publication of a novel about the youngest wife of the Muslim prophet Mohammed amid a growing controversy over the book. "The Jewel of Medina," a debut novel by journalist Sherry Jones about Mohammed's child bride A'isha had been due...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Jones, Leadership, novel, Random House; Research articles 2008-08-18
Darin Strauss: The former Guggenheim fellow and husband of a NEWSWEEK senior writer is adapting his 2006 book, “ Chang and Eng, ” into a screenplay with actor Gary Oldman. His picks: My Five Most Important Books...; Tags: Books, CAREER, Newsweek, novel; Research articles 2008-08-11
Haruki Murakami heading to UC Berkeley series: My world brightened just a bit the other day with a well-timed confluence of happy events. No sooner had a slim new work from Haruki Murakami fallen into my eager hands than the phone rang with news that he has been added to the roster of the Strictly Speaking lecture...; Tags: INTERNET, novel, University of California at Berkeley; Research articles 2008-07-27
'Brideshead': A sweet but simpler visit: Those who are weary of summer's bawdy comedies and superheroes will be heartened by Brideshead Revisited, which is grandly revisited as a feature film. The adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's 1945 novel is not as nuanced as the lavish 12-hour British television series, shown on PBS in...; Tags: director, novel, PBS, Scotland, TVs; Research articles 2008-07-25
For Amy Tan, it all began at community college: Author Amy Tan, 56, whose best-selling novels include The Joy Luck Club and The Kitchen God's Wife, attended San Jose City College in California before transferring to San Jose State University. Going to a community college "was a wonderful decision," she said at a meeting of...; Tags: novel, San Jose State University, semester; Research articles 2008-07-23
Getting to know the General: A CASE OF EXPLODING MANGOES by Mohammed Hanif Cape, £12.99, pp. 297, ISBN 9780224082044 £10.39 (plus £2.45 p&p) 0870 429 6655 On 29 May 1989 Brigadier Tariq Mehmood, formerly head of Pakistan's Special Forces, was taking part in a freefall demonstration in Gujranwala. His parachute failed and he crashed...; Tags: Air Force, novel, Pakistan, president, SALES; Research articles 2008-07-05
Coe, Jonathan. The rain before it falls: COE, Jonathan. The rain before it falls. Read by Jenny Agutter. 6 cds. 7 hrs. BBC Audiobooks America/Sound Library. 2008. 978-0-7827-52547. $64.95. Vinyl; plot, author, reader notes. A Coe has written an elegant piece of literary fiction that spans three generations of a Shropshire, England family. Terminally ill and...; Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Coe, FINANCE, Investment, novel, TELECOMMUNICATIONS; Research articles 2008-07-01
Canada's Margaret Atwood wins Spain's top literature prize: MADRID AFP — Canadian author Margaret Atwood was on Wednesday awarded Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias Prize for literature as "one of the most outstanding voices of contemporary fiction," the jury announced. "Margaret Atwood offers in her novels a politically committed, critical view of the world and contemporary society,...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Britain, Nanotechnology, novel, SEARCH, Spain, TELECOMMUNICATIONS; Research articles 2008-06-25
Author Rushdie receives knighthood: LONDON AFP — Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday gave the author Salman Rushdie the knighthood which caused protests by Muslims around the world when it was announced last year. Rushdie, 61, was knighted for his services to literature. When the knighthood was announced in the queen's birthday honours...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, Britain, CAREER, Government, Leadership, novel, SOFTWARE; Research articles 2008-06-25
They're top Kansas page turners: By Jan Biles THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL LAWRENCE - Sometimes, luck is on our side. We drop a knife and its sharp blade misses our bare foot by a half-inch. A bicyclist darts in front of our car and we swerve just in time to avoid impact. ...; Tags: Kansas, novel, Wichita State University; Research articles 2008-06-22
They're top Kansas page turners: By Jan Biles THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL LAWRENCE - Sometimes, luck is on our side. We drop a knife and its sharp blade misses our bare foot by a half-inch. A bicyclist darts in front of our car and we swerve just in time to avoid impact. ...; Tags: Kansas, novel, Wichita State University; Research articles 2008-06-22
Peru author working on novel on Irish patriot Roger Casement: MADRID AFP — Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa Tuesday said he is writing a novel on Irish patriot Roger Casement, famed for his reports criticising rights abuses in Congo at the turn of the 20th century. "In his diaries he reported on authentic atrocities, atrocities involving crimes that are...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, novel; Research articles 2008-06-17
Can a novelist write too well?: At least a couple of times, probably more often, Anthony Burgess declared that Evelyn Waugh wrote 'too well for a novelist'. 'Sour grapes' you may say, remembering that in his own novels Burgess often wrote in clumsy and slapdash style, and that he was perhaps himself a better reviewer than...; Tags: Ford Motor Co., novel, SECURITY; Research articles 2008-06-14
Reluctant flier Miles: NEW YORK -- When Jonathan Miles read that the airline industry is predicting another summer of delays, his first thought was: "That's good for the book." Miles' debut novel, Dear American Airlines (Houghton Mifflin, $22), is written in the form of an exasperated 180-page letter of...; Tags: American Airlines, Chicago, novel; Research articles 2008-05-29
Welcome to the United States of Amnesia: To kill time, as I wait for Gore Vidal by the reception desk in Claridge's, I leaf through the pages of his memoirs, looking at the photographs. One in particular takes my fancy: Gore aged three, in the garden of his grandfather's house in Washington DC -- a dapper little...; Tags: America, Gore, memoir, novel, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, U.S. Congress, voice; Research articles 2008-05-24