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Author 'Nearly Derailed MI6 Operation With Novel Plot'

Telegraph | Duncan Gardham, Security Correspondent | Posted 08.01.2011

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A novelist nearly derailed an MI6 operation when his plot line was found to be almost identical to the secret plan....

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Literary Feuds And The Men Who Could Be Peacemakers

The Guardian | Patrick Kingsley | Posted 07.31.2011

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Well, it was fun while it lasted. After 15 years, novelists Paul Theroux and VS Naipaul have finally ended their bookish bust-up, with a little help f...

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Stephen Fry Announces Winner Of 'Most Beautiful Tweet'

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

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The "most beautiful tweet ever tweeted" has been announced by broadcaster Stephen Fry. ...

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Martin Amis: Awards Only Go To Boring Books

Telegraph | Stephen Adams, Arts Correspondent | Posted 05.25.2011

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Amis, 60, has never won a major literary award such as the Man Booker or Costa, despite his popular appeal. The closest he got was when his novel Time...

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Euro May Not Exist In 10 Years, Says Author John Gray

The Guardian | John Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

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It was John Gray's turn at the Guardian Hay festival yesterday. He was here to re-plug last year's anthology Gray's Anatomy, though he inevitably did ...

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Hay Festival In UK Brings 'Mongrel Mix' Of Authors And Intellectuals

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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HAY-ON-WYE, Wales — British industry is a shadow of its former self, the deficit is enormous, public services are facing huge cuts and London's ...

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UNVEILING: Best 39 Arab Writers Under 40

Hay Festival | Posted 05.25.2011

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PRESS RELEASE: As part of Beirut 'World Capital of the Book' festivities, Hay Festival announces the complete list of the 'Beirut39' Project at the 20...

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