Daily Star (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
Former London mayor Ken Livingstone, comedienne Julie Walters and West End and TV star John Barrowman all feature in a varied and colourful line up at this year's Cheltenham Literature Festival, revealed by organisers.
That Saucy Bastard (Free subscription) | 12/05/2008
I've been tagged! This is courtesy of Livvy The English Courtesan , who...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 12/05/2008
There is little doubt that Salman Rushdie's novel, Midnight's Children, is considered one of the most important works of modern times. In 1981, the novel, which deals with the partition of India, picked up the Booker Prize. Twelve years later, it earned greater literary kudos by being selected as the Booker of Bookers, a title given to mark the prize's 25th anniversary.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 12/05/2008
There is little doubt that Salman Rushdie's novel, Midnight's Children, is considered one of the most important works of modern times. In 1981, the novel, which deals with the partition of India, picked up the Booker Prize. Twelve years later, it earned greater literary kudos by being selected as the Booker of Bookers, a title given to mark the prize's 25th anniversary.
Zazazu (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering. /Ben Okri/
Bill Peschel (Free subscription) | 15/03/2008
B orn today: Friedrich Diez, philologist, essayist, Giessen, Germany, 1794; Richard Ellmann, biographer, literary scholar, essayist, critic, Highland Park, Mich., 1918; Mark Green, activist lawyer, author, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1945; Ben Okri, novelist, poet, Minna, Nigeria, 1959. Died: H.P. Lovecraft, horror author, Providence, R.I., 1937; Rachel Field, children's writer, Beverly Hills, Calif., 1983; Rebecca...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
Books Reading to me is like breathing. I can't contain myself with just one book at a time. At the moment I am reading Dante's Divine Comedy, some Turgenev and Henry James's short stories.
Moderato (Free subscription) | 30/01/2008
Six writers from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Egypt have been shortlisted for the first annual International Prize for Arabic Fiction, jury chief Samuel Shimon announced Tuesday during a news conference in London at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. The jury, whose six members were also revealed for the first time on Tuesday, selected [...]
Life On Manitoulin (Free subscription) | 29/01/2008
Kyoto, Japan Barbados Ubud, Bali Japanese Okonomiyaki Veggie lasagna Pad Thai Loreena McKennitt Chantal Kreviazuk Sarah McLachlan The Group of Seven The Lady of Shallot painted by Waterhouse The Accolade by Edward Blair Leighton Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean Auel The Famished Road by Ben Okri What are some of your favourites?
Paris Parfait (Free subscription) | 31/12/2007
Photo of a sign above a lingerie shop at The Barbican, Plymouth, England. As 2008 dawns, my wishes for us all: love and light; good health; prosperity and a more peaceful and more tolerant world. An excerpt from Booker Prize...
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 04/12/2007
A group of prominent writers have accused European and African leaders of political cowardice by failing to put the crises in Zimbabwe and Darfur high on the agenda of this weekend's EU-Africa Summit in Lisbon. The writers, who include Vaclav Havel, Ben Okri and Nobel Prize winners Gunter Grass and Nadine Gordimer accuse of politicians of shying away from two of the world's worst humanitarian crises....
Fluttering Butterflies (Free subscription) | 03/11/2007
(that I probably won't complete!) I've given myself a new challenge from now until whenever I get bored of it... which is to not go to the library or buy new books until I've read the books I already own and read them. Here's my list of paperback books that I have lying about the house for at least 6 months to a year, if not longer which I have not yet read. Here's hoping I get somewhere with this...
The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | 01/11/2007
A Magical Tale of Love and Regeneration By Ben Okri, Rider, £6.00
Reading matters (Free subscription) | 25/09/2007
'Girlie' covers are putting boys off reading certain books. Curly fonts and cutesy cartoons so typical of chick-lit books have the same effect on me. The Times Online is searching for the next JK Rowling. Dust off those old manuscripts now! And continuing with the competition theme, Patricia Storms of the ever-delightful BookLust is running a contest seeking stories about good grannies and bad ones...
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 13/09/2007
Julia Flynn reviews Starbook by Ben Okri
