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Melbourne Named City of Literature

jhartig — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:36:34 -0400

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently named Melbourne, Australia, a City of Literature, three days before the start of the Melbourne Writers Festival. The honor, given for the first time in 2004 to Edinburgh, Scotland, recognizes Melbourne’s thriving literary and publishing communities.

Melbourne won the international honor after the state government placed a bid to UNESCO in December. Already a hub for international writing talent, attracting numerous international authors to the Writers Festival, and home to a variety of publish [More....]

Final Works of Sir Walter Scott Find a Publisher

jhartig — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:00:06 -0400

Nearly two hundred years after they were written, two lost works of Sir Walter Scott, The Siege Of Malta and Bizarro, have found a publisher.

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Penguin Launches Bookish Dating Site

jhartig — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:52:57 -0400

Penguin U.K. has teamed up with Match.com to introduce a dating Web site for book lovers, or for anyone, according to the publisher, who has "ever wished real life could be as romantic as a novel."

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New Yorker Festival to Host Politically Charged Lineup

jhartig — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:35:42 -0400

The New Yorker recently announced a portion of the program for its 2008 New Yorker Festival, to be held at various venues throughout New York City from October 3 through October 5.

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