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Posted: 01 Jul 2013 06:49 AM PDT

Book Talk: English History With A Twist In 'The Boleyn King'

What would have happened if Anne Boleyn, the wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I, had given her husband the son he so desperately wanted instead of miscarrying and eventually losing her head as a ... Read More

Banks wrote 'The Quarry' before coincidental diagnosis, explains widow

Celebrated author Ian Banks planned, plotted and wrote "The Quarry" in the last months of 2012, all before his own life mirrored the book's cancerous theme with a diagnosis delivered in March 2013, his ... Read More

Lost story of Spanish war sees light after 70 years

When Henry Buckley crossed the Pyrenees in 1939 with the remnants of the defeated Spanish Republican forces, he had reported on Spain for 10 years, witnessed the great battles of the civil war, and won a ... Read More

Tales of Triumph Win Top children's UK Book Awards

The stories of a dyslexic hero and a little girl who overcomes her family's fear of a stray dog won two of Britain's most coveted children's literature prizes on Wednesday."Maggot Moon" by Sally Gardner ... Read More

Sri Lankan- born author Kretser wins top Australian Literary prize

Sri Lankan-born author Michelle de Kretser won Australia's top literature prize on Wednesday, awarded the Miles Franklin award for her novel "Questions of Travel" that follows two people on separate ... Read More

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Isnin, 1 Julai 2013