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Letters: Critical factor

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 21:00:04 GMT

The first thing I noticed when I moved to Britain in 1985 was that the literary reviews were usually mere summaries and rarely critical (What a hatchet job!, Review, 4 February). I used to complain to ...

Much Ado About Dickens: Why The Bicentennial Hype Matters

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 18:58:00 GMT

He's trending on Twitter, inspiring Google Doodles and hawking hoodies. Why Dickens has always inspired such adoration and why the book business should pay close attention.

Who would want to be an author in film?

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 18:45:56 GMT

Jason Reitman's Young Adult is only the latest in a long line of films which portray authors as helpless, or vindictive, or bothIn Jason Reitman's film Young Adult, released last week, Mavis Geary (Ch ...

Jealousy - review

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 17:39:41 GMT

The Print Room, LondonMost literary adaptations set choreographers the tough challenge of reducing a complex story to a danceable structure, but with Jealousy there's no such problem. Alain Robbe-Gril ...

Scrappy 'Girlchild' Forms A Girl Scout Troop Of One

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 17:37:00 GMT

Tupelo Hassman's debut novel stars Rory, a resilient, if ragged, life force raised in a Reno trailer park who adopts a tattered copy of The Girl Scout Handbook as her Bible. Rory endures sexual abuse, ...

Book dedications: Hate

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 17:28:28 GMT

Ahead of Valentine's Day, how not to win someone's heart with a book dedicationBefore we go wading into the annual Hallmark slush-fest that is Valentine's Day, I thought I'd offer some stark relief by ...

Wael Ghonim: Creating A 'Revolution 2.0' In Egypt

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 17:24:00 GMT

The protests that led to the Egyptian revolution last year were organized in part by Wael Ghonim, who used an anonymous Facebook page to coordinate the demonstrations. In his new book, Ghonim explains ...

Time Travel And Photos Of Earth's 'Oldest' Animals

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 17:09:00 GMT

What if a dinosaur was found in Africa? Would you consider that worthy of conservation? If so, why and why not a horseshoe crab that's even older? That's what photographer Piotr Naskrecki wants to kno ...

At 50, 'A Wrinkle in Time' is still going strong

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 16:32:25 GMT

A look at Madeleine L'Engle's influential book by the numbers.

The Hobbit: Could famous faces kill Peter Jackson's return to Middle-earth?

Thu, 9 Feb 2012 14:12:16 GMT

As Billy Connolly joins the roll call of familiar British stars that includes Martin Freeman and Stephen Fry, how can The Hobbit maintain the originality and mystery of the trilogy?More evidence has e ...

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