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Author Alan Sillitoe dies aged 82

Apr 25 2010: Author Alan Sillitoe has died aged 82 at Charing Cross Hospital in London, England.

His novels included Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, both of which were made into films.

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UK Orange Award shortlist announced

Apr 20 2010: The shortlist for the 2010 Orange Prize for fiction has been announced. The winner will be announced June 9 in London. Finalists are:

Rosie Alison, The Very Thought of You
Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna
Attica Locke, Black Water Rising
Hilary Mantel, Wolf ...

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Agreement reached for buyout of The Bookseller

Apr 20 2010: Media research company Nielsen has agreed "in principle" to sell the UK publishing industry magazine The Bookseller to its managing director Nigel Roby. Negotiations are expected to conclude at the end of April. All the editorial, sales and marketing and events teams ...

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To balance books, libraries close, take new forms

Apr 20 2010: Libraries are in a funding crisis at the very moment that demand for their services is surging. The combination could force some small community libraries to close.

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Can the iPad topple the Kindle, and save the book business?

Apr 20 2010: Ken Auletta's 6000+ word article in the The New Yorker's April 26 issue is an excellent summary of the dramatic changes in publishing over the past few years, and what the future might hold.

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'Salt and freshly ground black people'

Apr 18 2010: An Australian publisher has had to pulp and reprint a cook-book after one recipe mistakenly listed "salt and freshly ground black people" instead of black pepper.

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London Book Fair faces travel disruptions

Apr 16 2010: The London Book Fair is now facing significant disruption ahead of what had been billed as the busiest fair in its 39-year history, with flights in and out of the United Kingdom downed for second day due to volcanic activity in Iceland.

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Children & Sci-Fi illustrator John Schoenherr dies at 74

Apr 15 2010: Illustrator John Schoenherr died on April 8 at the age of seventy-four. Winner of a Caldecott Medal in 1988 for Owl Moon, Schroenherr had prominent twin careers illustrating children's books and science fiction. He was the first artist to depict the world of Frank ...

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