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Bibliography RSS FeedsSamuel Youd ? aka John Christopher ? dies aged 89 - Brian Aldiss leads tributes to a prolific author ? of The Tripods and more than 50 other novels ? who 'beat description'British science fiction author Samuel Youd, who wrote the prescient story of environmental disaster The Death of Grass under one of his pseudonyms, John Christopher, has died....Feed Source: www.guardian.co.uk Gracious quiz - Quiz: It's 60 years today since Queen Elizabeth II acceded to the throne. Have you paid due respect to Her Maj's appearances in literature?... Save Our Libraries: Readers' reports - We catch up with campaigners working hard to keep their local services goingWith National Libraries Day taking place on Saturday 4 February, we invited readers to tell us in their own words, how their campaigns to save their local library have progressed in the 12 months since Save Our Libraries Day, 2011. Several have managed to stay open, but others are still battling. We had many contributions, thank y... Bleak news for library campaign - Final appeal to supreme court against halving the London borough's libraries provision will not be heardBook lovers up and down the country celebrated National Libraries Day on Saturday ? but in the north London borough of Brent the mood was sombre, after campaigners received another blow in their long-running fight to kee... Poem of the week - For Dickens's birthday, a complex but poignant reinvention of Pip and Estella's final meeting in Great ExpectationsCharles Dickens was born on February 7 1812, and this week's poem, "I Am Greatly Changed" by Richard Price, appears in a new anthology of 21st century poets' tributes, ... Jacqueline Rose: a life in writing - 'Victimhood is something that happens but when you turn it into an identity you're psychically and politically finished'One day, Jacqueline Rose came across a troubling passage in Proust's A la recherche du temps... The Defence of the Book - To mark National Libraries Day, the novelist adds an extra scene to his 1998 satire England, England in which he imagines what happens when the 'National Coalition' closes every library down(As Sir Jack Pitman's project for a replica version of England on the Isle of Wight proves an enormous commercial success, the mainland, or "Old England" as it has come to be known, goes into sharp decline ?)... Oh, Vienna - The modern world was created by those who haunted the Austrian capital in the first 14 years of the 20th century. The writer returns to the place that gave rise to his latest novel, Waiting for SunriseIt took me about half an hour to walk from the centre of Vienna ? from the opera house ? to the Freud Museum on Berggasse. It's pretty much a straight line: up August... Haunting stories - As the film company Hammer ? famous as a purveyor of horror movies ? moves into publishing, we hear from its boss Simon Oakes about the thinking behind the new venture, which has just produced its first literary title, The Greatcoat, Helen Dunmore. Dunmore, an Orange prize-winning novelist, reads from her ghost story involving a dead second world war airman and a lonely young doctor's wife, and discusses the undying appeal of the supernatural to writers, ranging from Henry James's Turn of the Screw to Daphne du Maurier's Don't Look Now. And film critic Peter Bradshaw joins us to investigate the history of the ghost story in literature and film, the latest product of which is Hammer's movie version of Susan Hill's The Woman in Black.Reading listThe Greatcoat, by Helen Dunmore ... Fiction in translation's future? - Bright sparks amid gloom over the number of foreign-language books reaching English readersThat nasty rumour still won't go away: publishing houses in the UK are allergic to literary fiction in translation. A recent report by English PEN even warned that "future geniuses comparable to Murakami or García Márquez might never become accessible to English readers" if the situation isn't properly addressed. Are ... Juan Gabriel Vásquez at A Room for London - A Room for London is a small living space in the shape of the Roi des Belges - the boat in Joseph Conrad's novella The Heart of Darkness, which has been moored on the top of the South Bank as part of the Cultural Olympiad. For four days every month, as part of a year-long project by Artangel, a writer will stay in it, tasked only with writing an essay on the theme of London, rivers and/ or Conrad. We meet the first occupant, novelist Juan Gabriel Vásquez as he leaves the boat at the end of his four-day stay. And we listen in to the thoughts it inspired in him on Conrad, Colombia and London in the 21st century.During the year we are live streaming a series of concerts from the Room for London. We have extracted the first one, by violinist Andrew Bird, in the introduction ... Zona by Geoff Dyer ? review - Geoff Dyer's irreverent commentary on one of cinema's most 'difficult' offerings is a free-wheeling delightThe films of Andrei Tarkovsky, and in particular his 1979 classic Stalker, have a reputation for being among the most difficult in cinema. Difficult, not just in the sense of intellectually demanding, but difficult as in hard to sit through, long and slow-moving and pot... What We Talk About ? by Nathan Englander - Nathan Englander returns to the short story form with a collection of unflinching talesNathan Englander's acclaimed first collection of stories, For the Relief of Unbearable Urges (1999), was a serio-comic take on the clash of flesh and spirit, viewed ... Patriot of Persia by Christopher de Bellaigue - This fascinating biography of a 1950s Persian nobleman and politician explains much of Iran's antipathy towards BritainIran is the only country in the world where people think that secretly, behind the charade, America is Britain's poodle. The eponymous hero of the 1970s comic novel My Uncle Napoleon... The Trials and Triumphs of Les Dawson by Louis Barfe - A new life of Les Dawson celebrates a great British comic talent too often overlookedIt's May 1967, in the days when Britain really had talent. Hughie Green is hosting yet another of his Opportunity Knocks. And here, at last, comes fame, banging on the door of a tubby, pudding-faced Manchester comedian. What ? first gag ? would he pick for his Desert Island Disc? "I toyed with the idea of playing Ravel... Thinking the Twentieth Century by Tony Judt - Tony Judt's last book is an admirable assessment of intellectuals and politics in the last centuryIn this marvellous book, two explorers set out on a journey from which only one of them will return. Their unknown land is that often fearsome continent we call the 20th century. Their route is through their own minds and memories. Both travellers are professional historians still tormented by their own unanswered questions. They needed to talk to one another, and the time was short.... Genus by Jonathan Trigell - Reader review: Stpauli 'Trigell builds his dystopia with careful detail and rich description that gives you a real sense of being part of this urban hell of poverty, lawlessness and neglect'... A letter to Charles Dickens on his 200th birthday - Claire Tomalin, who wrote a biography of the novelist, wonders what he would make of the 21st centuryMy dear Mr Dickens,Happy 200th birthday! You yourself were not much given to celebrating anniversaries, but you did go to Stratford-upon-Avon in April 1864, with Robert Browning, Wilkie Collins and John Forster, to celebrate Shakespeare's 300th, "in peace and quiet". And on 30 January 1849, you celebrated the bicentenary of the execution of Charles I with ... Letters: A tale of two eras ? Dickens's resonance today - The 200th birthday of Charles Dickens is a reminder that the old argument about whether the Labour party owed more to Methodism than to Marx was always incomplete because it missed out Dickens (Report, 6 February). Labour's pioneers in the 1890s and 1900s often recounted how they had been introduced to social justice by reading Dickens in their childhoods and youth. His triumph was that he could open a door to... Pass notes No 3,120: Worzel Gummidge - Someone actually wants to make a Hollywood film of 80s kids' series Worzel Gummidge? Shouldn't they get their thinking head on?Age: 76.Appearance: Scruffy, dirty, turnip for a head.Either you're looking in a mirror ? Very funny.? Or we're strolling down memory ... How to teach ? Charles Dickens - Charles Dickens would have been 200 years old on Tuesday 7 February. To mark the bicentenary, the Guardian Teacher Network has materials to help you bring his work to life for childrenCharles Dickens's Characters in Pictures is a guide ... Hansel and Gretel - review - Theatre Royal, GlasgowThe original Brothers Grimm fairytale is deeply creepy; Humperdinck's 1893 opera version is generally less so, though the luxuriant score makes up for the loss. This new Scottish Opera production ? a pretty, well sung but fairly banal ren... The top 50 Android tablet apps - Whether you've got a Samsung Galaxy Tab, Amazon's Kindle Fire or another Android tablet, y... Too busy to read Dickens? Then try the digested read - It's Charles Dickens's 200th birthday, but you've not had time to read the books. Thank heavens for digested readWith all the celebrations over the last six months, you might have thought Charles Dickens's 200th birthday had been and gone. Not so. Tuesday is the day and it is now too late to read those novels you promised you would when everyone first started talking about it. But it's not too late to read the digested read versions of three of his finest bo... March events at Kings Place - Anne Enright discusses The Forgotten Waltz and Robert Harris revisits his first novel FatherlandThis March the Guardian Book Club will host not one but two exciting author events:Anne Enright: The Forgotten WaltzDate: Monday 12 MarchTime: 7.00pmVenue: The Scott Room, The Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York Way, Lond... The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright - Anne Enright will be in conversation with John Mullan at the Guardian on 12 MarchDate: Monday 12 March Time: 7pmVenue: The Scott Room, The Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GUPrice: £8 Anne Enright will discuss The Forgotten Waltz, her 2011 novel of love a... John Christopher's imaginative universe - With The Tripods, The Death of Grass and many others, he created enduring worlds for his readersWhether you knew John Christopher by his given name Samuel Youd, or any of the many pseudonyms he wrote under during his seven-decade-long writing career, his novels created impressive worlds of the imagination that have stayed with their many readers through out their lives.Readers of my 30-something generation are most likely to remember John Christopher fo... Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol - review - 'Anya's Ghost is not only a spooky horror tale, but is a really heart-warming and hilarious novel. It is easy to relate to, and really, really cleverAnya's Ghost. The title means it already appeals to a certain type of person. If you like scaring yourself to sleep at night with a creepy horror story, of course, you will not regret picking up... Enough with the Charles Dickens hero worship | John Sutherland - He used to be a mere entertainer ? now at his bicentenary he is 'the greatest'. Why should we elevate him above all others?Dickens here, Dickens there, Dickens everybloodywhere. And here am I (and, after me, a chorus of you) adding to the pile. Set your spam filters now. There's more to come.Tomorrow at 11.15, a wreath commemorating the 200t... Your favourite libraries and librarians - In honour of National Libraries Day at the weekend, we asked you to tell us about your library heroes. You sent in loads of suggestions from all over the country Julia Donaldson's ... Daily Dose for Mon, Feb 6: Fledgling -
Fledgling by Octavia E Butler
Reviewed by Elizabeth from New York City, New York.
... Daily Dose for Sun, Feb 5: Say Her Name -
Say Her Name by Francisco Goldman
Reviewed by Courtney from New York, New York.
... Daily Dose for Sat, Feb 4: The Snowman -
The Snowman by Jo Nesbo
Reviewed by Ethan from Anderson, Indiana.
... Daily Dose for Fri, Feb 3: The Sweeter Side of R. Crumb -
The Sweeter Side of R. Crumb by R. Crumb
Reviewed by Paul from Spokane, Washington.
... Daily Dose for Thu, Feb 2: Before I Go to Sleep -
Before I Go to Sleep by S. J. Watson
Reviewed by Suzanne from Ashland, Oregon.
... Daily Dose for Wed, Feb 1: The Elegance of the Hedgehog -
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
Reviewed by Jessica from Longmont, Colorado.
... Daily Dose for Tue, Jan 31: Among Others -
Among Others by Jo Walton
Reviewed by Pamela from Morgan Hill, California.
... Daily Dose for Mon, Jan 30: The Sense of an Ending -
The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Reviewed by Stephen from Hillsboro, Oregon.
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