27/08/2004 'Cloud Atlas' Favourite to Capture Booker Prize
British Author David Mitchell was installed as runaway favorite on Thursday to capture the Man Booker Prize, one of the world's top literary awards, for his ambitious, multi-layered novel "Cloud Atlas."

26/08/2004 Tóibín, Bennett on Booker longlist
It was announced today that Wexford's Colm Tóibín and Belfast-born author Ronan Bennett are both on the 2004 Man Booker Prize longlist.

25/08/2004 Large turnout at Clinton's signing
Around 1,500 people turned up at the Eason's book shop in Dublin this morning to see Bill Clinton signing his autobiography 'My Life'.

25/08/2004 First Dylan memoir due this autumn
The first of three planned memoirs by Bob Dylan is to be published on 12 October, publisher Simon & Schuster has said.

25/08/2004 Morton in talks about Capote movie
Oscar-nominated 'In America' star Samantha Morton and Oscar winner Chris Cooper are in talks about joining the cast of a second, as-yet-untitled Truman Capote biopic.

24/08/2004 Clinton in Dublin for book signing
The former US President Bill Clinton will be signing copies of his autobiography My Life on Wednesday 25th August at Easons on O'Connell Street, Dublin.

23/08/2004 Enid Blyton's Famous Five top poll
Enid Blyton's Famous Five books have been voted top in a poll to discover which books adults most enjoyed as children.

23/08/2004 'Rings' Rights-Holder Sues for Royalties
Movie and music mogul Saul Zaentz has sued the studio behind the hit "Lord of the Rings" movie trilogy for more than $20 million in unpaid royalties.

21/08/2004 50 pages of new novel are stolen
The Society of Authors' standard advice to budding writers would be: "Never neglect to back up your work."

20/08/2004 Hospital challenges writers to pen Peter Pan sequel
The three leading storytellers in Britain's current golden age of children's fiction are expected to balk at a challenge made to them today - to embark on the "awfully big adventure" of writing a sequel to Peter Pan which proves as long-lived as the original.

20/08/2004 Memoirs of a Geisha cast announced
The cast of the long-awaited big screen adaptation of the acclaimed book 'Memoirs of a Geisha' has been announced.

20/08/2004 Hinton Writes First Novel in 16 Years
Best-selling author S.E. Hinton, who rose to literary stardom as a teenager with "The Outsiders," has written her first novel in 16 years, her publisher announced yesterday.

19/08/2004 Author admits fabrication
The author of a bestselling Australian book about the honour killing of a Jordanian woman has admitted she fabricated parts of her supposed true-life story.

19/08/2004 Two Michael Moore Books Due This Autumn
Michael Moore - the activist, best-selling author and Academy Award-winning filmmaker has two new books coming out, publisher Simon & Schuster announced on Wednesday.

18/08/2004 Easy Riders author to do Q&A at IFI
Peter Biskind, the author of essential movie book 'Easy Riders, Raging Bulls', will launch his new book at the Irish Film Institute in Dublin with a book signing and Q&A session.

18/08/2004 Jordan to use Kilkenny church in film
The Catholic Diocese of Ossory has granted permission for the parish church in Callan, County Kilkenny to be used by Oscar-winning director Neil Jordan in a new Irish film.

17/08/2004 JK Rowling hints at Potter secrets
JK Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, gave some hints as to how the books might progress at a public reading in Scotland yesterday.

16/08/2004 James Gandolfini to play Hemingway
'The Sopranos' star James Gandolfini is to play Ernest Hemingway in an as-yet-untitled film, which is due to begin shooting in January.

13/08/2004 Eastwood receives settlement for unauthorised biography
Clint Eastwood has settled a $10 million libel lawsuit against the author and publisher of an unauthorised biography that alleged the erstwhile Dirty Harry beat his wife.

10/08/2004 Greenlight for 'Love in the Time of Cholera' film
After denying Hollywood for years, Gabriel García Márquez has agreed to sell the rights to his 1985 novel

10/08/2004 Harry Potter Book Due Out Today
The paperback of "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" comes out today with a first printing of 2 million — and a sky-high promotional campaign.

05/08/2004 Fiennes cast in fourth Potter film
'Schindler's List' star Ralph Fiennes is to play the villain Lord Voldemort in the fourth Harry Potter film, 'The Goblet of Fire'.

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