Book News Archive December 2004:
29/12/2004 Susan Sontag dies at 71
The American writer, essayist and critical thinker Susan Sontag has died. 
28/12/2004 Sixth Harry Potter book tops chart
JK Rowling's sixth Harry Potter book has already topped online retailer Amazon's book chart.
24/12/2004 Writer Anthony Sampson dies
British journalist, author and biographer Anthony Samson has died aged 78.
23/12/2004 BBC to adapt Booker Winner
The BBC is to adapt and screen Alan Hollinghurst's 2004 Booker Prize winning novel next year.
22/12/2004 Sixth Harry Potter book to be published in July
Bloomsbury has announced that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the sixth book in the Harry Potter series will be published on 16 July next.
21/12/2004 Google to collaborate with University Libraries
Google is set to collaborate with several academic libraries to make it easier to search for books online.
21/12/2004 Rare Hawthorne manuscript up for auction
A rare early copy of The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is set to be auctioned.
19/12/2004 Wolfe wins Bad Sex Award
American novelist Tom Wolfe has been declared overall winner of the Literary Review's Bad Sex Award.
17/12/2004 Love letter from Dylan Thomas sold at auction
A love letter written by Dylan Thomas was sold at auction in London yesterday for over €10,000.
15/12/2004 Hugh Grant to be Whitbread judge
Actor Hugh Grant has been confirmed as the final judge on the judging panel for this year's Whitbread Book of the Year award.
14/12/2004 Swank to star in Black Dahlia film
Oscar winner Hilary Swank is to star in an adaptation of James Ellroy's classic crime novel 'The Black Dahlia'.
12/12/2004 1920s 'Bridget Jones' to benefit Oxfam
A diary written by a teenager in 1920s Britain is being hailed as the 'real-life Bridget Jones'.
10/12/2004 Nell McCafferty signing books in Dublin
Irish journalist Nell McCafferty will be reading for her new autobiography Nell in Anthology Books next Wednesday, December 15th.
09/12/2004 Jane Eyre secret stairs discovered
The owners of a house in North Yorkshire say they have found the secret staircase that inspired Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre.
08/12/2004 Gloria Estefan to Write Children's Book
Gloria Estefan has become the latest celebrity to write a children's book.
05/12/2004 Alzheimer's clue in Murdoch books
Researchers at University College London claim to have found clues to Iris Murdoch's Alzheimer's in her last book.
04/12/2004 Capote manuscript to go on sale
A lost manuscript by American author Truman Capote is to be auctioned in New York.
03/12/2004 Dublin-born poet wins international award
A Dublin-born poet has won first prize at the Arvon International Poetry Competition
02/12/2004 Leroi's 'mutant' book wins Guardian Award
Armand Marie Leroi has won the Guardian First Book Award
02/12/2004 Release date confirmed for Da Vinci Code film
After much speculation, a release date has been decided for the film version of The Da Vinci Code.
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