Book News Archive January 2004:
Caine and Mereilles Team Up for LeCarre's 'Gardener'
30/01/2004 John LeCarre's (The Spy Who Came in From the Cold) newest novel The Constant Gardner, is going to be directed by the highly acclaimed Fernando Mereilles best known for "City of God". 
Writer Janet Frame dead
29/01/2004 Janet Frame the reclusive writer from New Zealand, died yesterday aged 79.
Haddon takes Whitbread Book of the Year
28/01/2004 Mark Haddon has won the Whitbread Book of the Year award for his book 'The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time'.
Tobias Wolff for Dublin reading
23/01/2004 American author Tobias Wolff will read from his novel 'Old School' in Trinity College, Dublin on Friday 6 February.
Leviathan artist for IMMA show
21/01/2004 Sophie Calle, the acclaimed French artist upon whom Paul Auster based the character of Maria in his book 'Leviathan', will have an exhibition in IMMA during 2004.
Bibliofemme on RTÉ Radio 1
15/01/2004 Bibliofemme will be making an appearance on the Marian Finucane show on RTÉ
Radio 1 on Friday January 23rd.
Public signings in Dublin
14/01/2004 The Dublin City Public Libraries have announced a series of public signings and
interviews with internationally acclaimed writers.
Ledger, Gyllenhaal in Ang Lee pic?
14/01/2004
It is reported that Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal are in talks to star in director Ang Lee's adaptation of E Annie Proulx's 'Brokeback Mountain'.
De Niro, Scorsese pen joint memoir
13/01/2004
Robert De Niro and director Martin Scorsese are writing a joint memoir about their 30-year friendship and work together on eight films
Black Dahlia adaptation gets stars
09/01/2004 It has been confirmed that Mark Wahlberg and Josh Hartnett will star in director Brian DePalma's big screen adaptation of James Ellroy's classic crime novel 'The Black Dahlia'.
Curious Incident wins Whitbread Award
07/01/2004 Children's book 'The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time' by Mark Haddon has won the Whitbread Novel Award.
Lord of the Rings tops the Big Read
15/12/2003 JRR Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' was named the "best loved novel of all time" in BBC's The Big Read poll.
Nick Hornby takes writer's writer award
10/12/2003 Nick Hornby has been given a writer's writer award at the Orange Word International Writers Season.
Nobel Prize for Literature awarded to JM Coetzee
10/12/2003 South African writer JM Coetzee was honoured at today's Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm.
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