29/11/2004 Harry Potter reading in Writer's Museum
The Dublin Writers Museum will host a reading from the first Irish translation of a Harry Potter book on 15 December.

29/11/2004 46664 book launched by Mandela in London
Former South African president Nelson Mandela has been joined by stars from the entertainment world to launch a book celebrating last year's 46664 charity concert.

27/11/2004 Schindler biography causes controversy
A new biography of the German businessman Oskar Schindler has caused controversy by claiming he was the not the man presented in Thomas Keneally's book Schindler's Arc.

26/11/2004 Enduring Love film opens
A film based on Ian MacEwan's novel Enduring Love opens today in cinemas in the UK and Ireland.

26/11/2004 Best-Selling Author Arthur Hailey has died
Best-selling British author Arthur Hailey has died at his home in the Bahamas. He was 84.

25/11/2004 Tolkien home becomes listed building
JRR Tolkien's house where he wrote The Hobbit and part of The Lord of the Rings is to become a listed building.

23/11/2004 Little Women musical for Broadway
A musical of Louisa May Alcott's children's classic Little Women will next month in the US.

21/11/2004 WH Smith ditches People's Choice Award
UK book retail outlet WH Smith is to drop its People's Choice Book Awards.

20/11/2004 Play.com enters the book market
Online retailer Play.com has entered the book market offering delivery to countries in Europe.

19/11/2004 New Irish creative writing pages launched
The Western Writers' Centre in Galway are set to launch two new web pages where writers can publish their prose and poetry.

19/11/2004 Fifth Potter movie gets a director
David Yates is to direct the big screen adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

18/11/2004 Winners of US National Book Awards Announced
The News from Paraguay written by Lily Tuck was announced last night as the winner of the National Book Awards prize for Fction.

17/11/2004 Goldberg to write screenplay for fifth Potter film
Screenwriter Michael Goldberg is to adapt Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix for the big screen.

16/11/2004 New edition of Plath's Ariel to be published
A new facsimile edition of one of Sylvia Plath's most famous collections will be published on November 25th.

15/11/2004 Donovan, McCann and Malone on IMPAC longlist
It was announced today that three Irish authors are on the longlist for the 2005 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.

15/11/2004 Hanks tipped to star in Da Vinci Code
Oscar winner Tom Hanks has emerged as the favourite to star as Professor Robert Langdon in the big screen adaptation of Dan Brown's bestseller The Da Vinci Code.

12/11/2004 Controversy over US book award
One of the biggest book awards in the US is the subject of controversy after a decision to change the fiction category.

11/11/2004 Author Iris Chang found dead
Iris Chang, the acclaimed Chinese-American historical author has been found dead in her car, apparently after shooting herself, police sources said.

11/11/2004 Cruise buys rights to The Devil's Banker
Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner, his production partner, have bought the film rights to the Christopher Reich thriller The Devil's Banker.

10/11/2004 Whitbread shortlists announced
The 2004 Whitbread Book Awards shortlists have been announced, among the nominees are winners of the Booker and Orange Prize.

09/11/2004 Peel's widow may complete autobiography
John Peel's widow may finish the autobiography that he started last year.

09/11/2004 Literary Prizes Awarded in France
The Renaudot prize, France's second-most prestigious literary award, has been awarded to a Jewish writer who died in a Nazi death camp.

08/11/2004 Madonna's daughter contributes to Christmas book
Madonna's daughter has contributed to a Christmas fundraising book, she has written a story to be included in the charity publication.

08/11/2004 New Line buy screen rights to Cholera
New Line have bought the screen rights to Love in the Time of Cholera and Ron Harwood who adapted the Pianist is set to write the screenplay.

05/11/2004 Bertie Ahern to launch tribute to Maureen Potter
An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern will join Deirdre Purcell at a special event next Tuesday November 9th at the Gaiety Theatre to pay tribute to the remarkable life and theatrical legacy of entertainment legend Maureen Potter.

05/11/2004 Northern Ireland's Bryce, Longley on Eliot shortlist
Northern Irish poets Colette Bryce and Michael Longley are included in the shortlist for this year's TS Eliot Prize.

04/11/2004 Guardian First Book shortlist announced
Five authors have been shortlisted for the prestigious Guardian First Book award.

04/11/2004 Peter Webber to direct next Hannibal film
Peter Webber who directed Girl with a Pear Earring is to direct the Hannibal Lecter prequel Behind the Mask.

03/11/2004 Iranian author sues US
Nobel Peace Prize winner and human rights activist, Shirin Ebadi, is suing the US government for blocking the publication of her memoirs.

03/11/2004 J.K. Rowling Book Fetches Auction High
A small leather-bound volume in which Muhammad Ali drew pictures of himself fighting archrival Joe Frazier has sold for $30,000, Sotheby's auctioneers said yesterday.

03/11/2004 Carey's The Mermaids Singing gets stars
Actresses Jessica Lange, Neve Campbell and Evan Rachel Wood have been lined up to star in the movie adaptation of Lisa Carey's 1998 novel The Mermaids Singing.

02/11/2004 Hanks buys option on DuPrau's City of Ember
Tom Hanks and his Playtone partner Gary Goetzman have bought the film rights to Jeanne DuPrau's young adult novel The City of Ember, according to ComingSoon.net.

02/11/2004 Author of Da Vinci Code donates $2.2m
Dan Brown, author of the bestseller The Da Vinci code is sharing some of his wealth with his old high school, Phillips Exeter Academy.

01/11/2004 Nicholas Sparks' Rodanthe for film adaptation
Nicholas Sparks' book, Nights in Rodanthe, is to be adapted for the cinema by Warner Bros. Pictures and studio-based Di Novi Pictures.

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