Book News Archive February 2005:
28/02/2005 Thompson shot himself on phone to wife
Anita Thompson, the widow of American writer Hunter S Thompson, heard the trigger on his gun click while on the phone to him immediately before his suicide. 
25/02/2005 Shelley letters discovered in London
Letters written by Percy Bysshe Shelly have been discovered in an attic in London and have narrowly missed being sold at a car boot sale.
24/02/2005 Hunter S Thompson sales take off in wake of death
Proving there's no such thing as bad publicity and that death truly does pay - for the publishers, at least - sales of books by American author Hunter S Thompson have soared in the wake of the "gonzo" journalist's death.
24/02/2005 Cuban author Guillermo Cabrera Infante dies in London
Guillermo Cabrera Infante, acclaimed as the outstanding Cuban novelist of his generation, has died in London. He was 75.
21/02/2005 Hunter S Thompson found dead
Hunter S Thompson, the American author and journalist, has been found dead at his home in Colorado.
21/02/2005 Man Booker International Finalists announced
Nobel prize winners Saul Bellow, Gunter Grass and Gabriel Garcia Marquez are among the finalists announced for the first ever Man International Booker Prize.
19/02/2005 Maupin's The Night Listener to be adapted for film
The acclaimed Armistead Maupin book The Night Listener is to be adapted for the big screen.
17/02/2005 Random House to sue P Diddy
US rapper Sean 'P Diddy' Combs is being sued by Random House who are attempting to retrieve a large advance payment for his autobiography, which they say was never written.
16/02/2005 Focus on books for kids in New Zealand awards
The focus is currently on children's authors in New Zealand with the announcement of the finalists for New Zealand Post Book Awards For Children & Young Adults 2005.
14/02/2005 Harry Potter scoops Bafta award
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban has taken the Bafta award for Orange Film Of The Year (ten biggest UK box office hits of 2004, voted by the public) last night in London.
13/02/2005 Levy shortlisted for Romantic Novel of the Year award
Andrea Levy, winner of the Orange Prize and the Whitbread has been shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of the Year award.
12/02/2005 Crucible playwright dies
Arthur Miller, one of America's best-known dramatists, has died.
11/02/2005 Row over Black Dahlia auditions
Producer Brian de Palma has caused a row in the US over casting for his film version of The Black Dahlia.
09/02/2005 Harry Potter pre-orders top 100,000
Amazon has received 100,000 pre-orders for the next Harry Potter book.
08/02/2005 BBC bookclub shortlist announced
The BBC has announced the shortlist of its hugely anticipated TV bookclub, Pageturners.
05/02/2005 Kinky Friedman to run for Texas Governor
Writer and singer Richard 'Kinky' Friedman is to run independently for Governor of Texas.
03/02/2005 Zeta Jones may star in Keyes movie
Variety magazine has reported that Catherine Zeta-Jones may star and produce the film adaptation of Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes.
02/02/2005 Public will chose winner of new US book award
The new US book awards, The Quill Awards will be decided by a public vote.
01/02/2005 Tatty shortlisted for Irish Novel of the Year Award
Tatty by Christine Dwyer Hickey and published by New Island in 2004 has been shortlisted for the Hughes & Hughes / Sunday Independent Irish Novel of the Year Award.
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