30/03/2005 Sci-fi author Andre Norton dies, aged 93
Andre Norton, author of the popular science fiction/fantasy series, Witch World, has died at her home in Nashville, aged 93.

29/03/2005 Bob Geldof to Publish Africa Travels Book
Bob Geldof will publish a book on his travels in Africa, publisher Random House announced today.

29/03/2005 Havel considers return to literature
Václav Havel, former president of the Czech Republic, is considering a return to his literary career, according to his aide, Jakub Hladik.

26/03/2005 Margaret Atwood for 2005 Poetry Now Festival
The annual Poetry Now Festival will launch next Thursday March 31st in Dun Laoghaire in Dublin.

25/03/2005 Williams sisters write book for teens
Serena and Venus Williams have written a book with advice for preteens on subjects such as money and dating.

24/03/2005 X-Files star acquires film rights
Gillian Anderson, former star of the popular television show the X-Files, has acquired the film rights to Gellhorn: A Twentieth-Century Life by Caroline Moorehead.

23/03/2005 Winner of PEN/Faulkner Prize Announced
War Trash by Ha Jin, a novel about Chinese prisoners of war under American captivity during the Korean war has won the PEN/Faulkner prize.

23/03/2005 Gone, Baby, Gone to be Affleck's directorial debut
American actor Ben Affleck is to make his directorial debut with an adaptation of Dennis Lehane's novel Gone, Baby, Gone.

23/03/2005 Nelson's death to be explained in lost Dumas novel
A previously unknown novel by Alexandre Dumas. Author of The Three Musketeers, is said to explain who killed Admiral Nelson.

22/03/2005 Soderbergh to direct Kanon book adaptation
Steven Soderbergh, the Oscar-winning director of films such as Traffic and Erin Brokovich, is on track to direct an adaptation of Joseph Kanon's book, The Good German.

21/03/2005 Taslima Nasreen seeks Indian citizenship
Controversial Bangladeshi authoress Taslima Nasreen has said that staying in Calcutta will keep her artistic instincts alive.

18/03/2005 Soccer legend Pele to write autobiography
Pele, the Brazilian soccer legend, has signed a contract to write his autobiography.

18/03/2005 Time Traveller's Wife headed for cinema
Gus Van Sant the director of Good Will Hunting, is in talks to bring The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffengger to the big screen.

16/03/2005 Francis Mac Manus Short Story Competition Winners Announced
The winners of the RTÉ Radio 1 Francis Mac Manus Short Story Competition 2004 were announced yesterday.

15/03/2005 Cardinal to rebut Da Vinci Code
The Vatican has appointed Cardinal Bertone to rebut what is says are lies in the bestseller The Da Vinci Code.

14/03/2005 Irish novel on Orange long-list
Tatty by Christine Dwyer Hickey has been chosen as one of 20 books nominated for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2005.

13/03/2005 Whitbread Winner Chosen to Write Peter Pan Sequel
Children's author Geraldine McCaughrean has been chosen to write the official sequel to Peter Pan.

12/03/2005 Eastwood invited to open Yeats summer school
The Yeats Society has announced that they have invited Clint Eastwood to open this year's summer school in Sligo.

11/03/2005 British novelist Alice Thomas Ellis dies
Liverpool-born author Alice Thomas Ellis has died from cancer, aged 72.

10/03/2005 Irish writer shortlisted for British Book Awards
Colm Tóibín's latest book, The Master, has been shortlisted for a British Book Award.

08/03/2005 Shortlist announced for IMPAC Award
The shortlist for the 10th Annual International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2005 was announced today.

07/03/2005 Tommy Tiernan to launch Cúirt Festival
Comedian and actor Tommy Tiernan will officially launch the programme of the 20th Cúirt International Festival of Literature on Wednesday 9th March.

07/03/2005 Orhan Pamuk's Snow up for £10,000 prize
Snow, the latest book by best-selling Turkish author Orhan Pamuk, has been shortlisted for the 2005 Independent Foreign Fiction prize.

04/03/2005 Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Awards
Heaven Lake by John Dalton and Name all the Animals by Alison Smith won the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Awards on Wednesday night.

03/03/2005 Ronan Bennett wins Irish Novel of the Year
Belfast born author Ronan Bennett won the Irish Novel of the Year award last night.

02/03/2005 Swallows and Amazons author tracked by MI5
Arthur Ransome, best known as the author of beloved children's classic Swallows and Amazons, was suspected of being a spy by British intelligence.

01/03/2005 Eight books win better life awards
Ann Patchett was among the eight winners of a Books for a Better Life Award, announced last night.

01/03/2005 Pope's latest book flying off shelves
Pope John Paul II's books have always sold well, but now that the pontiff is ailing in hospital, his publishers can barely keep up with the demand.

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