Book News Archive May 2005:
31/05/2005 Role for Bettany in Da Vinci Code film
English actor Paul Bettany has joined the cast of the film version of controversial Dan Brown novel The Da Vinci Code.
30/05/2005 Heimat 3 to be screened at Dublin Writers Festival
As part of this year's Dublin Writers Festival, which runs from 16 to 19 June, there will be a screening of a German film called Heimat 3.
28/05/2005 DiCaprio may star in Hemingway adaptation
Leonardo DiCaprio is said to be interested in staring as Robert Jordan in a new film version of Ernest Hemingway's classic war-time novel For Whom the Bell Tolls.
27/05/2005 Wilson appointed new Children's Laureate
Author Jacqueline Wilson has been appointed as the new British Children's Laureate.
26/05/2005 Betting reopens on new Harry Potter book
Bookmakers have reopened betting on the possible death of Professor Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts, in the latest Harry Potter book.
25/05/2005 Dublin Writers Festival programme announced
Over forty writers are involved in the 2005 Dublin Writers Festival, which takes place in the capital from Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 June.
24/05/2005 Mockingbird author makes rare appearance
Harper Lee, the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning To Kill A Mockingbird, has made a rare personal appearance to receive a Los Angeles Public Library Literary Award.
23/05/2005 Unseen Kerouac play to get released
Beatnik writer Jack Kerouac is due to have his first play published - 36 years after his death.
20/05/2005 American author Tristan Egolf dies at 33
Author Tristan Egolf, a promising American author whose first novel was compared to William Faulkner and John Steinbeck, has died aged 33.
19/05/2005 Controversial Tim Collins coming to Dublin
Tim Collins, who led the British troops into Iraq, will be in Dublin on Saturday 21 May to sign copies of his new book.
18/05/2005 Depp to star in Thompson's The Rum Diary
Variety reports that Johnny Depp will star in the big screen version of author Hunter S Thompson's The Rum Diary.
16/05/2005 Children invited to Harry Potter launch
JK Rowling announced on Saturday that she will give a midnight reading of her new book to coincide with its publication.
14/05/2005 Stars linked to Elmore Leonard adaptation
Viggo Mortensen, Diane Lane, Mickey Rourke and Justin Timberlake have been rumoured to be in the cast for the film adaptation of Elmore Leonard's book Killshot.
14/05/2005 Behaviour book takes £10,000 science prize
Philip Ball, a British science writer, has won the prestigious 2005 Aventis Prize for popular science books.
13/05/2005 Orhan Pamuk on £30,000 shortlist
Turkish author Orhan Pamuk has been shortlisted for a £30,000 literary prize for his book Istanbul: Memories Of A City.
13/05/2005 Manager of Hotel Rwanda to write autobiography
The hotel manager whose story was told in the recent film Hotel Rwanda has decided to write his autorbiography.
12/05/2005 British Library celebrates Hans Christian Andersen
An exhibition celebrating the bicentenary of Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen will open at the British Library in London next week.
11/05/2005 Hunt to make directorial debut with Lipman adaptation
Oscar-winning actress Helen Hunt will star in and make her feature directorial debut with an adaptation of the Elinor Lipman novel Then She Found Me.
10/05/2005 Heller book headed for big screen
Zoe Heller's acclaimed book Notes on a Scandal is big screen bound.
10/05/2005 Linklater to direct Fast Food Nation
Richard Linklater, the director of films including Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, has been slated to direct an adaptation of Eric Schlosser's bestselling non-fiction book Fast Food Nation.
09/05/2005 Virginia Woolf tributes for publication
Today sees the publication of the letters of condolence sent to Virginia Woolf's family after her death.
06/05/2005 Man Booker prize announce translators award
The Man Booker prize organisation yesterday announced a special translation award as part of its international fiction prize.
05/05/2005 Depp to produce Hornby adaptation
Johnny Depp is reported to be the producer of adaptation of Nick Hornby's new book A long Way Down.
05/05/2005 Roberts may star in Winston novel adaptation
It has been reported that Julia Roberts will star in the film Good Grief, which is an adaptation of the Lolly Winston Novel.
05/05/2005 James Beard cookbook awards for Wells, Stein
Patricia Wells and Rick Stein were among the cookbook writers honoured at the 2005 James Beard Foundation Book Awards in New York on Monday.
04/05/2005 Philip Pullman on Carnegie shortlist
Acclaimed children's author Philip Pullman has been named as one of the authors on the Carnegie Medal shortlist for his latest book, The Scarecrow and His Servant.
03/05/2005 Greer wins emerging author award
Andrew Sean Greer has won the New York Public Library's Young Lions Award for his historical novel, The confessions of Max Tivoli.
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