Book News: October/November 2006
03/11/2006 South African Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer attacked
Nadine Gordimer, the South African novelist and short-story writer, who received Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991, was attacked at her Johannesburg home last week. 
01/11/2006 Foreign writer takes French literary prizes
The winner of the 2006 Femina Prix, a French literary prize, is the Canadian-born writer Nancy Huston, for her family saga Lignes de faille, or Fault Lines.
12/10/2006 Orhan Pamuk wins Nobel Prize
Orhan Pamuk, the controversial Turkish author has won the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature.
11/10/2006 Kiran Desai wins 2006 Booker Prize
Kiran Desai has won the 2006 Booker Prize for her novel The Inheritance of Loss.
04/10/2006 Spiderwick Chronicles to get film adaptation
A big-budget film adaptation of bestselling children's fantasy novels The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, is currently underway in Montreal.
02/10/2006 Kylie launches children's book
Kylie Minogue launched her first children's book in London at the weekend.
29/09/2006 Philip Reeve wins Children's book prize
Philip Reeve has won the 2006 Guardian Children's Fiction prize.
28/09/2006 Buffy star joins Ahern big screen adaptation
James Marsters star of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel star James Marsters joining the cast of the big screen adaptation of Cecilia Ahern's best-selling book PS, I Love You.
27/09/2006 Colm Tóibín joins Arts Council
James Marsters star of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel star James Marsters joining the cast of the big screen adaptation of Cecilia Ahern's best-selling book PS, I Love You.
16/09/2006 Rowling refuses to part with Potter script
JK Rowling has revealed that she sparked a security scare in the US because she refused to part with the manuscript for her the final Harry Pooter Book.
14/09/2006 Man Booker shortlist announced
The Man Booker Prize shortlist was announced today and caused some surprise as few of the hotly tipped favourites are among the nominees.
13/09/2006 Peter Pan author for Book Festival
The author of the official sequel to to JM Barrie's Peter Pan, will be attending this year's Children's Book Festival.
