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Adaptations News Video

June 22, 2018

Watch the Trailer for Ian McEwan’s The Children Act

Last Autumn we brought you the news that fans of Ian McEwan were in for…

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Language News

June 22, 2018

Oxford English Dictionary Hunts for Regional Words

The Oxford English Dictionary has launched the ‘Words Where You Are’ appeal in the hope…

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Authors Children's Literature News Political

June 20, 2018

US Authors Campaigning Against ‘Kids in Cages’

Wherever you are it’s unlikely that you haven’t heard about the current move by the…

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Literary Awards Literary Places News

June 19, 2018

Swedish Court Blocks Plans for New Nobel Centre

All in all it hasn’t been a great year for the Swedish Academy as the…

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Authors Culture Literary Events Literary Places News

June 19, 2018

Charles Dickens’ Contribution to Science to Feature in Exhibition

Charles Dickens: Man of Science is a current exhibition running at the Charles Dickens Museum…

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Culture Literary Places News On Writing

June 18, 2018

£2m Revamp Complete for National Centre for Writing

The National Centre for writing relaunches in Norwich this week following a £2 million revamp…

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Children's Literature News

June 18, 2018

9 year old’s story about a refugee child is a competition winner

9 year old Frasier Cox won The Book People's 2017 Bedtime Story Competition with his…

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Authors News Television

June 18, 2018

Mary Shelley to Be the Focus of ‘Genius’ Season 3

In 2017, National Geographic launched a new TV series called Genius, which explores the lives…

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Adaptations News

June 18, 2018

Little Women is back with a modern twist!

Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women 150 years ago and since September 30th, 1868 it has inspired…

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Adaptations News

June 14, 2018

Ewan McGregor Is Set to Star in ‘the Shining’ Sequel ‘Doctor Sleep’

Based on Stephen King's novel of the same name, Stanley Kubrick's The Shining is widely…

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