M2 Best Books articles from February 2009

M2 Best Books archives from February 2009

Third film in Narnia series to be produced by 20th Century Fox.
February 2, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD It has been announced that a third book in CS Lewis's series of Narnia books for children, Voyage of the Dawn Treader, is to be adapted for film and produced by 20th Century Fox. The...

Browns Editions online and two new titles launched by Browns design studio.
February 3, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD London based Browns design studio has announced the launch a new website for its book publishing arm, Browns Editions, along with the release of two new titles, The Wheatsheaf RIP and Thrice...

Film of Ernest Hemingway biopic is announced.
February 4, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The biography of Ernest Hemingway, Papa Hemingway: A Personal Memoir by A. E. Hotchner, is to be adapted for film. The film is to be produced by The Gotham Group and Kevin Fortuna,...

Harry Potter author is awarded French honour.
February 5, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD J K Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books, has received one of France's highest civilian orders, the Legion of Honour. Rowling was awarded the title of knight in the Legion of Honour...

James Patterson's thriller books lead the most borrowed from UK libraries chart.
February 6, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Public Lending Right, established 30 years ago to ensure authors get paid for every book loaned, has revealed that James Patterson's crime thriller books were the most borrowed from...

Large print book scheme to be launched by the Royal National Institute for Blind People.
February 9, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Royal National Institute for Blind People (RNIB) has introduced a pilot scheme to make large print books available in well known high street book stores, with support from BBC Audiobooks...

Amazon launches new digital reading device.
February 10, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Amazon.com Inc (Nasdaq:AMZN), an online retailer, has introduced a new wireless reading device, the Amazon Kindle 2. According to the company, Kindle 2 is purpose-built for reading, with...

John Updike's final works to be published.
February 10, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The US publishers for the writer John Updike, who died earlier this year, have announced that a collection of poems, titled Endpoint and Other Poems, is to be released in April. Updike,...

Romantic Novel of the Year award is won by Julia Gregson.
February 11, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Romantic Novel of the Year 2009 has been awarded to Julia Gregson for her novel East of the Sun, on Tuesday 10 February, at the Romantic Novelists' Association Awards Lunch at the Royal...

Two writers to share 2009 Lincoln Prize.
February 12, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Lincoln Prize, awarded annually by Gettysburg College to the best work in English about Abraham Lincoln or the American Civil War, has announced that there are two joint winners of its...

Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code sequel nears completion.
February 13, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD It has been reported that the long awaited sequel to The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown is soon to be published. Ron Howard, director of The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons (the second...

Japanese writer wins the Jerusalem prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society.
February 16, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Jerusalem prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society has been presented to Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami at the opening of the 24th Jerusalem international book fair. The...

Philip K Dick's wife completes his last novel.
February 17, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Science fiction writer Philip K Dick was working on a novel titled The Owl in Daylight just before he died in 1982. It has been announced that his widow Tessa Dick has finished the novel and...

London's royal parks commission short stories.
February 18, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A group of well-known authors, including Will Self and Adam Thorpe, have been commissioned to write a series of short stories set in London's royal parks. As the royal parks first...

Michelle Harrison wins Waterstone's Children's Book Prize.
February 19, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Waterstone's Children's Book Prize has been won by new author Michelle Harrison for her fairy tale The 13 Treasures. Harrison, an editorial assistant in children's publishing and a...

Shortlist is announced for Diagram oddest book title award.
February 20, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The Bookseller magazine has announced the shortlist for the annual Diagram Oddest Title award. The shortlist for this year's strangest titles is comprised of: Curbside Consultation of...

New book lists religious leaders favourite recipes.
February 23, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A new recipe book titled Loaves, Fishes and More is to be published by the church insurance specialist Congregational & General, in order to raise money for local parish funds and Christian...

Red House Children's Book Award shortlists are announced.
February 24, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The shortlists for the three categories in the Red House Children's Book Award (RHCBA), Books for Younger Children, Books for Younger Readers and Books for Older Readers, have been announced....

New Warwick Prize for Writing is won by Naomi Klein.(Brief article)
February 25, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD It has been announced that the winner of the inaugural GBP50,000 Warwick Prize for Writing is Naomi Klein for her book The Shock Doctrine. Klein wrote The Shock Doctrine as continuation...

Joseph O'Neill's Netherland is winner of PEN/Faulkner award.
February 26, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD The USD15,000 PEN/Faulkner award for fiction has been awarded to Joseph O'Neill for his novel Netherland, a story about cricket in post 9/11 New York. The Guardian reported that the...

Two new Philip Roth novels to be published this year.
February 27, 2009... M2 BEST BOOKS-(C)2000-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Publishers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has announced that two new books by Philip Roth are to be released this year. Roth's 30th book is titled The Humbling and tells the story of an aging...