Festival's bookings up - 7/11/2007 9:10:55 PM
THIS year's Book Festival is on course for a record-breaking year after seeing ticket sales up 45 per cent on 2006.
http://news.scotsman.com/arts.cfm?id=998292007
Shortlist is unveiled for UK's oldest literary awards - 7/11/2007 9:10:55 PM
WRITERS Cormac Mchy Alice Munro and Sarah Waters are among the front-runners for Britain's oldest literary award it was revealed yesterday.
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Shortlist is unveiled for UK's oldest literary awards - 7/11/2007 9:10:55 PM
WRITERS Cormac Mchy Alice Munro and Sarah Waters are among the front-runners for Britain's oldest literary award it was revealed yesterday.
http://news.scotsman.com/arts.cfm?id=989672007
Author honoured - 7/11/2007 9:10:55 PM
ALEXANDER McCall Smith author of The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series of novels was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws at Edinburgh University yesterday.
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Author honoured - 7/11/2007 9:10:55 PM
ALEXANDER McCall Smith author of The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series of novels was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws at Edinburgh University yesterday.
http://news.scotsman.com/arts.cfm?id=987112007
How a knighthood inflamed the world - 7/11/2007 9:10:55 PM
LIFE must have seemed wonderful to Salman Rushdie as he prepared for his 60th birthday this week.
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How a knighthood inflamed the world - 7/11/2007 9:10:55 PM
LIFE must have seemed wonderful to Salman Rushdie as he prepared for his 60th birthday this week.
http://news.scotsman.com/arts.cfm?id=982752007
Former Museum Photography Curator Dies - 7/11/2007 9:12:22 PM
John Szarkowski former chief curator of photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York has died. Szarkowski was a major influence in photography world in the latter half of the 20th century.
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Smashing Pumpkins: Still Corgan's Band - 7/11/2007 9:12:22 PM
Smashing Pumpkins was one of the biggest alternative rock success stories of the 1990s. Now famously bald-headed lead singer Billy Corgan has reunited with one of his original bandmates drummer Jimmy Chamberlin to release the first new Smashing Pumpkins a
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Live Earth Spanning the Globe - 7/11/2007 9:12:22 PM
Al Gore's seven-continent concert series Live Earth debuts featuring a host of musical acts from Rio Tokyo and Johannesburg to the Meadowlands of New Jersey. Gore hopes the spectacle will draw attention to global warming.
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Sudanese Artist Draws from a Nation's Agony - 7/11/2007 9:12:22 PM
Rashid Diab's paintings evoke the tragedies of famine and war in his country but he hopes that they'll bring new energy and optimism to his countrymen.
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Literary Detective Details Sousa's Other Talent - 7/11/2007 9:12:22 PM
The music of the late American composer John Philip Sousa still fuels patriotic fervor. But did you know Sousa wrote novels too? Literary detective Paul Collins unearths The Fifth String and other works of fiction.
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Summary Judgment: New Movies - 7/11/2007 9:12:22 PM
With July 4 falling on Wednesday it's been an extended weekend for movies. Today we find out if any of the new releases will be bombs bursting in air or just bombing at the box office. From the online magazine Slate here is a roundup of what critics
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India Joins 'Idol' Craze -- in Its Own Way - 7/11/2007 9:12:23 PM
The Indian version of American Idol will take on a decidedly idol-friendly air. Religious Pop Idol will showcase people singing folk music and classical songs based on Indian religious themes and philosophical values.
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Triple Sevens on July 7: Marketers Hype the Luck - 7/11/2007 9:12:23 PM
Marketers are making the most of what's being called the luckiest day of the century as the calendar approaches the 7th day of the 7th month of the year 2007.
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'Rescue Dawn': Back to the Jungle With Stars - 7/11/2007 9:12:23 PM
All Things Considered film critic Bob Mondello reviews a Vietnam War film from Werner Herzog. Herzog had told this same story before in a documentary. This time he cast Christian Bale as captured U.S. fighter pilot Dieter Dengler.
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Jack Kerouac's Famous Scroll 'On the Road' Again - 7/11/2007 9:12:23 PM
Did Jack Kerouac really write On the Road in a drug-fueled three-week frenzy? Yes -- and no. Whether you believe the legend or not it's 50 years since the event and the 120-foot scroll is on tour to celebrate the anniversary.
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Jack Kerouac's Famous Scroll 'On the Road' Again - 7/11/2007 9:12:23 PM
Did Jack Kerouac really write On the Road in a drug-fueled three-week frenzy? Yes -- and no. Whether you believe the legend or not it's 50 years since the event and the 120-foot scroll is on tour to celebrate the anniversary.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11709924&ft=1&f=1008
Ethnic Magazine Editors Talk About Body Image - 7/11/2007 9:12:23 PM
Summertime is when many major magazines publish their swim suit editions influencing perceptions of beauty among scores of women readers. Editors from three ethnic magazines -- East West Essence and Latina -- discuss why skinny might be fading as an indus
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Ethnic Magazine Editors Talk About Body Image - 7/11/2007 9:12:23 PM
Summertime is when many major magazines publish their swim suit editions influencing perceptions of beauty among scores of women readers. Editors from three ethnic magazines -- East West Essence and Latina -- discuss why skinny might be fading as an indus
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11732748&ft=1&f=1008