Folio News : July 2009
Thomas Keneally at the Melbourne Writers Festival
Schindler's Ark author to take part in three separate events
Thomas Keneally is just one of the authors taking part in the Melbourne Writers Festival, hailed by the Sydney Morning Herald as ‘Australia’s premier literary event’, which runs from 21 to 3...read more
First major biography of William Golding published this autumn
Coming soon - the first Folio edition of Lord of the Flies
This September sees the publication of a new biography of William Golding by John Carey, Emeritus Professor of English at Oxford University. It is the first ever biography of the Nobel Prize-winni...read more
Leviathan: or, The Whale wins the Samuel Johnson Prize
Book inspired by Moby-Dick scoops prestigious non-fiction prize
Philip Hoare’s Leviathan: or, The Whale, a book partly inspired by Moby-Dick, has won the prestigious Samuel Johnson Prize for Non Fiction. The prize, worth £20,000, is the most important ...read more
The Eagle of the Ninth at Cannes
Two film versions due out 2010
News from this year's Cannes film festival reveals not one but two upcoming adaptations of Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Eagle of the Ninth, her classic novel based on the true story of the Roman legi...read more
New screen adaptation of Alice in Wonderland
Sweeney Todd director Tim Burton lends it his singular vision
A new film adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, directed by Tim Burton, will be released in March 2010. The Disney production features an all-star cast with, among others, Helena ...read more
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