All must have prizes . . .
On 16 October 2012 Hilary Mantel won the Man Booker Prize – currently the most recognised literary prize in the English-speaking world – for the ...
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Noel Polk (1943–2012)
It is with great sadness that we learnt of the death last week of Noel Polk, Professor Emeritus in English literature at Mississippi State University. ...
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Rhapsodies in Blue
Several years ago I was fortunate enough to be invited to the unveiling of a plaque to honour Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein and The ...
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Plunging into the Cultural Olympiad
The Olympics is kicking off in London in a month’s time, and we are starting to gear up in Eagle Street – which mainly means ...
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The hidden talents of writers
Perhaps I should begin by confessing that I’ve never been a fan of author discussions. It’s their books I’m interested in – not the authors ...