India will not watch The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in cinemas
04 Feb 2012 22:29:52
ndia's Central Board of Film Certification had insisted five scenes be excised, including two in which actors Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara make love and another in which Mara's character Lisbeth Salander is raped by her legal guardian, the Wrap reports. Fincher refused to make changes to his film, and Sony Pictures abandoned plans for a 10 February release. "Sony Pictures will not be releasing The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in India," read a statement from the company's Mumbai office. "The c ...
The most popular women horror writers
04 Feb 2012 21:29:47
As an icy wind blows in from the east, the grip of a good horror story is tightening its hold on many of Britain's leading literary talents. Terrifying new novels from outspoken author Jeanette Winterson and from the acclaimed novelist and children's writer Helen Dunmore are at the head of a blast of chilling fiction heading for British bookshops. Where once an accomplished "lady novelist" in search of a change might have attempted a neat whodunnit or perhaps a cosy "Aga saga", suddenly the u ...
What is difference between male and female authors?
04 Feb 2012 21:29:05
Male and female authors in America are competing over who has it harder, with bestselling chick lit author Jennifer Weiner arguing the New York Times still pays more attention to male writers, and first-time novelist Teddy Wayne countering that most male authors are at a "financial disadvantage". Weiner, whose bestselling novels include In Her Shoes, was at the heart of a storm which blew up in 2010 over the New York Times's focus on what the novelist Jodi Picoult described as books by "white ...
Andrew Miller become the winner of UK's most prestigious literary prizes
02 Feb 2012 15:29:36
The chairman of the judges, Geordie Greig, said "there really was a fierce debate" during the 90-minute judging discussion. "There was quite bitter dissent and argument to find the winner. The debate was prolonged with passionate views over two books." The books were Pure and Now All Roads Lead to France, Matthew Hollis's gripping and moving biography of the war poet Edward Thomas. Greig, editor of the London Evening Standard, said the prize, which chooses the best overall book from five cate ...
Roald Dahl and CS Lewis - their revelations
02 Feb 2012 15:29:19
A freedom of information request saw the list of people to have rejected an honour between 1951 and 1999 and since died published last night by the Cabinet Office . Literary names were prominent amongst those to have said no to CBEs, OBEs and knighthoods in the annual New Year or Birthday Honours list, with Dahl, Lewis, and Huxley – who turned down a knighthood – joined by fellow naysayers Eleanor Farjeon, the children's author, the poets Philip Larkin and Robert Graves, who said no to both ...
Kim Dotcom's relashions with New Zealand's court
02 Feb 2012 15:29:08
The file-sharing multimillionaire, Kim Dotcom, is facing a further four weeks in custody after a judge in in New Zealand denied him bail. Judge David McNaughton ruled that the 38-year old German founder of Megaupload.com could try to flee the country if he were released from jail pending an extradition hearing on 22 February in connection with charges in the US of facilitating millions of illegal downloads of films, music and other content, costing copyright holders at least $500m (£320m) in ...
Bestseller book may produce bestseller film?
31 Jan 2012 22:31:26
The film was to be released on February 10, but India's Central Board of Film Certification insisted that several scenes be edited. Director David Fincher refused to cut two love-making scenes and a rape and torture scene from his R-rated adaptation of Stieg Larsson's best-selling book. Sony acknowledged that it would not be opening the film in India and released a statement, which read in part, "While we are committed to maintaining and protecting the vision of the director, we will, as alway ...
What is intersting in the new novel "Pure" written by Andrew Miller
31 Jan 2012 22:31:50
The eight-member panel, led by London Evening Standard editor Geordie Greig, was sharply divided between awarding "Pure" the overall award and "Now All Roads Lead to France", an account of the final years of poet Edward Thomas's life. The latter, the prose debut of poet Matthew Hollis, had been the bookmakers' favorite to walk away with the winner's cheque for 30,000 pounds ($47,000). The other shortlisted works were debut novel "Tiny Sunbirds Far Away" by Christie Watson, "The Bees" by Britis ...
Chetan Bhagat about work and achievements
31 Jan 2012 22:31:38
Bhagat, whose five novels have sold around 6 million copies, condemned the banning of texts at the Jaipur Literature Festival but criticised people who proclaim their writers as heroes for upholding the right to free speech. "(Banned books) have hurt people, they have hurt Muslims," said Bhagat. "I don't think anyone should be banned... but let's not make heroes out of them." Rushdie said on Friday that he was abandoning his visit to the five-day festival due to assassination threats against h ...
Michael Gove' and King James Bible
28 Jan 2012 23:31:37
A plan by the education secretary, Michael Gove, to send a copy of the King James Bible to every school in the country – each including a personal inscription from him – has run into trouble after government sources reported he has been told to find private funding for the project. Sources said David Cameron told Gove that while he supported the idea, the education secretary should avoid using taxpayers' money for it. But Gove has yet to find a private philanthropic sponsor for the enterp ...
What do you know about Jaipur literary festival in India?
28 Jan 2012 23:31:06
Salman Rushdie's appearance at the Jaipur literary festival in India is still in doubt, after a controversial Muslim cleric said that the author "should not be allowed to visit India". The festival's co-director, William Dalrymple, confirmed that Friday's scheduled event would not take place, but did not say whether Rushdie would appear at another festival event. "His invitation still stands," he said, "but he's not appearing tomorrow in his scheduled slot." Dalrymple was unwilling to disc ...
What Tiger Woods think about Hank Haney
28 Jan 2012 23:31:37
Tiger Woods starts his season in Abu Dhabi next week unhappy that his former coach Hank Haney is writing a book about their time together. "I think it's unprofessional and very disappointing," Woods told espn.com, "especially because it's someone I worked with and trusted as a friend. "There have been other one-sided books about me and I think people understand that this book is about money. I'm not going to waste my time reading it. I just think this book is very self-serving." Haney left ...