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Bridget Jones Gets a Date: Third Novel Set for Stateside Release

Leah Rozen — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:07:31 +0000

Singletons everywhere, and even married ones who are fans of Bridget Jones, can rejoice. Publisher Alfred A.

Cover Story: ‘Bell Jar’ Reprint Artwork Generates Furor – and Parodies

Paul Hechinger — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 13:25:48 +0000

You can’t judge a book by its cover, goes the old saying, but in a new literary row in the UK, people are judging a cover by its book – and, for many, the cover is coming up short.

Author Helen Fielding is V. Hard at Work on a New Bridget Jones Book

Leah Rozen — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:17:42 +0000

Singletons and other Bridget Jones fans can rejoice. Author Helen Fielding has announced that she’s hard at work on a third novel featuring her wildly popular, beguilingly insecure, diary-scribbling British heroine.

Dracula: Bram Stoker’s Very Anglo-Irish Bloodsucker

Paul Hechinger — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:14:52 +0000

When someone mentions Dracula, chances are you picture a dark-haired, black-caped, mysterious gent who hails from Transylvania and sounds like Bela Lugosi. Of course Dracula now belongs to the world, but did you know that he’s really ...

Five Ways You Can Celebrate Charles Dickens’ 200th Birthday

Paul Hechinger — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:50:17 +0000

“We meet on this day,” Charles Dickens said in a speech marking the tricentennial anniversary of William Shakespeare‘s birth, “to celebrate the birthday of a vast army of living men and women who will live for ever ...

Royal Roundup: Did Prince Harry Risk Losing an Ear to Frostbite?

Paul Hechinger — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:04:03 +0000

Just one month before his brother’s wedding, while Prince Harry was on a trek in one of the world’s most inhospitable climates, the Arctic, he reportedly almost lost an ear to frostbite.

Novelist Howard Jacobson: Make ‘Em Laugh

Paul Hechinger — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:51:50 +0000

Howard Jacobson says that serious novels should be funny.

“The novel is about making you laugh,” the Man Booker Prize winner told the PBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown on his blog Art Beat. Jacobson is currently promoting the American publication of his 1999 novel, The ...

Oddest Book Title Award Goes to Dentist Who Learns from Genghis Khan

Paul Hechinger — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:31:24 +0000

Sure, awards are supposed to honor the best. And then there are the awards that spring up in reaction, the ones that hand out citations to mark the ignominy of the worst.

Today’s UK Twitter Trends (Mar. 4): Kolo Toure, Alan Bennett

Paul Hechinger — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:53:58 +0000

What's trending on Twitter in the UK today? Soccer star Kolo Touré is under suspension after failing a drug test, and playwright Alan Bennett delivers spirited remarks in support of Britain's libraries.

“What’s the Big Deal About Jane Austen?” the BBC Asks

Kevin Wicks — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0000

BBC asks, “What’s all the fuss with Jane Austen anyway?” They invited scholars and fans to chime in.