Some say that the story of the Kingdom of Fanes is an epic that goes back to the Bronze Age in the Dolomites. How could such a story come down to us? No one in those parts knew writing, three
For English-speaking peoples, 1066 and 1776 still evoke powerful recollections of liberty lost and freedom won. For most people in the West, however, 711 hardly strikes a note of any significance. But it should, for that was the year when
And, in true Krusoeian fashion, the oddities are delightful. Jonathan, the adult narrator with a childlike perspective who has a penchant for endangered animals, attempts to free a genetically modified dog named Buck who might or might not be recreating
The Scottish Highlands and Islands Film Commission are reporting today that filming for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" movie will be shot in Lochaber, Scotland later this year.
In April we told you of the Amazon competition in which a fan could win a chance to review the "Tales of the Beedle the Bard" book that Amazon bought late last year. Now the two finalists have been announced
Emma Watson from the "Harry Potter" film series makes an appearance on Maxim's '2008 Hot 100: The ultimate list of the worldÂ's most beautiful women" at number 94.
J.K. Rowling, the author of the popular "Harry Potter" series received the 'Author of the Year Award' for "Deathly Hallows," at the first annual Children's Choice Book Awards at a gala in New York City.
The opening story in James Kelman's 1998 collection, The Good Times, is called 'Joe Laughed'. It's nine pages long and is told from the point of view of a boy who plays football on a patch of waste ground among
I quote too much. Give me a good line - what am I saying? Give me a good paragraph - even a Proustian one - and I'll shove it into my own prose regardless of how tiresome that is. Take
All literary works are anonymous, but some are more anonymous than others. It is in the nature of a piece of writing that it is able to stand free of its begetter, and can dispense with his or her physical
Jonathon Keats's article from Popular Science recounts the work of the guru of artificial intelligence, John Koza, an adjunct professor at Stanford University. He developed a system of linked computers that he calls an "invention machine." The machine has been
We find it hard to be anything but dismissive about this 'Best of the Booker'-competition, but looking at the Amazon.co.uk sales ranks for some of the shortlisted titles -- which surely haven't sold this well in ages -- does speak
Some of our readers occasionally purchase titles via our links to Amazon -- always much appreciated, since we get a commission on that, and every penny helps ! -- and we couldn't help but admire the audience we seem to
PRI's The World's interviews Michael Berry 'about translating The Song of Everlasting Sorrow, Chinese author Wang Anyi's acclaimed yarn about the allure of filmmaking and the city of Shanghai'.
