Articles related to "Literary Scene"

Frances Brooke, a successful author in England, wrote a novel about life in Quebec that is credited as the first to be written in colonial Canada.

If you read and enjoyed "The Year of Magical Thinking", browse these winners from one of America's foremost writers. A look at Joan Didion's body of work.

After so many subsequent successes, such as the Costa Award-winning Day, it's time to re-examine celebrated Scottish fiction writer A.L. Kennedy's first novel.

Set in Sydney and Dublin, High Potential (Macmillan, 2008) checks all the boxes of the chick lit genre, but there is more to the story than just romance.

Until the 1960s, there were few authors in the Canadian literary pantheon. Students were learning English and some American literature. Can Lit was a new innovation.

Industrial Britain conjures images of workers slaving in 'dark satanic mills', driven to the edge by horrific conditions and the early trades unions fighting for change.

Daphne Du Maurier, the English writer who proved her ability in diverse literary genres including short stories, novels, biographies, autobiographies and travel books.

From October 15 to 19 Frankfurt will be the focus of the literary world: For the 60th time the Frankfurter Buchmesse opens its gates to business visitors and audience.

Although sensational elements of Corelli's text, such as sex and money, were key plot points, Corelli's depiction of the London literary scene is just as provocative.

Brief biography and works of American-born British poet, critic, essayist and dramatist T.S. Eliot, 1948 Nobel laureate for literature.

The League of Canadian Poets is a valuable organization in Canada dedicated to serving the needs of poets of varying levels.

Witter Bynner and Arthur Davison Ficke's extremely successful attempt to make fun of modern poetry.

Stephenie Meyer and her popular Twilight series books are poised to give J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series a run for its money.

Author Walter Mosley adds to his literary repertoire with his newest mystery novel by creating a new character in a contemporary context.

Brief biography of William Hazlitt, one of the greatest English writers of essays, famous for Characters of Shakespeare's Plays and Life of Napoleon.

A look at the life and works of southern author Joshilyn Jackson.

Heartlands follows 18 year old Foo Wing Seng through his Junior College years and National Service in the Army, touching on issues such as Singaporean National Identity.

Stephen Fry is most famous as a television comic and presenter, finding success with such shows as Blackadder, Jeeves and Wooster and A Bit of Fry and Laurie. But he has

Tor House, a stone cottage at land's end in Carmel, California, was built by Robinson Jeffers with his own two hands and became the place where he died.

In 1995, Poolbeg Press published Marian Keyes' first novel, Watermelon. Its themes make it arguably the first chick-lit novel. So, why is it so often overlooked as such?

Joan Didion's bestseller "Year of Magical Thinking" is a 2005 National Book Award winner and a moving account of grieving and loss.

While the women of the Beat movement did not receive the same attention of the mass media as the men, they were equally important in defining the generation.