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16 October 2007 -- Irish writer Anne Enright has won the 2007 Man Booker fiction prize, one of literature's most prestigious awards, for her novel about a family's reaction to a suicide.

The head of the prize committee, Howard Davies, called Enright's novel The Gathering, as powerful, uncomfortable, and at times, angry.

The story focuses on an a family trying to come to terms with its troubled history following a suicide.

Enright was considered a long shot to win the $100,000 prize, which is open to writers from Britain, Ireland, and former British colonies.    » read more »

12 October 2007 -- An Indian court is allowing organizers of a Hindu festival to build a replica of the imaginary school depicted in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books.

A judge ruled Friday that the community group in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata will not have to pay compensation to Rowling.

Festival organizers argued the celebrations are for the public interest and not for profit.    » read more »

Friday, Aug 31, 2007 -- Best-selling German crime novelist Andrea Maria Schenkel will read from her new book, Kalteis (Nautilus, 2007), on Fri., Oct. 12, 6:30 p.m. at New York University’s Deutsches Haus (42 Washington Mews at University Place). The reading will be in German and English.    » read more »