http://litnews.today.com News and stories from the literary world Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:37:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ways With Words - Dartington Hall July 11 - 20 Dartington Hall, Devon, England Set in medieval buildings, the Dartington Hall Ways With Words festival features over 100 events. Featured authors include Kate Mosse, Martin Bell, Penelope Lively, Henry Hemming and Gervaise Phinn. John Clare Festival July 11 - 13 Peterborough, England Fans of poet John Clare ... http://litnews.today.com/2008/07/02/upcoming-literary-festivals-uk-july-2008/ I unfortunately overlooked this festival in my last post about literary festivals across Canada that are happening in July. To make it easier, I’ll just mention it in a new post. From July 17th to 20th, the Saskatchewan Festival of Words features the theme “Character Matters.” Speakers include 2007 Giller ... http://litnews.today.com/2008/06/28/saskatchewan-festival-of-words-july-17-20/ Well, I'm back from my vacation (honeymoon, specifically), and ready with a list of upcoming literary festivals to enjoy in Canada next month. The Scream Literary Festival July 3 - 14 Toronto, ON The Scream Literary Festival features 12 days of events around downtown Toronto. Priscila Uppal, Emily Schultz, Sonja Ahlers, derek beaulieu and ... http://litnews.today.com/2008/06/27/upcoming-literary-festivals-canada-july-2008/ Hello everyone. I'm going to be out of town for about a week with no internet access, so this blog will be pretty quiet for a while. Check out my today.com blogroll page for some great blogs to read in the meantime! My parents will be taking care of my ... http://litnews.today.com/2008/06/13/vacation/ A Bible with a remarkable typographical error has found its way back home. The Bible in question, which has the word "vinegar" in place of "vineyard" in the Gospel of Luke, was printed in 1717. It was one of only three printed with this typo. It was brought to Lunenburg, ... http://litnews.today.com/2008/06/11/vinegar-bible-returns-to-nova-scotia/ Britain could soon see its first female Poet Laureate - or, it could not, if some of the forerunners have anything to say about it. In May, the Ledbury Poetry Festival director Chloe Garner urged the Queen of England to appoint a female Poet Laureate, something that would be a historical ... http://litnews.today.com/2008/06/09/the-changing-face-of-britains-poet-laureate/ If you have a tattoo, chances are you thought long and hard before getting it. The last thing anybody interested in a tattoo wants is to have something permanently drawn into their skin that they would regret. And that's just what a new book is going to show us. No Regrets: ... http://litnews.today.com/2008/06/07/regrettable-tattoos-immortalized-in-new-book/ The desk and chair where Charles Dickens wrote Great Expectations was sold at auction Wednesday for about $860,000 CAD. Tom Higgins, an Irish businessman who is the CEO of a live tarot card and psychic readings service, was the lucky winner of this one-of-a-kind desk and chair, sold at an auction ... http://litnews.today.com/2008/06/05/charles-dickens-writing-desk-auctioned-for-860000/ I've been writing about the Orange Prize for fiction quite a bit lately, but here's one more piece of news: the prize has found its winner. Rose Tremain took home the £30,000 prize for her novel The Road Home. Tremain was actually the predicted favourite to win - only the ... http://litnews.today.com/2008/06/04/rose-tremain-wins-orange-prize/ Tung Desem Waringin is an Indonesian author and businessman who was searching for an innovative way to promote his new book. His answer: drop money out of the sky from an airplane. The plane flew over a soccer field in the Indonesian city of Serang Sunday, sending a total of ... http://litnews.today.com/2008/06/02/indonesian-author-lets-money-rain-from-airplane/