 The awarding of this year's $150,000 FIL literature prize to Peruvian Alfredo Bryce Echenique, an accused plagiarist, has divided writers and critics across Latin America. Read more » | |
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| Can fraudulent writers, aka Johah Lehrer, ever be forgiven? Or should they simply be cast into permanent exile from the literary world? Read more » | |
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| Women-only literary prizes have been created in both Canada and Australia to help balance the attention given to male and female authors. Read more » | Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel revealed that he and President Barak Obama will write a book together, reports Israel's Haaretz newspaper. Curious? We are. Read more » |
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| The Guadalajara International Book Fair (FIL) will host Israel as Guest of Honor in 2013, providing a platform for Israeli writers to be better known in the region. Read more » | |