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Hilary Mantel wins Man Booker prize for second time

Hilary Mantel wins Man Booker prize for second time

History was made at the Man Booker prize last night as Hilary Mantel became the first woman and the first British novelist, to win the prestigious Man Booker Prize twice and receive £50,000 as part of the prize. For her novel, Bring up the Bodies.
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Vietnamese Novelist Duong Thu Huong Will be Exiled in Paris for Some Time Yet

A book review by Jason Beerman in Saturday, 01 September 2012's Toronto Star, reminds me that Communism in theory and practice can be miles apart. The Zenith now translated into English, is a book describing a fictionalized account of the life of Ho Chi Minh by celebrated Vietnamese authoress Duong Thu Huong. Celebrated that is outside Vietnam where, for the most part, Thu Huong and her works do not meet the Government's approval and she now lives in exile in Paris.
Tributes for acclaimed Irish writer Maeve Binchy

Tributes for acclaimed Irish writer Maeve Binchy

Tributes have been paid to the renowned best-selling Irish author Maeve Binchy has died at the age of 72. She passed away at home in Dublin, with her husband by her side after suffering a brief illness.