Hugh Grant to Judge Book Awards
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Organizers of the Whitbread Book of the Year Award have named actor Hugh Grant to the judging panel for the 2004 prize.
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The winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in literature will be announced Oct. 12, the Swedish Academy said Friday, keeping the literay world guessing for nearly another week.Comment
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E.L. Doctorow and Stephen King are up  against former presidential candidate Al Gore and a man who  made a fortune writing about his dog for The Quills, a book  prize that aims to bring some Oscar-style glitz to publishing.
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The judging panel for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction includes authors, a poet and an actress.
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Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant are expected at the Bridget Jones premiere in London.
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The shortlist for a prize aimed at awarding blogs that become books has been announced.
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Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said Wednesday that Britain was &quot;sorry&quot; if people were upset over the award of a kinghthood to writer Salman Rushdie, but insisted it was given for his literary canon.
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Novelists William Boyd, Neil Griffiths, Mark Haddon and David Mitchell are nominated for the Costa Book Awards.
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For actor Hugh Grant, picking the winner of one of Britain's leading literary awards was as difficult as choosing who should land a top dog show prize.
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Julia  Roberts  likely  to recieve  honour  at  'People's  Choice Awards'
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Variety - HOLLYWOOD -- For the film biz, October is the unofficial start of Oscar season. And in the world of English-language book publishing, October marks the time when the National Book Award finalists are announced and a few lucky novels emerge from obscurity and land on national bestseller lists.
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American author Bill Bryson, best known for his witty travel writing, is appointed an honorary OBE.
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Film-maker Sam Mendes is to get a lifetime achievement award from the Directors Guild of Great Britain.
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Playwright Neil Simon, author of  Broadway fare ranging from "Barefoot in the Park" to "Brighton  Beach Memoirs," will receive this year's Kennedy Center Mark  Twain Prize as a uniquely American humorist.
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Singer Lily Allen is selected to help judge the winner of next year's Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction.
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Arts & entertainment: 'Father of modern African literature' beats formidable shortlist to Â£60,000 prize.
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