British Criticâs Book Is Withdrawn
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On Thursday, in an unusually crushing act of contrition, Norman Lebrechtâs publisher agreed to recall his latest book, destroy it, say âSorryâ and promise not to do it again.
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V. S. Naipaul (Photograph: Eamonn McCabe/Camera Press) A quick hike through the Sunday (and a few non-Sunday) book review sections. The Times of London William Dalrymple reads V.S. Naipaulâs new book of essays, â A Writerâs People: A Way of Looking and Feeling,â and calls it âa grand old manâs book: meandering, ponderous and pedantic, full of narcissism [...].
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[World News]: London, Dec 26 : Author Salman Rushdie has said he was horrified by the British government&#39;s response to Sikh protests that forced a play in Birmingham to be cancelled.
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A British architectural historian has an unusual specialty: he focuses on architectsâ designs that have been taken apart.
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A respected Pakistani author accuses the government of blocking the launch her book about the military.
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Papers differ in their verdicts on British Prime Minister Tony Blair's response to calls for his resignation. US President George W Bush is criticised for defending the CIA's treatment of terrorism suspects abroad.
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Pakistan's parliament has condemned the award of a British knighthood to author Salman Rushdie, whose novel "The Satanic Verses" outraged many Muslims around the world, and said Britain should withdraw the honor.
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Author Salman Rushdie has expressed horror at the Governmentâs response to a mini-riot by Sikhs which forced a controversial play to be abandoned.
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Lucifer knows, he's miserable now In a new book published this week, author Philip Pullman looked back with nostalgia at post-war austerity - and advocated the state cutting off your power as soon as you exceed your Carbon Ration. He also expressed his hope that Polar Bears would kill and eat lots of humans.â¦
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Comment is free: Priyamvada Gopal:  Rushdie's knighthood is a reward for abandoning the anti-establishment stance he once espoused.
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Editor and Publisher - NEW YORK The Associated Press is ending its book review package.
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A quick hike through the Sunday (and a few non-Sunday) book review sections. The Times of London A.C. Grayling takes a sober and sobering look at âCrimes of War (2.0): What the Public Should Know,â edited by Roy Gutman, David Reiff and Anthony Dworkin: In its first edition, published in 1999, this book was an importantly useful compendium, [...].
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A letter written by Mahatma Gandhi is withdrawn from auction in London so it can be acquired by India.
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Comment is free: Zoe Williams: The criteria for literary excellence have changed, and cantankerous critics must catch up or shut up.
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London, Dec. 26 (PTI): Expressing his outrage at the British Government&#39;s failure to criticise the violent Sikh protests that led to the closure of a play in Birmingham, noted writer Salman Rushdie, has said
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Nobel Prize-winning DNA authority Dr.  James Watson cut short a book tour in Britain on Friday and  returned to the United States over racially insensitive  comments attributed to him in a British newspaper.
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A love-hate relationship between a magazine and its readers ends.