Exclusive extracts, reading lists etc.
The New York Review of Books carried an excerpt from J.M. Coetzee's new novel, Diary of a Bad Year, to be published in January 2008 while The Independent carried an exclusive extract of "Mere Anarchy" by Woody Allen.
The storySouth 2007 Million Writers Award for Fiction for best online short story was judged as "Urchins, While Swimming" by Catherynne M. Valente. Paolo Coelho's most famous work "The Alchemist" is heading for the big screen, with Laurence Fishburne directing the effort. July issue of Words Without Borders is out. Gunter Grass meets the translators of the new translation of "Tin Drum".
From the world of book lists
- Neil Griffiths' top 10 outsider books
- The Sunday Times list of 100 best holiday reads
- Melissa Katsoulis looks at what our critics have enjoyed most this year
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