Rushdie knighted, latest issues and more
Booker of Bookers author and staunch secularist Salman Rushdie was knighted by the Queen of England.
Stephen Hawking is said to be writing a children's book, while Oscar-nominated director Fernando Meirelles is reported to have cast a "international roster of stars" for the screen adaptation of Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago's novel Blindness.
Latest issue of Book Forums is out, featuring among other, a writers' list of their favorite book-to-film adaptations. Latest issue of Words Without Borders has also been released. J.K. Rowling will give a reading from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. at midnight on July 21 at National History Museum in London.
Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" wins yet again, this time the 2006 Believer Book Awards. Speaking of awards, the 2007 Locus Awards winners have been announced, with Vernor Vinge's "Rainbows End" winning Best Science Fiction Novel.
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