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Final twist for PFD as literary agency caught in takeover plot

Peters Fraser Dunlop, the London-based firm with distinguished client list, to become The Rights House after internal wranglings It has had on its books some of the greatest names in English literature over the last century, from VS Pritchett and CS Forester, to Rebecca West and Ivy Compton-Burnett, but today, the name of the venerable 80-year-old literary agency Peters Fraser and Dunlop was …

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Plumbing poet pens centenary stanzas (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Sport has inspired plenty of literature over the years but without much poetry.

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Music for the mind and spirit (The Journal News)

Critically acclaimed folk singer Pierce Pettis doesn’t write mere songs, he writes literature and his appearance at The Watercolor Cafe from 8-11 p.m. is not to be missed. He is a skilled performer with songs that are profound and beautifully delivered

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Broadband literature (Vietnam Net)

VietNamNet Bridge - Blogs have been rewriting the authors’ manual as readers respond positively to e-literature.

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Broadband literature (Vietnam Net)

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Forms of Imagination: University of Utah Symposium in Science and Literature Nov. 5-7 (EurekAlert!)

( University of Utah ) The University of Utah will hold its fifth Utah Symposium in Science and Literature during Nov. 5-7. It will feature a poet, a composer and a mathematician discussing how their thinking is influenced by the different media they use to express their imaginations.

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One Hundred Years of Solitude shaped world literature (Hindustan Times)

Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s seminal novel One Hundred Years of Solitude has topped the list of books that have most shaped world literature over the last 25 years, according to a survey of writers.

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Latino author works to make literature dangerous again (The Victoria Advocate)

Back in 1998, the world wasn’t ready for Tony Diaz’s first novel, “The Aztec Love God.”

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‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ and 25 years of popularity (New Kerala)

London, Sep 26 : Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s seminal novel ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ has topped the list of books that have most shaped world literature over the last 25 years, according to a survey of writers.

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Authors reveal influential books (BBC News)

Obama’s Dreams From My Father is among a list of books that shaped the world of literature over the past 25 years.

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Naomi Lewis: Poet and celebrated anthologist of British children’s literature (Independent)

Petite, continuing to wear her greying hair long and often dressed in clothes that had seen better days, Naomi Lewis stood out in more ways than one as the leading anthologist of British children’s literature over the past 50 years. Formidably well read, she was a searching critic and a published poet. Hesitant in manner but confident in her opinions, her elfin presence at literary gatherings …

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