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Holiday gift guide: books

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:46:29 GMT

Retired chief of defence staff Hillier's bestselling memoir of his 35 years in the Canadian Forces attacks his critics and the federal bureaucracy, proving that the best defence is a good offence.
Source: Canada.com

Zadie Smith on the rise of the essay

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:07:26 GMT

Why do novelists write essays? Most publishers would rather have a novel. Bookshops don't know where to put them. It's a rare reader who seeks them out with any sense of urgency.
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Oxford English

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:19:35 GMT

The Oxford Companion to English Literature has, since it first appeared in 1932, proved hugely popular, becoming not just a staple of library reference sections, but also a valuable tool for academics and amateurs, as well as an example of the...
Source: Times Online

The Pattern in the Carpet

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:12:16 GMT

The Pattern in the Carpet: A Personal History with Jigsaws By Margaret Drabble Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 353 pp. , $25.00 Margaret Drabble’s new book, , as she explains on the first page, is a cross between a memoir and a history of the jigsaw...
Source: Christian Science Monitor

Sibling British authors take different roads in two new novels

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:50:19 GMT

More than 1,000 pages of deft storytelling and odd, fascinating pieces of history are contained in new books by Margaret Drabble and her sister A.S. Byatt (Antonia Susan Drabble's pen name).
Source: Pittsburgh Entertainment

Literary sisters out with new books

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:11:00 GMT

Margaret Drabble, Sister A.S. Byatt Have New Books

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:27:17 GMT

(AP) "The Pattern in the Carpet/A Personal History With Jigsaws" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 350 pages, $25), by Margaret Drabble.
Source: CBS News

Words from the wise: Margaret Drabble, 70

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:30:25 GMT

“Walking in a place in which you feel rooted is deeply restorative. I favour the deep country, ideally not encountering another person for hours. The natural world is astonishing. Every time you walk the same walk, you see or hear something new.
Source: Times Online

Margaret Drabble talks about 'A Writer's Britain'

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:50:56 GMT

Photo from AP Photo

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 14:22:58 GMT

In this book cover image released by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, "The Pattern in the Carpet: A Personal History with Jigsaws," by Margaret Drabble, is shown.