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10.09.2009 10:48 am

Byatt cautions writers over using ‘real people’

Post-Dispatch Book Editor
A.S. Byatt

A.S. Byatt

A.S. Byatt, whose new novel “The Children’s Book” went on sale in the United States this week, says that writers have a responsibility to real people.

The winner of Britain’s prestigious Man Booker Award for “Possession,” Byatt was a finalist…

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09.08.2009 3:26 pm

Man Booker announces shortlist

Post-Dispatch Book Editor

Great Britain’s best-known literary award announced its fabled shortlist today. Most of the authors listed have never won the Man Booker Prize, but if J.M. Coetzee wins, it will be his third (after wins for “Disgrace” in 1999 and “Life…

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