In 2012, a slew of rock-star writers published disappointing novels, and a bunch of actual rock stars wrote crappy memoirs. There were some bright corners, but let’s begin with the aging rock stars. Time is not on their side. Read More
Hilary Mantel has won the Man Booker Prize for fiction for Bring up the Bodies. The award was announced today during a dinner ceremony at London’s medieval Guildhall.
“You wait 20 years for a Booker Prize and two come along at once,” Ms. Mantel said, when accepting the award. Ms. Mantel won the prize for Wolf Hall in 2009. Bring up the Bodies is a sequel to Wolf Hall, which is something that the judges are hesitant to do, according to the broadcasters we were listening to on the BBC Livestream. Read More
The ceremony for the National Book Critics Circle Awards takes place tomorrow, but tonight at 6:00, many of the nominees–including Mary Karr, Edmund White, Menjamin Moser, Hillary Mantel, Jayne Anne Phillips–are reading from their work. It’s at the John Tishman Auditorium. Hurry and you might still make it!
