April — While attending the
London Book Fair, exiled Chinese writer
Ma Jian uses red paint to smear a cross over his face and a copy of his banned book Beijing Coma and calls Chinese publishers a "mouthpiece of the Chinese communist party" after being "manhandled" while attempting to present the book to
Liu Binjie at the fair.
Guardian
7 August - Longlist for the 2007
Man Booker Prize has been revealed. The shortlist will be announced on the 6th of September, and the winner will be known on the 16th of October. (
Themanbookerprize.com - list)
11 April -
Kurt Vonnegut, author of the classic Slaughterhouse-Five, dies after having fallen several weeks ago and receiving brain injuries. He was 84. (
BBC News)
23 September - The Children of Hurin, a
Middle Earth tale abandoned by
J. R. R. Tolkien in 1918, has been completed by his son and will be published in the spring of 2007. (
Guardian)
21 September - The bestselling Turkish novelist
Elif Shafak was acquitted of the charges of "insulting Turkishness" for lack of evidence. (
Guardian)
The 2006
Akutagawa Prize went to
Takami Itō for Throwing Stuff Away on a Road in August (八月の路上に捨てる Hachigatsu no rojō ni suteru)
31 July - Austria has awarded its annual state prize for European literature to Italian writer
Claudio Magris, who is best known for his works Danubio (”The Danube”, 1986) and Microcosmi (”Microcosmos”, 1997).
27 July - Lists of best-selling books in the US (
Associated Press)
20 July - Lists of best-selling books in the US (
Associated Press)
17 July - Mike Hammer creator,
Mickey Spillane, dies aged 88
13 July - Lists of best-selling books in the US (
Associated Press)
12 July - Books of hate found openly on sale in Sydney's Muslim community have been banned after an official finding that they promote suicide operations and violence. (
The Daily Telegraph (AUS))
18 June - United States' production of new books declining (
Wikinews)
April — While attending the
London Book Fair, exiled Chinese writer
Ma Jian uses red paint to smear a cross over his face and a copy of his banned book Beijing Coma and calls Chinese publishers a "mouthpiece of the Chinese communist party" after being "manhandled" while attempting to present the book to
Liu Binjie at the fair.
Guardian
7 August - Longlist for the 2007
Man Booker Prize has been revealed. The shortlist will be announced on the 6th of September, and the winner will be known on the 16th of October. (
Themanbookerprize.com - list)
11 April -
Kurt Vonnegut, author of the classic Slaughterhouse-Five, dies after having fallen several weeks ago and receiving brain injuries. He was 84. (
BBC News)
23 September - The Children of Hurin, a
Middle Earth tale abandoned by
J. R. R. Tolkien in 1918, has been completed by his son and will be published in the spring of 2007. (
Guardian)
21 September - The bestselling Turkish novelist
Elif Shafak was acquitted of the charges of "insulting Turkishness" for lack of evidence. (
Guardian)
The 2006
Akutagawa Prize went to
Takami Itō for Throwing Stuff Away on a Road in August (八月の路上に捨てる Hachigatsu no rojō ni suteru)
31 July - Austria has awarded its annual state prize for European literature to Italian writer
Claudio Magris, who is best known for his works Danubio (”The Danube”, 1986) and Microcosmi (”Microcosmos”, 1997).
27 July - Lists of best-selling books in the US (
Associated Press)
20 July - Lists of best-selling books in the US (
Associated Press)
17 July - Mike Hammer creator,
Mickey Spillane, dies aged 88
13 July - Lists of best-selling books in the US (
Associated Press)
12 July - Books of hate found openly on sale in Sydney's Muslim community have been banned after an official finding that they promote suicide operations and violence. (
The Daily Telegraph (AUS))
18 June - United States' production of new books declining (
Wikinews)