NPR: hilary mantel https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=163037082 hilary mantel en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Thu, 22 May 2025 14:02:18 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: hilary mantel https://www.npr.org/tags/163037082/hilary-mantel Book News: Apple Enters A New Round In E-Book Price-Fixing Fight Apple goes before an appeals court in a battle expected to help clarify the legal line between business agreements and outright collusion. Also: Hilary Mantel denounces her critics' "froth and bile." Mon, 15 Dec 2014 10:48:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/12/15/370948607/book-news-apple-enters-a-new-round-in-e-book-price-fixing-fight https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/12/15/370948607/book-news-apple-enters-a-new-round-in-e-book-price-fixing-fight

Apple goes before an appeals court in a battle expected to help clarify the legal line between business agreements and outright collusion. Also: Hilary Mantel denounces her critics' "froth and bile."

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]]> Colin Dwyer Book News: Roxane Gay's Got A Brand-New Bag — The Butter The author is topping her big year with The Butter, a new sister site to The Toast that she'll helm starting in mid-October. Also: Kei Miller wins the Forward Prize, and Wolf Hall goes Broadway. Wed, 01 Oct 2014 09:00:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/10/01/352971907/book-news-roxane-gay-s-got-a-brand-new-bag-the-butter https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/10/01/352971907/book-news-roxane-gay-s-got-a-brand-new-bag-the-butter

The author is topping her big year with The Butter, a new sister site to The Toast that she'll helm starting in mid-October. Also: Kei Miller wins the Forward Prize, and Wolf Hall goes Broadway.

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]]> Colin Dwyer Book News: George Saunders Wins The Story Prize Also: finalists for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction announced; testing the Hemingway App; warfare and rocket cats. Thu, 06 Mar 2014 07:28:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/03/06/286688548/book-news-george-saunders-wins-the-story-prize https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/03/06/286688548/book-news-george-saunders-wins-the-story-prize Also: finalists for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction announced; testing the Hemingway App; warfare and rocket cats.

]]> Annalisa Quinn Book News: Bernanke Writing A Book On The Fed And The Great Recession Also: The man behind the infamous @GSElevator twitter account is outed by <em>The New York Times; </em>Neil Young has a deal for a second memoir; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie condemns Nigeria's anti-gay laws. Tue, 25 Feb 2014 07:22:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/02/25/282394691/book-news-bernanke-writing-a-book-on-the-fed-and-the-great-recession https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/02/25/282394691/book-news-bernanke-writing-a-book-on-the-fed-and-the-great-recession

Also: The man behind the infamous @GSElevator twitter account is outed by The New York Times; Neil Young has a deal for a second memoir; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie condemns Nigeria's anti-gay laws.

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]]> Annalisa Quinn Book News: Slam Poet Maggie Estep Dies Also: an interview with a copyeditor; a portrait of Hilary Mantel will be shown in the British Library. Thu, 13 Feb 2014 07:41:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/02/13/276390664/book-news-slam-poet-maggie-estep-dies https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/02/13/276390664/book-news-slam-poet-maggie-estep-dies Also: an interview with a copyeditor; a portrait of Hilary Mantel will be shown in the British Library.

]]> Annalisa Quinn Book News: Hilary Mantel's New Book Reportedly Will Star Margaret Thatcher Also: Two unpublished novels from Stella Gibbons; a new study finds that "print remains the foundation of Americans' reading habits"; Elias Muhanna on the torching of a library in Lebanon. Fri, 17 Jan 2014 07:15:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/01/17/263346812/book-news-hilary-mantel-s-new-book-reportedly-will-star-margaret-thatcher https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/01/17/263346812/book-news-hilary-mantel-s-new-book-reportedly-will-star-margaret-thatcher

Also: Two unpublished novels from Stella Gibbons; a new study finds that "print remains the foundation of Americans' reading habits"; Elias Muhanna on the torching of a library in Lebanon.

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]]> Annalisa Quinn Book News: Two Authors Make 'Time' List Of '100 Most Influential People' Also: Penguin offers to drop Apple ebook deals over European antitrust case; a page out of Thomas Pynchon's latest novel; and a long-overdue apology. Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:13:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/04/19/177872210/book-news-two-authors-make-time-list-of-100-most-influential-people https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/04/19/177872210/book-news-two-authors-make-time-list-of-100-most-influential-people

Also: Penguin offers to drop Apple ebook deals over European antitrust case; a page out of Thomas Pynchon's latest novel; and a long-overdue apology.

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]]> Annalisa Quinn Book News: Hilary Mantel Has 'No Regrets' About Kate Middleton Remarks Also: Marco Rubio's unusual taste in poets; journalist Nate Thayer is accused of plagiarism; and rethinking book acknowledgments. Fri, 08 Mar 2013 08:02:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/03/08/173783730/book-news-hilary-mantel-has-no-regrets-about-kate-middleton-remarks https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/03/08/173783730/book-news-hilary-mantel-has-no-regrets-about-kate-middleton-remarks

Also: Marco Rubio's unusual taste in poets; journalist Nate Thayer is accused of plagiarism; and rethinking book acknowledgments.

]]> Annalisa Quinn Booker-Winning Author's Remarks About Kate Middleton Play Out In U.K. Media In a speech earlier this month, author Hilary Mantel said the Duchess of Cambridge "appeared to have been designed by committee and built by craftsmen." Britain's tabloids were outraged, and even the prime minister weighed in. Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:57:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/02/19/172434738/booker-winning-authors-remarks-about-kate-middleton-play-out-in-u-k-media https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/02/19/172434738/booker-winning-authors-remarks-about-kate-middleton-play-out-in-u-k-media In a speech earlier this month, author Hilary Mantel said the Duchess of Cambridge "appeared to have been designed by committee and built by craftsmen." Britain's tabloids were outraged, and even the prime minister weighed in.

]]> Krishnadev Calamur Book News: New Bond, James Bond, Novel; Jane Austen's Love Lessons Also: What the royal family and panda bears have in common; Ben Percy dons a pregnancy suit; and classicist Mary Beard wards off online attackers. Tue, 19 Feb 2013 06:55:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/02/18/172355171/book-news-new-bond-james-bond-novel-jane-austens-love-lessons https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/02/18/172355171/book-news-new-bond-james-bond-novel-jane-austens-love-lessons

Also: What the royal family and panda bears have in common; Ben Percy dons a pregnancy suit; and classicist Mary Beard wards off online attackers.

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