http://www.mail.com/people/72172-salman-rushdie.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/72172-salman-rushdie.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2055254-philip-roth-receives-literary-service-award.html NEW YORK (AP) — Philip Roth's latest honor was as much for what he has done for other writers as for his own work. Roth received the PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award Tuesday night. He was cited for such novels as "Portnoy's Complaint" and "American Pastoral," but also for his advocacy in the 1970s and 1980s for writers in Czechoslovakia and oth... Wed, 01 May 2013 04:54:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2055254-philip-roth-receives-literary-service-award.html 2013-05-01T04:54:56Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2021136-zadie-smith-granta-best-young-novelists-list.html LONDON (AP) — Newcomer Taiye Selasi and established best-seller Zadie Smith have been named to Granta magazine's list of best young British novelists — a once-a-decade roster with a reputation for predicting literary stars. The lineup of 20 writers under 40 announced Monday also includes Sarah Hall, Adam Foulds, Kamila Shamsie, Adam Thirlwell and Helen Oy... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 19:22:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2021136-zadie-smith-granta-best-young-novelists-list.html 2013-04-15T19:22:11Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2005776-thatcher-profound-popular-culture.html LONDON (AP) — Margaret Thatcher was not just a political titan, she was a cultural icon — skewered by comedians, transformed into a puppet and played to Oscar-winning perfection by Meryl Streep. With her uncompromising politics, ironclad certainty, bouffant hairstyle and ever-present handbag, the late British leader was grist for comedians, playwrights, n... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:26:06 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2005776-thatcher-profound-popular-culture.html 2013-04-08T21:26:06Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1952404-folio-prize-to-reward-english-language-fiction.html LONDON (AP) — A new literary prize is hoping to beat the Booker to the title of Britain's most prestigious fiction award — in part by including Americans. Unlike the Booker Prize, which is open to British, Irish and Commonwealth writers, organizers said Wednesday the new Folio Prize will be open to any English-language writer whose work has been published... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:19:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1952404-folio-prize-to-reward-english-language-fiction.html 2013-03-13T19:19:44Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1806034-book-reviews-vie-dreaded-hatchet-job-award.html LONDON (AP) — A mauling of Martin Amis and a savaging of Salman Rushdie are in the running for the best bad book review of 2012. Eight finalists were announced Tuesday for the Hatchet Job of the Year Award, a prize set up to reward scathing works of literary journalism. The nominees include Ron Charles' Washington Post review of Amis' satirical saga "Lion... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1806034-book-reviews-vie-dreaded-hatchet-job-award.html 2013-01-08T10:57:00Z