— Presque vu LXIV

Europe is a country and everyone speaks French here.

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Nikita Lalwani’s novel, Gifted, has won the inaugural Desmond Elliott prize.
The widely acclaimed debut novel about immigration and a precocious childhood, has been in contention for other literary prizes, but not won until now. The £10,000 winner’s cheque, will be donated, by the author, to human rights campaigners Liberty. Nikita Lalwani said:

“We live at a time when we can’t take personal freedoms and civil liberties for granted any more - in this country as in others - so an organisation which campaigns on these issues deserves our support.”

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Publishers Weekly reports that literary agent Barbara Bauer is suing 19 bloggers and websites, including Wikipedia, YouTube and AbsoluteWrite.com, claiming they are ruining her reputation.

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This one links to a story in the Guardian books page about a seemingly good and brave teacher and her persecution by a load of bloody fools.

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