M2 Best Books: Latest Headlines http://www.m2.com/m2/web/rss/m2bb.xml Latest stories for M2 Best Books. en-us Copyright 2010 M2 Communications Tuesday, 16 Mar 2010 15:52:05 GMT New evidence reveals Double Falsehood may be attributed to Shakespeare http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/201027C3805755A20936802576E80047DAFA/text/m2bb Researchers for British Shakespeare publisher Arden are to publish new evidence that the play Double Falsehood, a romantic tragicomedy by Lewis Theobald, was actually written by Shakespeare in collaboration with dramatist John Fletcher. Tuesday, 16 Mar 2010 14:34:16 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/201027C3805755A20936802576E80047DAFA/text/m2bb US National Book Critics Circle Award winners are revealed http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2010A4E25F25F8A2B0EB802576E70041A097/text/m2bb The 2009 Winners of the US National Book Critics Circle Awards have been announced in New York, with British authors taking three of the prizes. Monday, 15 Mar 2010 13:17:03 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2010A4E25F25F8A2B0EB802576E70041A097/text/m2bb Commonwealth Writers' Prize regional winners shortlists are revealed http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/201028F9C4CE42407C76802576E40044EDE5/text/m2bb The Commonwealth Foundation has announced the shortlist for the regional winners of the 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, which is presented by the Commonwealth Foundation with support from the Macquarie Group Foundation. Friday, 12 Mar 2010 13:31:50 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/201028F9C4CE42407C76802576E40044EDE5/text/m2bb One million books from Rome and Florence libraries to be scanned by Google http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2010D03C4CCF7FBB432C802576E300494F28/text/m2bb Search engine Google and Italian culture officials announced yesterday that Google is to digitise up to one million out-of-copyright Italian works from the national libraries in Rome and Florence. Thursday, 11 Mar 2010 14:07:11 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2010D03C4CCF7FBB432C802576E300494F28/text/m2bb The Andre Simon Food Award is won by Darina Allen for Forgotten Skills Of Cooking http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2010252C3357CD44F6AD802576E20049B12E/text/m2bb Darina Allen, who runs a cookery school in Ballymaloe, Ireland, on Monday evening was declared the winner of the Andre Simon Award for her book, Forgotten Skills of Cooking, at The Goring Hotel, London. Wednesday, 10 Mar 2010 15:16:57 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2010252C3357CD44F6AD802576E20049B12E/text/m2bb Oliver Jeffers creates new series for HarperCollins http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2010D8777D4C92E566D6802576E100456A51/text/m2bb Publishers HarperCollins announced yesterday that it has acquired the world rights to a new character series for children by author and illustrator Oliver Jeffers, titled The Hueys, which will be released in 2012. Tuesday, 09 Mar 2010 13:31:11 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2010D8777D4C92E566D6802576E100456A51/text/m2bb Shortlist for new Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award is revealed http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/20106A56529BED94A7DD802576E0004AE163/text/m2bb The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award shortlist has been announced and the winner of the GBP25,000 prize will be declared on 26 March at the The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival. Monday, 08 Mar 2010 14:06:45 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/20106A56529BED94A7DD802576E0004AE163/text/m2bb Huveaux agrees sale of education division to HarperCollins http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/201050928B5FB694D204802576DD0051AB7E/text/m2bb UK publishing and media company Huveaux plc (LSE:HVX) has entered into a conditional contract to sell its education division to HarperCollins Publishers Ltd for GBP10.0m in cash. Friday, 05 Mar 2010 15:25:28 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/201050928B5FB694D204802576DD0051AB7E/text/m2bb Book printing programme is launched at Grace Mellman Library in Temecula. http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2010E1A2381A1740CAFE802576DD0043505B/text/m2bb A USD100,000 grant from the California State Library has enabled the Library Systems & Services (LSSI), an operator of the Riverside County (California) Library System (RCLS), to start a new on-demand book printing programme at the Grace Mellman Library i Friday, 05 Mar 2010 13:37:40 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2010E1A2381A1740CAFE802576DD0043505B/text/m2bb BBC's Blue Peter Book of the Year award is won by Ali Sparkes for Frozen in Time http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/201050171B7DEF6C0C5E802576DC0047B47E/text/m2bb The BBC has announced that Ali Sparkes is the winner of Blue Peter Book of the Year award for her children's title Frozen in Time, a story about two children who were brought back to life in 2009 after being cryogenically frozen in the 1950s. Thursday, 04 Mar 2010 13:43:04 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/201050171B7DEF6C0C5E802576DC0047B47E/text/m2bb