M2 Best Books: Latest Headlines http://www.m2.com/m2/web/rss/m2bb.xml Latest stories for M2 Best Books. en-us Copyright 2009 M2 Communications Tuesday, 06 Jan 2009 15:10:02 GMT Costa Book of the Year shortlist is revealed http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2009CA05D9EAC87D732A80257536003DF34D/text/m2bb It has been announced that five writers have been shortlisted for the GBP50,000 Costa Book Award. Tuesday, 06 Jan 2009 15:05:59 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2009CA05D9EAC87D732A80257536003DF34D/text/m2bb Revised version of Harry Potter Lexicon to be published http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2009F498C069B941C06980257535003FD942/text/m2bb It was announced on 5 January that a new version of a Harry Potter guide with the full title The Lexicon: An Unauthorized Guide to Harry Potter Fiction and Related Materials, put together by Steve Vander Ark, is to be released on 16 January. Monday, 05 Jan 2009 13:00:22 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2009F498C069B941C06980257535003FD942/text/m2bb Coded works by Ernest Hemingway to be published online http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2009B139D23DB469842780257532003C8B6A/text/m2bb Curators at the Finca Vigia museum in Havana, Cuba have announced that previously unseen notes written in code by Ernest Hemingway are to be published online. Friday, 02 Jan 2009 11:55:47 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2009B139D23DB469842780257532003C8B6A/text/m2bb Lerner Publishing recalls children's version of Herman Rosenblat's disputed Holocaust story http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2008C3F3BC211DCEEC59802575300038307B/text/m2bb It was announced by Lerner Publishing Group on 30 December that the company is to stop publication of the children's book Angel Girl by Laurie Friedman. Wednesday, 31 Dec 2008 12:09:22 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2008C3F3BC211DCEEC59802575300038307B/text/m2bb Richard and Judy's Book Club Reads of 2009 are revealed http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2008A18AE6A397A406A98025752F003B2C49/text/m2bb The Book Club featured on Richard and Judy's New Position show, which is screened on the UK digital television channel Watch, has announced the shortlist for the 2009 Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year Award. Tuesday, 30 Dec 2008 12:31:46 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2008A18AE6A397A406A98025752F003B2C49/text/m2bb Fake Holocaust memoir withdrawn from publication http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/20088C262DB61CBA1E8F8025752E003D785E/text/m2bb Publisher Berkley Books has announced that it has cancelled publication of Angel at the Fence: The True Story of a Love That Survived, a Holocaust story by Herman Rosenblat. Monday, 29 Dec 2008 12:30:48 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/20088C262DB61CBA1E8F8025752E003D785E/text/m2bb Bertie Ahern to have autobiography published http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2008FF7396291395964C80257529003820FE/text/m2bb It was announced on 24 December that the former Prime Minister for the Republic of Ireland, Bertie Ahern, has agreed a EUR400,000 deal for his autobiography, with publishers Cornerstone Publishing, a subsidiary of international publishers Random House. Wednesday, 24 Dec 2008 13:56:28 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/2008FF7396291395964C80257529003820FE/text/m2bb New book on Barack Obama's life to be published on Presidents' Day http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/20086126975402C33372802575280044270E/text/m2bb Penguin Group (USA) imprint Riverhead Books and Callaway Arts & Entertainment announced on 23 December that OBAMA: The Historic Journey, an illustrated biography of Barack Obama, who will be the 44th President of the United States, will be launched on Pre Tuesday, 23 Dec 2008 14:36:48 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/20086126975402C33372802575280044270E/text/m2bb Norwegian charity initiates children's international book on friendship http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/20086A679D47919139B180257527003E3404/text/m2bb Swedish publishing group Bombadil Publishing has announced that Norwegian charity Echo 2012 has launched an international book project which will depict a child's view of what friendship means. Monday, 22 Dec 2008 13:07:54 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/20086A679D47919139B180257527003E3404/text/m2bb Bernard Madoff scandal books to be published http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/20082E6AC4E1C9CA654D8025752400403D13/text/m2bb Publishers HarperCollins and the Random House Publishing Group have both announced that they have signed up with authors to publish books about Bernard Madoff, the former chairman of the Nasdaq Stock Market, who was arrested in connection to an alleged mu Friday, 19 Dec 2008 12:43:49 GMT http://www.m2.com/m2/web/story.php/20082E6AC4E1C9CA654D8025752400403D13/text/m2bb