<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Literature news</title><link>http://www.creative-choices.co.uk/</link><description>Latest news from the literature sector</description><item><title>Man Booker longlist announced</title><link>http://www.creative-choices.co.uk/creative-news/england/man-booker-longlist-announced</link><description><![CDATA[The prestigious literature award has revealed its top 13 novels.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:22:36 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Ebooks sold exclusively via Amazon</title><link>http://www.creative-choices.co.uk/creative-news/england/ebooks-sold-exclusively-via-amazon</link><description><![CDATA[A new publishing venture will see certain novels sold through the site only.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:52:10 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Prize judged by Beryl Bainbridge</title><link>http://www.creative-choices.co.uk/creative-news/england/prize-judged-by-beryl-bainbridge</link><description><![CDATA[A student has won a literature prize, judged by the author before her death.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:04:47 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Forward prize shortlist announced</title><link>http://www.creative-choices.co.uk/creative-news/england/forward-prize-shortlist-announced</link><description><![CDATA[Seamus Heaney has been nominated for the British poetry prize.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:26:40 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Expert fights for Conan Doyle home</title><link>http://www.creative-choices.co.uk/creative-news/england/expert-fights-for-conan-doyle-home</link><description><![CDATA[An expert on the author is appealing for his home to be saved from developers.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:24:24 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Shakespeare folio is returned</title><link>http://www.creative-choices.co.uk/creative-news/england/shakespeare-folio-is-returned</link><description><![CDATA[Durham University has received its 17th century Shakespeare folio.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:32:04 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>E-royalties 'not remotely fair'</title><link>http://www.creative-choices.co.uk/creative-news/england/e-royalties-'not-remotely-fair'</link><description><![CDATA[One industry professional has urged authors to push for higher royalties.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:30:01 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Public donate to heritage project</title><link>http://www.creative-choices.co.uk/creative-news/england/public-donate-to-heritage-project</link><description><![CDATA[Oxford University has asked the public to take part in its Anglo-Saxon project.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:53:17 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>UK literature dame dies</title><link>http://www.creative-choices.co.uk/creative-news/england/uk-literature-dame-dies</link><description><![CDATA[Beryl Bainbridge has died aged 77.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:27:37 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Authors flood to bookshop opening</title><link>http://www.creative-choices.co.uk/creative-news/england/authors-flood-to-bookshop-opening</link><description><![CDATA[A host of authors and poets saw the re-opening of a flood-hit bookshop yesterday.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:25:26 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Wales celebrates literature</title><link>http://www.creative-choices.co.uk/creative-news/england/wales-celebrates-literature</link><description><![CDATA[Two writers were presented with the Wales Book of the Year last week.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:03:53 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Ireland elects poetry professor</title><link>http://www.creative-choices.co.uk/creative-news/england/ireland-elects-poetry-professor</link><description><![CDATA[Harry Clifton will guide literature students through their education.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:01:27 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Playwright's concern for literature</title><link>http://www.creative-choices.co.uk/creative-news/england/playwright's-concern-for-literature</link><description><![CDATA[Sir Tom Stoppard has spoken out about the demise of the printed word.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:24:25 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Artemis Fowl voted best Puffin</title><link>http://www.creative-choices.co.uk/creative-news/england/artemis-fowl-voted-best-puffin</link><description><![CDATA[Eoin Colfer's novel has been voted as the UK's best Puffin book.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:06:31 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Book festival unveils programme</title><link>http://www.creative-choices.co.uk/creative-news/england/book-festival-unveils-programme</link><description><![CDATA[Edinburgh's major book festival has revealed its 2010 theme.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:04:04 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Oxford poetry professor announced</title><link>http://www.creative-choices.co.uk/creative-news/england/oxford-poetry-professor-announced</link><description><![CDATA[Geoffrey Hill has been elected as Oxford professor of poetry.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 17:18:55 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Publishers 'cannot fund prize fee'</title><link>http://www.creative-choices.co.uk/creative-news/england/publishers-'cannot-fund-prize-fee'</link><description><![CDATA[Small publishers cannot afford the increased cost of entering the Guardian's First Book Award.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 15:32:22 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Writer's archive acquired</title><link>http://www.creative-choices.co.uk/creative-news/england/writer's-archive-acquired</link><description><![CDATA[The work of JG Ballard has been acquired and allocated to the British Library.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:17:16 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Orange prize announced</title><link>http://www.creative-choices.co.uk/creative-news/england/orange-prize-announced</link><description><![CDATA[The Orange Prize for Fiction was revealed yesterday.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:31:48 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Teacher wins literary award</title><link>http://www.creative-choices.co.uk/creative-news/england/teacher-wins-literary-award</link><description><![CDATA[A teacher from Birmingham has won an award for children's literature.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:47:08 +0100</pubDate></item><item><title>Glasgow playwriting competition</title><link>http://www.creative-choices.co.uk/creative-news/england/glasgow-playwriting-competition</link><description><![CDATA[Glasgow's Tron Theatre has announced its winner of a playwriting competition. <br/><br/>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:38:47 +0100</pubDate></item></channel></rss>