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Author Neil Gaiman has been awarded the 2009 Newbery Medal for his children's book The Graveyard Book. The English-born writer makes his home in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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The 25th annual Freedom To Read Week will take place in Canada between February 22 and February 28. It is to highlight the cause of censorship.
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The 2008 Scotiabank Giller Prize has been awarded to Joseph Boyden for his novel Through Black Spruce. The prize comes with a purse of $50,000.
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Donald Trump has been given the go ahead to build a golf resort on the east coast of Scotland. The resort will be north of Aberdeen and is expect to cost $1.56 billion before it is completed.
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Author and broadcaster Studs Terkel has died at the age of 96. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1985 for his book The Good War, which featured people's memories of World War II.
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Taking their cue from the great success of NaNoWriMo, the people at NaBloPoMo want bloggers to blog every day of the month. Bloggers who post everyday in November can win prizes donated by other members.
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In the very near future, seaweed and algae might be harvested in order to provide society with alternative energy sources.
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There is now a website that is attempting to catalog every species on earth. According to CBS's Sunday Morning, 90 per cent of all species on earth have yet to be discovered and named.
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On September 27, 2008, 14-year-old Emily Stauffer was found murdered. Her murder is still unsolved and the town of Edson is raising money to offer a reward for information.
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The shortlist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize has been announced. The award will be handed out on November 11th; five novels are in the running.
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The Nobel Prize for Literature for 2008 has been awarded to French writer, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio. He joins such authors as Doris Lessing and Ernest Hemingway in winning the prize.
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The second annual Blog Action Day will feature thousands of bloggers, podcasters and videocasters talking about poverty and raising money for organizations that fight poverty.
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Two boys in an Alberta town came across a teenaged girl being attacked in a wooded area and ran for help, but it was too late to save the girl.
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The 13-year-old Hamilton, Ontario boy who was reported missing last week has been located. He was accompanied by his father.
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This is the 40th year that the Booker Prize, now the Man Booker Prize, has been awarded. Five men and one woman are vying for the award.
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Banned Books Week is held during the last week of September every year. It promotes freedom to read and highlights some of the works that have been banned or challenged.
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Elizabeth Hay has won the 2007 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel Late Nights on Air. The winner was announced in an awards ceremony aired November 6th on Canada's Bravo television network.
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Robert Goulet has died in Los Angeles, California while waiting for a lung transplant. He was best known for his portrayal of Lancelot in the stage version of Camelot. He was 73.
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Forbes has just released their new list of the richest dead celebrities. Elvis Presley is listed at the top of the list with earnings of approximately $49 Million. He was 2nd on the list in 2006.
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Leonardo DaVinci's enigmatic artwork, The Last Supper, is now available for viewing on the Internet. The website Haltadefinizione.com is now presenting the work of art in 16 billion pixels.
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