Turkmenistan's Gurbanguly
Berdymukhamedov, aka Arkadag (The Protector), has joined Gaddafi, Mussolini,
and Saddam Hussein in the line of dictator who wrote fiction.
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Russian writers are battling a new
government-led Literature Assembly, which they view as an effort to control
over authors and a possible return to censorship.
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More News from PP:
In this video interview, author
Martin Walker discusses his bestselling "Bruno, Chief of Police"
mysteries, the real-life inspiration for his fiction, and more.
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From the Archives:
Title production hit 56,000 copies
for the first six months of 2012, though overall sales are lower, according
to news out of this year’s Moscow International Book Fair.
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Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Could Russia Return to Soviet-era Style Censorship?
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