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[edit] Shantaram to marry Princess

Gregory David Roberts, author of Shantaram, a reformed Australian convicted armed robber has just announced his engagement to Princess Francoise Sturdza of Switzerland, who he plans to marry soon. His life has changed dramatically for the best after the release of his first novel four years ago, which depicted his life in India after escaping from prison. A movie based on his novel is planned for production later this year, starring Johnny Depp in the lead role. [1]

[edit] Shannara series purchased by Warner Bros

The Shannara Series by Terry Brooks have been picked up by Warner Bros. They plan to first develop The Elfstones of Shannara, the second book in the series as the opening movie and writers are now being sought for the adaptation. The first book The Sword of Shannara, was published in 1977 and was the first fantasy book to reach, and then top, the New York Times Best Seller list. [2]

[edit] The Novel - Author Notes by kind permission of Gregory David Roberts

What is a novel? What are the elements that must be found in any piece of writing for it to be considered a novel? I think it fair to say that traditional definitions of the word “novel” work along these lines: A novel is a fictitious prose story of book length. In my view, a novel has six basic elements: 1) It must have a society of characters; 2) They must be undergoing transformations; 3) And those must be in the course of a sustained prose narrative; 4) The sustained prose narrative must be impelled by a plot; 5) And it must be unified by clearly discernible central themes; 6) And to the extent possible, it must be universalised by a complex architecture of allegorical and symbolical sub-strata. If I write those six basic elements into a single definition, I come up with this: A novel is a society of characters, undergoing transformations, in the course of a sustained prose narrative, which is impelled by a plot, unified by clearly discernible central themes, and universalised by a complex architecture of allegorical and symbolical sub-strata. Boylo 12:46, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] For April 2008 newsletter

I boldly made two inactive projects into task forces.

While individual editors were working on their own articles, the project pages had no activity. Without regular contributions to the talk pages, and the regular housekeeping of project maintenance, the two projects were not contributing at all to fostering a community. Within a larger group of like-minded editor, a community will form around a centralized talk page. Cheers! Wassupwestcoast (talk) 20:00, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] For May 2008 Newsletter

[edit] For June 2008 Newsletter

  • May 1, 2008, Danton Burroughs, who marketed and protected the work of his grandfather, Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs, died of a heart attack after been devastated by the loss of family memorabilia related to his father, John Coleman Burroughs and grandfather, due to a fire which destroyed a room in his family home in Tarzana, the day before.

Boylo (talk) 05:21, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

  • The Book Show is the world's only daily radio program devoted to books, writing and publishing. It features interviews with authors such as Salmon Rushdie and Ursula Le Guin and has a host of experts from various literary fields. Can be listened to live or via podcast, and has text interview transcript archives available for viewing.

Boylo (talk) 03:56, 4 June 2008 (UTC)