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		<title>Creator of Modesty Blaise comic strip’s finest moment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 14:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter O'Donnell, the creator of the famous comic strip and novel heroine Modesty Blaise, has died at the age of 90.While researching his tribute page, I noted that his official website included a page headed ‘The Proudest Moment Of My Career’.This ...]]></description>
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		<title>Relationship advice from Hughes and Plath</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath had their second encounter on “Friday the 13th of something” according to Sylvia.This grim portent is chirpily revealed by Sylvia Plath in a new CD of interviews being released by the British Library.Instead of love lett...]]></description>
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		<title>Boy savage who became a professional actor after &#8216;Lord of the Flies&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 14:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter Brook's 1963 adaptation of William Golding's Lord of the Flies was so shocking that none of the young cast could attend its premiere because of the X certificate.The young 'actors' were given very little scripting, helping Brook bring out the cha...]]></description>
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		<title>First Ted Hughes award is given</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poet and gardener Alice Oswald has received the inaugural Ted Hughes Award for new poetry.She won the £5,000 prize for the nature collection Weeds and Wild Flowers.Founder of the award poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy said the work was “very much in th...]]></description>
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		<title>Ted Hughes for Poet&#8217;s Corner honour</title>
		<link>http://www.omniwriters.co.uk/2010/03/ted-hughes-for-poets-corner-honour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The great poet Ted Hughes is to be honoured with a memorial in Westminster Abbey’s famous ‘Poet’s Corner’.A memorial to the former Poet Laureate will placed in the Abbey’s south South Transept (pictured) alongside the remains of the likes of ...]]></description>
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		<title>No croak – sponsor a toad in memory of Philip Larkin, businesses told</title>
		<link>http://www.omniwriters.co.uk/2010/03/no-croak-%e2%80%93-sponsor-a-toad-in-memory-of-philip-larkin-businesses-told/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Businesses in Hull are being asked to sponsor 100 fibreglass toads in tribute to poet Philip Larkin.The toads, in reference to a recurring motif of Larkin’s poetry, will be part of the Larkin25 celebrations at the end of this year, marking 25 years s...]]></description>
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		<title>No croak – sponsor a toad in memory of Philip Larkin, businesses told</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Businesses in Hull are being asked to sponsor 100 fibreglass toads in tribute to poet Philip Larkin.The toads, in reference to a recurring motif of Larkin’s poetry, will be part of the Larkin25 celebrations at the end of this year, marking 25 years s...]]></description>
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		<title>Statue in Hull for &#8216;late&#8217; Philip Larkin</title>
		<link>http://www.omniwriters.co.uk/2010/02/statue-in-hull-for-late-philip-larkin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A sculptor has spoken of his delight at being chosen to create a bronze statue in honour of the poet Philip Larkin.Sculptor Martin Jennings will create the 7ft tribute in Hull as part of Larkin25 – a series of events to mark the 25th anniversary of h...]]></description>
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		<title>Statue in Hull for &#8216;late&#8217; Philip Larkin</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A sculptor has spoken of his delight at being chosen to create a bronze statue in honour of the poet Philip Larkin.Sculptor Martin Jennings will create the 7ft tribute in Hull as part of Larkin25 – a series of events to mark the 25th anniversary of h...]]></description>
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		<title>Martin Amis: &#8216;I&#8217;m not turning into Kingsley. I&#8217;m already Kingsley.&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.omniwriters.co.uk/2010/02/martin-amis-im-not-turning-into-kingsley-im-already-kingsley/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I am the only hereditary novelist in the anglophone literary corpus,” claims Martin Amis as he muses on the press’s apparent surprise that he should come to resemble his father, the late Sir Kingsley Amis.He goes on to wonder why newspaper conti...]]></description>
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		<title>The iconoclastic heritage of JD Salinger</title>
		<link>http://www.omniwriters.co.uk/2010/01/the-iconoclastic-heritage-of-jd-salinger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Lasting Tribute I often have to write about the deaths of my literary heroes, and today I have the sad duty to report on the passing of JD Salinger.Best known sole novel The Catcher in the Rye but also a fantastic short story writer, Salinger is one...]]></description>
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		<title>New short from the pen of Julian Barnes features close encounter with John Updike</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The award-winning British author Julian Barnes has paid an unusual tribute to the late John Updike in a new short story.‘Sleeping With John Updike’ is published in the Guardian today, the anniversary of his death.It features two authors reflecting ...]]></description>
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		<title>Late authors up for Costa book awards</title>
		<link>http://www.omniwriters.co.uk/2009/11/late-authors-up-for-costa-book-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:33:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Costa Book Awards could announce its first posthumous winner when it’s £5000 prizes are awarded in January.Included on the shortlists for the Costa awards (formerly known as the Whitbread Prize) are two writers who died before seeing their final...]]></description>
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		<title>Is Sarkozy &#8216;point-scoring&#8217; with Camus honour?</title>
		<link>http://www.omniwriters.co.uk/2009/11/is-sarkozy-point-scoring-with-camus-honour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[French president Nicolas Sarkozy is being accused of trying to cash in on the liberal reputation of Albert Camus with his plans to honour the influential writer.If Sarkozy gets his wish, Camus’ remains would be relocated to Paris’ Panthéon where t...]]></description>
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		<title>TS Eliot in the news</title>
		<link>http://www.omniwriters.co.uk/2009/11/ts-eliot-in-the-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:35:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having read one of his plays (The Family Reunion) at the weekend, I’m pleased to see that TS Eliot is still very much in the news.Firstly a new volume of his letters has helped to “restore the personal reputation of the troubled writer” who had l...]]></description>
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		<title>Larkin about in Hull</title>
		<link>http://www.omniwriters.co.uk/2009/11/larkin-about-in-hull/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A festival to celebrate the life and work of poet Philip Larkin has been announced, culminating in the unveiling of a statue in his honour, the Hull Daily Mail reports.A five-month programme of events is planned for next year, ending with the erection ...]]></description>
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		<title>Isaac Asimov joins growing list of authors &#8216;back from the dead’</title>
		<link>http://www.omniwriters.co.uk/2009/10/isaac-asimov-joins-growing-list-of-authors-back-from-the-dead%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isaac Asimov, who died in 1992, is the latest author to have his legacy plundered by publishers seemingly short on ideas.A new series starring ‘robopsychologist’ Dr Susan Calvin, who first appeared in the short story collection I, Robot (only tenuo...]]></description>
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		<title>Roald Dahl still a hit with kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>A blight on Blyton&#8217;s legacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Guardian reports today that Enid Blyton’s fantasy stories are enjoying a resurgence in popularity owing to her keeping in touch with her fans.In other words, her former publishers are profiting by using her name on new books to meet the demands f...]]></description>
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		<title>Harry Potter book boy&#8217;s sudden death</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oxford undergraduate and newspaper contributor Toby Rundle, who has died suddenly aged just 21, was perhaps best known for his own Harry Potter story.Two years ago he made headlines when he sold a first edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Sto...]]></description>
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		<title>New stamps celebrate great Britons</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Greene Festival opens on Thursday</title>
		<link>http://www.omniwriters.co.uk/2009/09/greene-festival-opens-on-thursday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Author Graham Greene will be remembered in his home town this week when Berkhamsted plays host to the 12th annual Graham Greene International Festival.From Thursday until Sunday events to celebrate the writer's life and work will be held at The Rex Ci...]]></description>
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		<title>Cliffhanger</title>
		<link>http://www.omniwriters.co.uk/2009/09/cliffhanger/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Wire</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve discovered a new method of relaxing at night to combat my insomnia – I turn off all the lights, climb into bed and listen to murder mysteries (my latest obsession) on the radio.The only problem is, last night I fell asleep midway through The M...]]></description>
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		<title>What’s in a subtitle?</title>
		<link>http://www.omniwriters.co.uk/2009/09/what%e2%80%99s-in-a-subtitle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I saw a bloke on the bus reading the new biography of William Golding which has the baffling subtitle ‘The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies’.As Robert McCrum writes in The Guardian, “Why a potential reader who had never heard of Goldi...]]></description>
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		<title>A whole lot of Agatha</title>
		<link>http://www.omniwriters.co.uk/2009/09/a-whole-lot-of-agatha/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Mr Cobain and Mrs Gaskell &#8211; their work lives on</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two great figures from very different periods are to be remembered.The Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell, known commonly simply as  Mrs Gaskell, who wrote enduring tales of morality in the 19th century, is to be given a place in Poet's Corner in Wes...]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the baton from literary giants</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Guardian today, Alison Flood looks at authors taking on the brave task of continuing a series left unfinished by the death of the original writer.After the success of James Bond novels written after Ian Fleming’s death in 1964, several other f...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:13:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>And they all lived happily ever after?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:41:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter Pan and Wendy settle down to domestic bliss. The Ugly Duckling joins a support group. The Lord of the Flies boys all get along splendidly.These are among the happy endings proposed by Stephen Moss in the Guardian as he examines the unjust, tragic...]]></description>
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