Red Room Where the Writers Are

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Today we have a the first black woman as a favorite for Frances top literary award; the celebrity novel with the million dollar pay-outs leaving no money for the [rest] of [us] writers; and an insight into how Malcolm Gladwell writes and how he spends his day.

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• "In a historic first, a black woman writer [Marie NDiaye] is a hot favourite to scoop France's top literary prize next week for a haunting novel on family, betrayal and the hellish ordeal of illegal migration from Africa". via The Independent:

• "Last week, Lynda La Plante bitterly attacked novels 'written’ by celebrities. Nigel Farndale reports on a trend that could soon see Cheryl Cole and Sharon Osbourne join Katie Price and Kerry Katona on the best-seller lists" vis Telegraph:

• "Malclom Gladwell: The author of The Tipping Point on his passion for the middlebrow" via The Guardian: