Book news, reviews, and musings 20 Dec 2010

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News and features

The Prize for Arabic Literature has come under fire for allegedly pandering to western political agendas.

Yahoo! news gives us a correction re: the astonishingly expensive book sold at auction last week. The book didnt fetch the paltry figure of $10,270,000, but rather $11,567,575.

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Interviews

In this Entertainment Weekly video, best-selling author Stephen King answers fan questions.

The Agony Column interviews Syed Afzal Haider

Reviews

Fringe Magazine reviews award-winning Australian writing 2010.

Beas Book Nook reviews Goodnight Tweetheart by Teresa Medeiros.

Stanley Rilks reviews the rollicking adventure'Triumff by Dan Abnett.

Musings

Sadiqer de Meija muses on literary translation.

Diana Peterfreund muses on balancing motherhood and writing.