Gooseberry Crumble 5,318 Posted August 15, 2022 3 hours ago, time said: The Horse Whisperer author Nicholas Evans dead at 72. Goodness I only wished him Happy Birthday in the Happy Birthday thread a few months ago. I hope I am not a jinx. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,377 Posted August 15, 2022 2 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: Goodness I only wished him Happy Birthday in the Happy Birthday thread a few months ago. I hope I am not a jinx. Wish Kissinger happy birthday to test this out. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,870 Posted August 15, 2022 More pressing for him to try it out on Trump and Putin 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,318 Posted August 15, 2022 @msc @DCI Frank Burnside But what about all the gorgeous actors and sexy olympiad I have wished happy birthday to on that thread?! That is what is troubling me- If I am a jinx and they all die who am I going to pleasure myself too?!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,038 Posted August 15, 2022 1 hour ago, DCI Frank Burnside said: More pressing for him to try it out on Trump and Putin I have a much longer list than that. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,388 Posted August 15, 2022 Big one. Frederick Buechner (wiki), American novelist, poet, essayist and theologian, dead at 96. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,727 Posted August 15, 2022 Also another one who has a portrait by Carl Van Vetchen. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,548 Posted August 18, 2022 Joseph Delaney. fantasy author has died aged 77. His most notable work is the Spook's series, the first of which was made into a film, The Seventh Son, with Ben Barnes, Jeff Bridges & Julianne Moore. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,242 Posted August 26, 2022 Nasho Jorgaqi (Wiki), Albanian author who also wrote the script of many classic Albanian films dead at 90 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,314 Posted September 6, 2022 Peter Straub, American author of horror and supernatural fiction, has died aged 79. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,584 Posted September 7, 2022 Meanwhile Alan Garner makes the Booker Prize list Should he win, he'll be accepting the award on his 88th birthday https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-62805073 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,727 Posted September 10, 2022 Decrepit heavyweight literary critic Noè Jitrik, 94, in coma after stroke, but "with favourable evolution". Of course. Perplexed? Me too. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,727 Posted September 11, 2022 Javier Marías dead at 70. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,612 Posted September 22, 2022 Ren Rongrong, Chinese writer and translator dead at 99 according to multiple Chinese sites. Probably most known for his children's literature and for translating Pinocchio, Pippi Longstocking and The Wind in the Willows to Chinese. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 20,890 Posted September 23, 2022 Hilary Mantel dead: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/19896875/author-hilary-mantel-dead/ 4 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,535 Posted September 23, 2022 10 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Hilary Mantel dead: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/19896875/author-hilary-mantel-dead/ Shocking news. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,911 Posted September 23, 2022 Oh wow... and a huge name. Still have to read her Booker Prize-winning trilogy thats on my shelf. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,494 Posted September 23, 2022 29 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Oh wow... and a huge name. Still have to read her Booker Prize-winning trilogy thats on my shelf. Mrs Biblio thinks they are fantastic 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,038 Posted September 23, 2022 1 hour ago, gcreptile said: Oh wow... and a huge name. Still have to read her Booker Prize-winning trilogy thats on my shelf. Having flicked through one, I have no intention of reading them, despite the appeal of the subject. I couldn't cope with the horrible affected style of writing. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,068 Posted September 24, 2022 20 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Hilary Mantel dead: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/19896875/author-hilary-mantel-dead/ Said she died with an unfinished manuscript. Let Sir Creep lend a hand! ‘The End’ My work is done here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 12,388 Posted September 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Sir Creep said: Said she died with an unfinished manuscript. Let Sir Creep lend a hand! ‘The End’ My work is done here. Your banter is absolutely appalling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,242 Posted October 2, 2022 Italian writer Rosetta Loy (Wiki) dead at 91 She was the recipient of the Rapallo Carige Prize for Le strade di polvere in 1988. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 3,242 Posted October 6, 2022 German-born Canadian writer and francophone Marguerite Anderson (Wiki) dead at 97, 10 days shy of her 98th birthday 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lafaucheuse 3,997 Posted October 6, 2022 New litterary Nobel Prize awarded to french author Annie Ernaux Who is 82. I recommand you the reading of Les Annees which I studied in class : wonderful book ! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WEP 881 Posted October 6, 2022 2 hours ago, Lafaucheuse said: New litterary Nobel Prize awarded to french author Annie Ernaux Who is 82. I recommand you the reading of Les Annees which I studied in class : wonderful book ! When Mats Malm, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, said, that he was unable to reach her, my thoughts went back to Ralph Steinman. (Who was unfortunately dead at the time of the announcement.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
