Spade_Cooley 9,513 Posted August 23 Long Facebook status from Bernard Cornwell in which he explains this will be the first year since 1980 he hasn't submitted a full book to a publisher, as a result of "surgical procedures, chemotherapy sessions, dentists and hospital visits". 3 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sly Ronnie 878 Posted August 23 1 hour ago, Spade_Cooley said: Long Facebook status from Bernard Cornwell in which he explains this will be the first year since 1980 he hasn't submitted a full book to a publisher, as a result of "surgical procedures, chemotherapy sessions, dentists and hospital visits". Sharpe's Burial. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted August 26 According to this book review, as of last month, Graham Caveney was in a "current state of remission": https://leftlion.co.uk/features/2024/07/bookreview-the-body-in-the-library-by-graham-caveney/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,186 Posted August 26 3 hours ago, gcreptile said: According to this book review, as of last month, Graham Caveney was in a "current state of remission": https://leftlion.co.uk/features/2024/07/bookreview-the-body-in-the-library-by-graham-caveney/ This from the Times (a non pay walled version) explains a little bit more. I guess the book itself reveals even more. https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/117138/page/11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,112 Posted August 26 49 minutes ago, Octopus of Odstock said: This from the Times (a non pay walled version) explains a little bit more. I guess the book itself reveals even more. https://reader.exacteditions.com/issues/117138/page/11 Can't see anything to read? Just a pic of the front cover and various click-to-subscribe buttons. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,186 Posted August 26 2 hours ago, Toast said: Can't see anything to read? Just a pic of the front cover and various click-to-subscribe buttons. Odd, works for me. Search for Graham Caveney and remission in Google and the link should come up. Ignore the paid Times and Irish Times links and it should be 4th or 5th link. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,421 Posted August 26 8 minutes ago, Octopus of Odstock said: Odd, works for me. Search for Graham Caveney and remission in Google and the link should come up. Ignore the paid Times and Irish Times links and it should be 4th or 5th link. He's been in remission for about a year? Hah, well that was me fooled for the DDP! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,112 Posted August 26 11 minutes ago, Octopus of Odstock said: Odd, works for me. Search for Graham Caveney and remission in Google and the link should come up. Ignore the paid Times and Irish Times links and it should be 4th or 5th link. Got it, but it fades out in the paragraph mentioning Samuel Beckett and Laurel & Hardy. Can you elucidate, please? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,186 Posted August 27 6 hours ago, Toast said: Got it, but it fades out in the paragraph mentioning Samuel Beckett and Laurel & Hardy. Can you elucidate, please? 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,112 Posted August 27 "Eventually he finds himself in remission, but he is too astute to think his ordeal is over: 'A stay of execution still means execution' ". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drunkasaskunk 194 Posted August 27 12 hours ago, Toast said: Got it, but it fades out in the paragraph mentioning Samuel Beckett and Laurel & Hardy. Can you elucidate, please? Yes. The three of them are dead. :-) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted September 3 Someone who I don't think has ever been mentioned here before is Mary Rockerfeller Morgan, 86, author, psychotherapist and the daughter of former US Vice President Nelson Rockerfeller. She specializes in bereavement therapy for people who have lost a twin. Her own twin brother Michael is believed to have been killed and eaten by the Asmat tribe while visiting Papua New Guinea in 1961. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Planetist 122 Posted September 4 3 hours ago, DevonDeathTrip said: Her own twin brother Michael is believed to have been killed and eaten by the Asmat tribe while visiting Papua New Guinea in 1961. I've heard that twins tend to die the same way, but this would be quite something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,562 Posted September 16 Went down another literary prize rabbit hole this morning John Llewellyn Rhys Prize For Commonwealth writers under 35 1957 Ruskin Boyd (b.1934) 1960 David Caute (b.1936) 1962 Edward Lucie-Smith (b.1933) 1964 Nell Dunn (b.1936) 1965 Julian Mitchell (b.1935) 1966 Margaret Drabble (b.1939) 1969 Melvyn Bragg (b.1939) 1972 Susan Hill (b.1942) 1973 Peter Smalley (b.1943) 1974 Hugh Fleetwood (b.1944) 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,963 Posted October 3 On 25/07/2024 at 12:33, gcreptile said: Sophie Kinsella gives an interview about her cancer: https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/video/sophie-kinsella-talks-living-brain-cancer-finding-inspiration-112221814 Another big update on Sophie Kinsella: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/03/books/what-does-it-feel-like-sophie-kinsella.html Maybe I read too much into it, but I think the tumour is currently gone, but she knows that it will come back, glioblastoma always does. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,581 Posted October 4 Thomas Rockwell, son of Norman, brother of Peter, and a successful author in his own right, notably How to Eat Fried Worms, died 27th September, aged 91. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markb4 887 Posted October 5 6 hours ago, time said: Thomas Rockwell, son of Norman, brother of Peter, and a successful author in his own right, notably How to Eat Fried Worms, died 27th September, aged 91. I had no idea Thomas Rockwell was Norman Rockwell's son. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,883 Posted October 6 Novelist Lore Segal (wiki) has been in hospice care since June. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,006 Posted October 6 On 21/04/2021 at 21:34, arghton said: Some more awards with only a few alive recipients: William Faulkner Foundation Award for notable first novel (1961-1970) 1964 - Thomas Pynchon (b. 1937) 1966 - Cormac McCarthy (b. 1933) 1967 - Robert Coover (b. 1932) 1970 - Larry Woiwode (1941-2022) Robert Coover reportedly dead aged 92: 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,883 Posted October 7 On 06/10/2024 at 11:23, drol said: Novelist Lore Segal (wiki) has been in hospice care since June. Lore Segal dead at 96. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,421 Posted October 7 2 minutes ago, drol said: Lore Segal dead at 96. Been in hospice for four months, dies within 24 hours of Drol posting about them. They were probably surfing the DL on their phone, saw that post and thought "Oh shit, forgot to die". 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
polar duck 848 Posted October 7 1 minute ago, msc said: Been in hospice for four months, dies within 24 hours of Drol posting about them. They were probably surfing the DL on their phone, saw that post and thought "Oh shit, forgot to die". @drol So, how's Farrakhan doing? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,883 Posted October 7 46 minutes ago, polar duck said: @drol So, how's Farrakhan doing? He is on the 2024 DL, so I think fine. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prussianblue 1,024 Posted October 9 I was due to attend a Q&A event for the latest book from Alan Hollinghurst on Friday evening, but it's just been cancelled. The organisers' email describes him as 'very unwell', but they expect to reschedule it to sometime in late November, early December. He's 70 now, and I can't find anything about any health conditions, so maybe just a bout of covid or very bad cold? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,883 Posted October 15 On 13/03/2023 at 21:38, drol said: Chilean cult writer Antonio Skarmeta becomes the latest victim of De Benedetti's hoaxes. Anyway he has been suffering from stomach cancer since 2017... Antonio Skarmeta dead at 83. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
