msc 17,762 Posted November 17, 2023 18 minutes ago, Handrejka said: She used to bank with us and she was always very pleasant. I used to feel a bit guilty that I'd never read any of her work. 13 minutes ago, Toast said: I read Possession years ago. Don't remember much about ti. I wasn't a fan of what I tried but in fairness I am not the right audience for long winded romance novels! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grim Up North 3,565 Posted November 17, 2023 4 hours ago, msc said: I wasn't a fan of what I tried but in fairness I am not the right audience for long winded romance novels! To my embarrassment I only discovered that AS Byatt was a woman today! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,087 Posted November 20, 2023 Science fiction author Herbert Gold (wiki) dead at 99. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,236 Posted November 22, 2023 A relatively vague Interview with Paul Auster, vague on the things we really want to know: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/18/paul-auster-on-cancer-connection-and-the-fallacy-of-closure Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,604 Posted November 28, 2023 Popular american Novelist John Nichols died at 83 years: https://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/acclaimed-author-of-the-milagro-beanfield-war-john-nichols-dies/article_5bce1be4-8e0c-11ee-8c8b-e7337fbee002.html He was best known for his New Mexico novels The Milagro Beanfield War, The Magic Journey and The Nirvana Blues. He also published such titles as The Sterile Cuckoo and The Wizard of Loneliness, both of which were adapted into films. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 1,861 Posted November 28, 2023 One for consideration, but maybe not just yet... Angela Huth, Land Girls author, has dementia but responding well to a new drug https://www.telegraph.co.uk/christmas/2023/11/26/angela-huth-dementia-alzheimers-drug-memantine-treatment/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gisooo 2,548 Posted November 30, 2023 Greek author and diplomat Vassilis Vassilikos (Wiki) dead at 90 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,181 Posted December 1, 2023 13 hours ago, Gisooo said: Greek author and diplomat Vassilis Vassilikos (Wiki) dead at 90 I wonder if he will get an Obit. So far all he has is Fox News and pre specalist websites. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,103 Posted December 1, 2023 12 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: I wonder if he will get an Obit. So far all he has is Fox News and pre specalist websites. Huh? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-12810769/Greek-author-Vassilis-Vassilikos-political-novel-inspired-award-winning-film-Z-dies-89.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,181 Posted December 1, 2023 8 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Huh? https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-12810769/Greek-author-Vassilis-Vassilikos-political-novel-inspired-award-winning-film-Z-dies-89.html My mistake. Did not show on Google. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
prussianblue 792 Posted December 4, 2023 Lady Antonia Fraser was to appear at a talk at the Wallace Collection tonight, on the topic of Marie-Antoinette, who she has previously written about. However, the event has been cancelled due to 'sudden illness'. They haven't specified that she is the ill one, but she is now 91. Her intended co-speaker is 59 year old Oxford academic Catriona Seth, who was tweeting this morning, so seems less likely to be the ill one. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,181 Posted December 12, 2023 Shirley Barber, English children's author and illustrator.has died aged 88. Obit 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 8,662 Posted December 14, 2023 American Military SF Author David Drake (Hammers Slammers) died 10 December aged 78 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,103 Posted December 21, 2023 Playwright for radio and theatre Oliver Emanuel reportedly dead: One of those stage 4 brain cancer sufferers who haven't made it out of 2023. RIP. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 19,103 Posted December 21, 2023 3 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Playwright for radio and theatre Oliver Emanuel reportedly dead: One of those stage 4 brain cancer sufferers who haven't made it out of 2023. RIP. Oliver Emanuel BBC Obit: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-67784139 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 14,847 Posted December 21, 2023 "so full of lovely" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 8,662 Posted December 24, 2023 Wikipedia has K M Peyton (Kathleen Wendy Peyton) the M was for her husband Mike who helped with the plots. No source or QO as yet but said she died on 19th December 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 10,066 Posted December 24, 2023 12 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said: Wikipedia has K M Peyton (Kathleen Wendy Peyton) the M was for her husband Mike who helped with the plots. No source or QO as yet but said she died on 19th December Surely true , but media are sleeping. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 8,662 Posted December 25, 2023 K M Peyton's Wiki entry has been edited to remove the date of Death. I think she is dead but hard evidence is lacking 20/20 +3 point is pending on a QO 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,087 Posted December 25, 2023 4 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said: K M Peyton's Wiki entry has been edited to remove the date of Death. I think she is dead but hard evidence is lacking 20/20 +3 point is pending on a QO She is definitely dead. Two of the papers are currently writing obits for her. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Old Crem 3,181 Posted December 25, 2023 1 minute ago, Ulitzer95 said: She is definitely dead. Two of the papers are currently writing obits for her. A DDP selection so if published in time hit 301. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ulitzer95 11,087 Posted December 25, 2023 23 minutes ago, The Old Crem said: A DDP selection so if published in time hit 301. Telegraph obit for K. M. Peyton. 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 998 Posted December 26, 2023 Hanif Kureishi is guest editor on the Boxing Day edition of BBC Radio 4's Today programme a year after he was paralysed. Turning into a despot. Hanif Kureishi: I've become a reluctant dictator - BBC News 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heef 166 Posted December 31, 2023 On 09/01/2019 at 00:47, YoungWillz said: Death Notice for Terence Wheeler, shortlisted for the Booker Prize for his debut novel The Conjunction in 1970: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thetimes-uk/obituary.aspx?n=terence-wheeler-terry&pid=191197659 I know this is well out of date, but good luck finding a copy of The Conjunction anywhere. It's been out of print pretty much since publication and is a little bit... dated... shall we say? I read it at the British Library. Anyway, don't waste your time trying to track The Conjunction down. It's a bit poor. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,098 Posted January 3 Herman Raucher, a best selling author and screenwriter, and an Academy Award nominee for the coming-of-age film "Summer of '42", has died. He was 95. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/herman-raucher-dead-summer-42-watermelon-man-1235778706/ 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
