Yann Martel

Open Book, by Philip Marchand: What is Stephen Harper Reading?, by Yann Martel 'I love teachers," proclaims Yann Martel in What Is Stephen Harper Reading? Yann Martel's Recommended Reading for a Prime Minister and Book Lovers of All...

In this article: Stephen Harper, Michael Ignatieff, Jorge Luis Borges, James Joyce, House of Commons, Booker Prize, and Home Rule for Ireland

...an outsider frees him to tackle the knotty subjects that other directors might shy away from. Right now, he's working on bringing Yann Martel's Booker-winning novel Life of Pi to screen. It's a book many have said is unfilmable. "I think...

In this article: Ang Lee, Taking Woodstock, Sense and Sensibility, Brokeback Mountain, Taiwan, Oscar, and Second World War

...right through it, but I'm only about 500 pages in! I finally picked up "Once a Runner" by John L. Parker Jr. Also, "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel. Being a Children's Lit. professor, I read A LOT of young adult novels, I LOVED Jellicoe Road,The...

In this article: Alice Munro, John L. Parker Jr., and Andre Agassi

The Saturday Interview: Author, Yann Martel Primer for a PM: A one-sided correspondence with Stephen Harper Mary Vallis, National Post Published: Saturday, November 07, 2009 J.P. Moczulski for National Post Hey Stephen, are you there?

In this article: Stephen Harper, Canada Council for the Arts, House of Commons, Man Booker Prize, Harry Potter, Life of Pi, and Paul McCartney

...Saturday, November 07, 2009 J.P. Moczulski for National Post Hey Stephen, are you there? It's me, Yann. Prize-winning author Yann Martel has been sending books to the Prime Minister. So far he has received no reply from the PMO. Yann...

In this article: Stephen Harper, Canada Council for the Arts, House of Commons, Man Booker Prize, Harry Potter, Life of Pi, and Paul McCartney

...know yet. * Jamie Byng at Canongate has announced the publication next summer of another novel by a previous Booker winner, Yann Martel. Martel's Holocaust novel Beatrice and Virgil is about a man called Henry, who on being posed "a puzzle...

In this article: Penguin, Aravind Adiga, Life of Pi, and Atlantic

Yann Martel's 'Beatrice and Virgil' is scheduled for publication next June. The pre-release hype for Canadian author Yann Martel's new novel about the Holocaust suggests readers may find the book "shocking." British publisher Canongate...

In this article: Animal Farm, Life of Pi, Academy Award, Man Booker Prize for Fiction, and George Orwell

The pre-release hype for Canadian author Yann Martel's new novel about the Holocaust suggests readers may find the book "shocking." U.K. publisher Canongate told theBookseller.com that Beatrice and Virgil, set for publication next June,...

In this article: Animal Farm, Life of Pi, Academy Award, Man Booker Prize for Fiction, and George Orwell

London, November 01 : Life of Pi author Yann Martel's next novel 'Beatrice And Virgil' will be about Holocaust, in which readers will once again find him focussing on animals. The story revolves around Henry who undertakes an epic journey...

In this article: Howler monkey, BBC News, Booker Prize, Life of Pi, Dante's, and London

Life of Pi is about a boy stranded on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger Author Yann Martel is to follow his Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi with another story focusing on animals. Beatrice And Virgil, a literary allegory for the...

In this article: Life of Pi, Bengal tiger, Howler monkey, and Booker Prize