Alice Walker refuses publication of 'The Color Purple' in Hebrew

Alice Walker rejects Israeli request to publish 'The Color Purple' in ...
Washington Post
JERUSALEM — American writer Alice Walker won't let an Israeli publisher release a new Hebrew edition of her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Color Purple,” ...

Alice Walker rejects Israeli translation of book
Fox News
American writer Alice Walker won't let an Israeli publisher release a new ... Walker, an ardent pro-Palestinian activist, said in a letter to Yediot Books that Israel ... 'The Color Purple' author reportedly refuses to allow Hebrew translation of book ...

Alice Walker refuses publication of 'The Color Purple' in Hebrew
Christian Science Monitor
Alice Walker is refusing to allow her book “The Color Purple” to be published in Hebrew by an ... Author band the Rock Bottom Remainders calls it quits; 06.19.12 ... The letter was sent to the publisher, Yediot Books, but also posted online.

Christian Science Monitor

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Author Anna Funder has won the Miles Franklin Award. Source: The ...
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New York Daily News
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New York Daily News

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Funder finds out it's all about her
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ANNA Funder wasn't there, but it didn't matter. The Sydney writer, now living in New York, last night won the $50000 Miles Franklin Literary Award for her debut ...

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Alice Walker declines request to publish Israeli edition of The Color ...
The Guardian
The author thanked Yediot Books for its request to publish The Color Purple, the story of a poor black girl in the deep American south between the wars, and said ...

The Guardian

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Casey Anthony to turn journal into book: report
New York Post
Casey Anthony has been keeping a journal ever since her daughter Caylee disappeared, and now hopes to turn it into a best-selling book, according to reports.

New York Post

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Cryptomundo

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10000 New Ebooks, but Nothing to Read – Uncertain Principles
By Chad Orzel
So, here's the scenario: my e-reader is a Nook, and if I buy books for it from Barnes and Noble directly, I can read them on the Nook, on the iPad, or on my phone, and it's good to have that choice. So, I went to ... At the time when I'm writing this, there are a handful of re-releases of old books by known authors– James Blaylock seems to be digitizing his back catalogue, somebody's doing ebookversions of a lot of public domain stuff (Dickens, Grimm's fairy tales), etc. There are also a ...
Uncertain Principles

Alice Walker refuses to publish 'The Color Purple' in Israel
By Annie Robbins
Walker authorized the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) to republish her letter to publishers Yediot Books. This letter is .... It is always amusing to see how Zionists forfeit the right to all independent thinking, and judge human creations, be it a book, an invention or a recipee for a cake, not on their intrinsic merit, but on their author's attitude towards Israel. The world ... If it was such a lousy book, why did the publisher want to publish it in Israel ?
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Casey Anthony Hoping To Turn Journal Into Best Seller Book ...
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Alice Walker rejects Israeli translation of book - Yahoo! News
News: American writer Alice Walker won't let an Israeli publisher release a new Hebrew ... Publishyour own activity and retain full control. ... "I would so like knowing my books are read by the people of your country, especially by the ... Gurevich said Walker is not the first author to refuse to have works published in Israel.
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