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§ CMU Million Book Digital Library project (28 Nov. 2007) and see webpage with FAQs regarding the project
§ Gary Dexter on the stories behind the titles of some famous works of English literature (26 Nov. 2007)
§ Faraj Sarkouhi on book censorship in Iran (26 Nov. 2007)
§ Eyad N. Al-Samman's profile of Yemeni poet Abdullah Saleh Al-Baradoni (1929-1999) (26 Nov. 2007)
§ Jai Arjun Singh on project to translate literature in Indian languages into other Indian languages (25 Nov. 2007)

§ Interview with Elif Safak on writing and Turkish literature (28 Oct. 2007)
§ Doris Lessing wins Nobel Prize for Literature (28 Oct. 2007)
§ David L. Ulin, "Who 'owns' Raymond Carver?" (27 Oct. 2007)
§ Kundera wins Czech literature prize (22 Oct. 2007)
§ Alessio Loreti, The travelling of cultures in Francophone Tunisian literature (18 Oct. 2007)
§ Decline in literary reading in US continues, esp. among men (6 Oct. 2007)

§ Edward Seidensticker, translator of Japanese literature, dies (29 Aug. 2007 and 3 Sept. 2007)

§ Terry Eagleton, "Only Pinter Remains" (on absence of politically engaged writers in contemporary British literature) (7 July 2007)
§ Rosemary Neill on neglect of Australian lit. in Australian universities (4 June 2007)

§ Andrew O'Hagan, opening address at Sydney Writers' Festival (31 May 2007)
§ Maya Jaggi, "The Voice of Conscience" (profile of Wole Soyinka) (28 May 2007)
§ Meghan O'Rourke and Ruth Franklin host chat on literary responses to tragedies such as 9/11 and the Holocaust (24 May 2007)
§ Representation of women in Nigerian literature (20 May 2007)
§ German-language literature in Prague (4 May 2007)
§ Audio files of public domain books: LibriVox.com (3 May 2007)

§ Teaching of English literature in Malaysian schools (29 April 2007)
§ Wole Soyinka: Writers Are Citizens First (28 April 2007)
§ Short-list announced for Australia's Miles Franklin Award (28 April 2007)
§ Spanish poet Antonio Gamoneda wins Cervantes Prize (23 April 2007)
§ What Is E-Literature? Katie Haegele's review of the Electronic Literature Collection (22 April 2007)
§ James English on literary prizes in the UK (21 April 2007)
§ Femi Abodunrin, "What Has Literature To Do With Development [in Malawi]?" (18 April 2007)
§ Death of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) (12 April 2007; see also this)
§ National Yiddish Book Center plans to expand (10 April 2007)
§ International Man Booker Prize (10 April 2007)
§ Fundamentalist Texas state representative introduces bill to require all school districts to offer "Bible as literature" courses (8 April 2007)
§ April is National Poetry Month (as promoted by the Academy of American Poets) (1 April 2007)

§ Alan Riding, "What and who are 'French writers'?" (28 March 2007)
§ Robert Dixon, An agenda for Australian literature (28 March 2007);
see also Elizabeth Webby, Teaching of Australian literature (26 March 2007)
§ Expanding the Literary Canon: U.S. Hispanic Literature (22 March 2007)
§ Susan Sontag, "Pay attention to the world" (2004) (17 March 2007) [no longer available]
§ Venezuelan Banco del Libro wins 2007 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for children's literature (14 March 2007)
§ New Golden Age of Young Adult Literature? (8 March 2007)
§ Sara Stridsberg wins Nordic Council's Literature Prize 2007 (5 March 2007)
§ Mita Kapur interviews Ira Pande on Shivani and "bhasha" literature in India (4 March 2007);
see also obituary of Shivani in The Hindu (4 May 2003)
§ English Language in Nordic Countries (1 March 2007)
§ The Guardian's World Literature Tour (Previous stops [Finland, Poland, Czech Republic, Canada, Turkey, Japan, Italy, Brazil, Iceland], current stop: New Zealand) (1 March 2007) [Compare the "Literary Guide to the World" at Salon 15 June 2006]

§ Who is Britain's greatest living author? (23 Feb. 2007)
§ Salman Rushdie teaching world literature at Emory (14 Feb. 2007)
§ J. M. Coetzee at age 67 (10 Feb. 2007)
§ Granta interview (from 1987) with Ryszard Kapuscinski (6 Feb. 2007)
§ English Translations of World Literature (1 Feb. 2007)

§ Gulzar on death of Hindi writer Kamleshwar (29 Jan. 2007)
§ Death of Ryszard Kapuscinski (24 Jan. 2007)
§ East African writer, Taban Lo Liyong (21 Jan. 2007)
§ 1821 Translation of Goethe's Faust attributed to Coleridge (18 Jan. 2007)
§ Reissue of Paris Review Interviews (13 Jan. 2007)

§ Jeremy Poynting's survey of Guyanese literature (through the lens of Peepal Tree Press) (8 Sept. 2005) (The essay is also available here)