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Events

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Books

Literature

• The Assassin's Song by M. G. Vassanji
• Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje
• Falling Man by Don DeLillo
• Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay
• Matters of Honor by Louis Begley
• Moloka'i Nui Ahina, Summers on the Lonely Isle by Kirby Wright
• A Mysterious Affair of Style by Gilbert Adair
• On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan
• The Pesthouse by Jim Crace
• Ragged Islands by Don Hannah
• Sword Song by Bernard Cornwell
• Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris
• A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
• Tomorrow by Graham Swift
• Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
• The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett
• The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

The Assassins Song is a novel by M. G. Vassanji, published in 2007 by Doubleday Canada. ... M.G. Vassanji, C.M. is an African-Indian-Canadian novelist. ... Divisadero is a novel by Michael Ondaatje, first published 17 April 2007 by McClelland and Stewart. ... Philip Michael Ondaatje, OC (born 12 September 1943) is a Canadian/Sri Lankan novelist and poet perhaps best known for his Booker Prize winning novel adapted into an Academy-Award-winning film, The English Patient. ... Falling Man is the title of Don DeLillos upcoming novel. ... Don DeLillo (born November 20, 1936) is an American author best known for his novels, which paint detailed portraits of American life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. ... Elizabeth Hay is a Canadian novelist. ... Louis Begley (born October 6, 1933) is an American lawyer and novelist. ... Image:KirbyWright. ... Gilbert Adair (born December 29, 1944) is an author, film critic, and journalist who won the Scott Moncrieff Translation Prize for his book A Void which is a translation of the French book La Disparition by Georges Perec. ... On Chesil Beach is a 2007 novel by British writer Ian McEwan. ... Ian McEwan CBE (born June 21, 1948) is a British novelist. ... Jim Crace (born March 1, 1946 in Hertfordshire, England) is a contemporary English writer. ... Don Hannah (born in Shediac, New Brunswick) is a Canadian playwright and novelist. ... // The fourth in the bestselling Saxon Stories series from historical novelist, Bernard Cornwell. ... Bernard Cornwell OBE (born February 23, 1944) is a prolific and popular English historical novelist. ... Then We Came to the End is the debut novel from Joshua Ferris. ... Joshua Ferris (born 1974) is an American author best known for his debut 2007 novel, Then We Came to the End. ... A Thousand Splendid Suns (Persian:دو صد خورشیدرو) is a 2007 novel by American author Khaled Hosseini, his second, following his bestselling debut, The Kite Runner (2003). ... Khaled Hosseini (Persian: خالد حسینی)(IPA pronunciation: [1])(born March 4, 1965) is an Afghanistani-American novelist and physician. ... Tomorrow is a novel by Graham Swift first published in 2007 about the impending disclosure of a family secret. ... Graham Colin Swift (born May 4, 1949) is a well-known British author. ... Tree of Smoke is a 2007 novel by American author Denis Johnson which won the National Book Award for fiction. ... For Denis Johnson from London, who invented the bicycle forerunner called hobby horse, see Denis Johnson of London. ... Published by Faber/Profile Books in 2005 Alan Bennett (born May 9, 1934) is an English author and actor noted for his work, his boyish appearance and his sonorous Yorkshire accent. ... The Yiddish Policemens Union is a 2007 novel by American author Michael Chabon. ... Michael Chabon (born May 24, 1963) is an American author and one of the most celebrated writers of his generation. ...

Children's and Young Adult fiction

• Gregor and the Code of Claw, by Suzanne Collins (fifth and final book in the Underland Chronicles)
• Double or Die, by Charlie Higson (third book in the Young Bond series)
• The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
• Hurricane Gold, by Charlie Higson (fourth book in the Young Bond series)
• The Pilgrims of Rayne, by D. J. MacHale
• Un Lun Dun, by China Miéville
• Lady Friday, by Garth Nix (fifth book in the Keys to the Kingdom series)

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Science Fiction and Fantasy

• Before They Are Hanged (March 15), by Joe Abercrombie (second of The First Law series)
• Brasyl (May 1), by Ian McDonald
• Crooked Little Vein (July 24), by Warren Ellis
• Deadstock (February 27), by Jeffrey Thomas
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (July 21), by J. K. Rowling (final book in the Harry Potter series)
• Ink (February 2), by Hal Duncan (second of The Book of All Hours)
• In the Cities of Coin and Spice (October 30), by Catherynne M. Valente (second in the Orphan's Tales series)
• One For Sorrow (August 28), by Christopher Barzak
• Piratica III: The Family Seas, by Tanith Lee (third in The Piratica Series)
• Rant: An Oral History of Buster Casey (May 1), by Chuck Palahniuk
• Reaper's Gale (April 24), by Steven Erikson (seventh in the Malazan Book of the Fallen series)
• Red Seas Under Red Skies (July 31), by Scott Lynch (second in the Gentleman Bastard series)
• Softspoken (April 15), by Lucius Shepard
• Spook Country (August 7), by William Gibson
• Th1rte3n (June 26), by Richard K. Morgan
• Unleashing Janus by Ted David Harris
• White Night (April 3), by Jim Butcher (Harry Dresden #9)
• The Yiddish Policemen's Union (May 1), by Michael Chabon
• The Wheel of Darkness by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

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New drama

Poetry

See 2007 in poetry // Southword Editions in 2006 was preparing to start an annual anthology of Irish poetry, The Best of Irish Poetry 2007 to be the first volume. ...

Non-fiction

• The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales (September 2007)
• Thames: Sacred River by Peter Ackroyd
• The Art of Teaching: What You Didn't Learn in College by Richard Burzynski
• The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam
• The Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein

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Biographies

• Peace Is Possible: The Life and Message of Prem Rawat, Mighty River Press (2007), ISBN 978-0978869496
  
• Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography
• MARAVICH (The Definitive Biography of Pistol Pete Maravich), Sports Media Publishing (2007), ISBN 1-894963-52-0
• ESCAPE autobiographical book telling of the only Western prisoner to have escaped from the Thailand’s Klong Prem prison. In the mid 1990s, David McMillan broke out of the prison and fled to Singapore undetected and Pakistan before reaching Europe. First published in Asia 2007.ISBN 9789810575687 Monsoon Books

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Awards and honors

Canada

• Canada Reads - Heather O'Neill, Lullabies for Little Criminals
• Le Combat des livres - Denis Thériault, L'Iguane
• Scotiabank Giller Prize - Elizabeth Hay, Late Nights on Air
• 2007 Governor General's Awards

Canada Reads is an annual battle of the books competition organized and broadcast by Canadas public broadcaster, the CBC. Overview During Canada Reads, five personalities champion five different books, each champion extolling the merits of one of the titles over a series of five programs. ... Heather ONeill is a Canadian novelist, poet, short story writer, screenwriter and journalist. ... Lullabies for Little Criminals is a 2006 novel by Heather ONeill. ... Canada Reads is an annual battle of the books competition organized and broadcast by Canadas public broadcaster, the CBC. Overview During Canada Reads, five personalities champion five different books, each champion extolling the merits of one of the titles over a series of five programs. ... The Scotiabank Giller Prize is an award that goes to the author of a Canadian novel or short story fiction collection published in English (including translation) deemed by a jury to be the best published in the previous year. ... Elizabeth Hay is a Canadian novelist. ... The shortlisted nominees for the 2007 Governor Generals Awards for Literary Merit were announced on October 16. ...

United States

• Compton Crook Award: Naomi Novik, His Majesty's Dragon
• Whiting Writers' Awards:
  • Poetry: Paul Guest, Cate Marvin
  • Fiction: Ben Fountain, Brad Kessler, Dalia Sofer, Nina Marie Martínez, Patrick O’Keeffe
  • Plays: Sheila Callaghan, Tarell Alvin McCraney
  • Nonfiction: Carlo Rotella, Peter Trachtenberg, Jack Turner

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Deaths

• Margaret Avison
• Michael Dibdin
• Madeleine L'Engle (b. 1918)
• Norman Mailer (b. 1923)
• Jane Rule
• Sidney Sheldon (b. 1917)
• Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (b. 1922)

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See also

• Literature
• List of literary awards
• List of years in poetry
• Poetry
• List of poetry awards