The PW Morning Report, October 16, 2008

By Dermot McEvoy -- Publishers Weekly, 10/16/2008 5:38:00 AM

Thursday, October 16, 2008

A daily round-up of the latest publishing news: Orhan Pamuk Denounces Turkish Government; "Beacon Street Girls"; U.K. Kindle Launch Delayed; Gomorra Author To Leave Italy to Avoid Mob Hit; The NSA’s Boswell; and Forward Poetry Prize

Orhan Pamuk Denounces Turkish Government at Frankfurt, reports New York Times
The Turkish novelist and Nobel Prize laureate criticizes the Turkish government for its treatment of writers

"Beacon Street Girls" Talks Seriously to Girls, reports New York Times
The fiction series is intended for 9- to 13-year-old girls and focuses on real-life issues such as popularity, weight problems, alcohol and divorce

U.K. Kindle Launch Delayed Until After Christmas, reports The Bookseller
Amazon has delayed the unveiling so they can sign up Wi-Fi partners around Europe

Gomorra Author To Leave Italy to Avoid Mob Hit, reports Reuters
Roberto Saviano said he was tired of being a "prisoner" of his book’s success. "I’m going away from Italy, at least for a while, then I’ll see," he told La Repubblica newspaper

The NSA’s Boswell
New York Times looks at James Bamford, author of The Shadow Factory: The Ultra- Secret NSA From 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America (Doubleday), and the man who knows where the bodies are buried at the National Security Agency

Forward Poetry Prize to Mick Imlah, reports The Bookseller
Imlah wins £10,000 Forward Prize for Best Collection with The Lost Leader, his first collection for 20 years

The PW Morning Report will return on Monday, October 20.