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"Take it or leave it" - Booker chair

Publication Date: Wed, 07/09/2011 - 10:00

Man Booker chair of judges Stella Rimington has defended this year's shortlist, saying "take it or leave it", in a speech at the party held to celebrate the list in London's Kensington Gardens last night.

Speaking to assembled publishers, agents and authors, Rimington said of the shortlist,...

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Bloomsbury opens case on Stellarimington.com

Publication Date: Thu, 30/06/2011 - 09:26

Bloomsbury is breaking cover to create a website supporting the launch of former MI5 chief Stella Rimington's first book with the publisher, intending to build her and her protagonist, Liz Carlyle, as a brand.

The site, Stellarimington.com, which goes live this week, is laid out like a...

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Former spy to chair Man Booker Prize 2011

Publication Date: Tue, 16/11/2010 - 08:46

Former MI5 boss Stella Rimington is to chair next's year's Booker Prize, taking over the role from poet Andrew Motion. An official announcement has not yet been made, but the appointment was confirmed today by Booker's PR agency Colman Getty.

According to the Times, Rimington will be the only head of the judging...

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