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Art Owned By Michael Crichton Goes On Sale

Posted at 7:04AM Monday 08 Feb 2010

Artworks belonging to the late Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton are to be sold off, Christie's has announced.

Items by Pablo Picasso, Robert Rauschenberg and Roy Lichtenstein, thought to be worth £20m will go under the hammer at the auction house in May.

American entrepreneur, Etan Ilfeld is purchasing the business in its entirety for an undisclosed sum

The shortlist for regional winners has been unveiled in the race to win the influential 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize

New book industry action group formed to co-ordinate book promotions and represent the trade on common issues

First Capital Connect launched a book club and gave away 17,000 samples of its first Book of the Month

One of Scotland's leading authors last night said she was not in favour of the plan to set up a special academy to honour the nation's finest writers

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