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*[[January 2]] – [[Golliwog]]s in [[Enid Blyton]] children's books are replaced by the British publisher with [[gnome]]s following complaints of racial offence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://static.expressandstar.com/days/1976-2000/1987.html|title=1987|work=Those were the days|publisher=Express & Star|location=Wolverhampton|accessdate=2020-01-11}}</ref>
*[[January 2]] – [[Golliwog]]s in [[Enid Blyton]] children's books are replaced by the British publisher with [[gnome]]s after complaints of a racial offence implication.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://static.expressandstar.com/days/1976-2000/1987.html |title=1987 |work=Those were the days |publisher=Express & Star |location=Wolverhampton |accessdate=2020-01-11}}</ref>
*April – [[K. W. Jeter]] coins the term "[[Steampunk]]" in a letter published in ''[[Locus (magazine)|Locus: the magazine of the science fiction & fantasy field]]''.
*April – [[K. W. Jeter]] coins the term "[[Steampunk]]" in a letter published in ''[[Locus (magazine)|Locus: the magazine of the science fiction & fantasy field]]''.
*June – [[Virago Press]] of London publishes ''Down the Road, Worlds Away'', a collection of short stories ostensibly by Rahila Khan, a young Muslim woman living in England. Three weeks later, Toby Forward, an Anglican clergyman, admits to writing them and the publisher withdraws the book. "He, unlike the editors at Virago, had grown up in precisely the kind of area and social conditions that the book described... Although the book never claimed to be other than a work of fiction, the publishers destroyed the stock still in the warehouse, and recalled all unsold copies from the bookshops, thus turning it into an expensive bibliographical rarity."<ref>{{cite book |first=Theodore |last=Dalrymple |authorlink=Theodore Dalrymple |title=Spoilt Rotten |location=London |publisher=Gibson Square |year=2010 |page=244}}</ref>
*June – [[Virago Press]] of London publishes ''Down the Road, Worlds Away'', a collection of short stories ostensibly by Rahila Khan, a young Muslim woman living in England. Three weeks later, Toby Forward, an Anglican clergyman, admits to writing them and the publisher withdraws the book. "He, unlike the editors at Virago, had grown up in precisely the kind of area and social conditions that the book described.... Although the book never claimed to be other than a work of fiction, the publishers destroyed the stock still in the warehouse and recalled all unsold copies from the bookshops, thus turning it into an expensive bibliographical rarity."<ref>{{Cite book |first=Theodore |last=Dalrymple |authorlink=Theodore Dalrymple |title=Spoilt Rotten |location=London |publisher=Gibson Square |year=2010 |page=244}}</ref>
*[[July 31]] – The [[Attorney General]] of the United Kingdo institutes legal proceedings against London newspaper ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' to prevent it publishing details from the book ''[[Spycatcher]]'' on grounds of security.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/31/newsid_2492000/2492169.stm|title=Newspaper caught in Spycatcher row|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2007-07-02|date=1987-07-31}}</ref> On September 23, an Australian court lifts the ban on its book publication.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/23/newsid_2528000/2528695.stm|title=Ban lifted on MI5 man's memoirs|publisher=BBC|accessdate=2007-07-02|date=1987-09-23}}</ref>
*[[July 31]] – The [[Attorney General]] of the United Kingdo institutes legal proceedings against London newspaper ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' to prevent it publishing details from the book ''[[Spycatcher]]'' on grounds of security.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/31/newsid_2492000/2492169.stm |title=Newspaper caught in Spycatcher row |publisher=BBC |accessdate=2007-07-02 |date=1987-07-31}}</ref> On September 23, an Australian court lifts the ban on its book publication.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/23/newsid_2528000/2528695.stm |title=Ban lifted on MI5 man's memoirs |publisher=BBC |accessdate=2007-07-02 |date=1987-09-23}}</ref>
*August – A new building for the [[National Library of New Zealand]] in [[Wellington]] opens.
*August – A new building for the [[National Library of New Zealand]] in [[Wellington]] opens.
*[[Tom Wolfe]] is paid US $5 million for the film rights to his novel ''[[The Bonfire of the Vanities]]'' (published in book format in October), a record fee to an author at this time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gawker.com/550825/tom-wolfe |work=Gawker |title=Tom Wolfe |accessdate=2012-10-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317194641/http://gawker.com/550825/tom-wolfe |archivedate=2014-03-17}}</ref>
*[[Tom Wolfe]] is paid US $5 million for the film rights to his novel ''[[The Bonfire of the Vanities]]'' (published in book format in October), a record fee to an author at this time.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gawker.com/550825/tom-wolfe |work=Gawker |title=Tom Wolfe |accessdate=2012-10-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317194641/http://gawker.com/550825/tom-wolfe |archivedate=2014-03-17}}</ref>
*[[Ian Rankin]]'s ''[[Knots and Crosses]]'', first of the [[Inspector Rebus]] [[detective novel]]s set around [[Edinburgh]], is published in London.
*[[Ian Rankin]]'s ''[[Knots and Crosses]]'', first of the [[Inspector Rebus]] [[detective novel]]s set around [[Edinburgh]], is published in London.


Revision as of 19:25, 11 January 2020

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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications of 1987.

Events

New books

Fiction

Children and young people

Drama

Non-fiction

Births

Deaths

Awards

Australia

Canada

France

United Kingdom

United States

Fiction: Joan Chase, Pam Durban, Deborah Eisenberg, Alice McDermott, David Foster Wallace
Poetry: Mark Cox, Michael Ryan
Nonfiction: Mindy Aloff, Gretel Ehrlich
Plays: Reinaldo Povod

Elsewhere

References

  1. ^ "1987". Those were the days. Wolverhampton: Express & Star. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  2. ^ Dalrymple, Theodore (2010). Spoilt Rotten. London: Gibson Square. p. 244.
  3. ^ "Newspaper caught in Spycatcher row". BBC. 1987-07-31. Retrieved 2007-07-02.
  4. ^ "Ban lifted on MI5 man's memoirs". BBC. 1987-09-23. Retrieved 2007-07-02.
  5. ^ "Tom Wolfe". Gawker. Archived from the original on 2014-03-17. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
  6. ^ Hahn, Daniel (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (2nd ed.). Oxford. University Press. p. 3. ISBN 9780198715542.
  7. ^ Boorstin, Robert O. (1987-04-13). "Hospital Asserts it Gave Warhol Adequate Care". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-01-02.
  8. ^ Congress, The Library of. "Moore, C. L. (Catherine Lucile), 1911-1987". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
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