UK News 26-05-2005 who: Penguin Books what: Accused of race bias in 70th anniversary collection where: LONDON when: This week snippet: "To celebrate the birthday, Penguin is issuing 70 new short titles, or Pocket Penguins, drawn from its back catalogue or new work," says The Guardian. "Now, unexpectedly, the titles have provoked outrage and surprise because they include work by only two authors who are not white." In other book news, The Times says JK Rowling is considering turning to crime fiction after Harry Potter`s final adventure; Thursday`s edition includes an extract from How Would You Move Mount Fuji? by William Poundstone, which purports to show how Microsoft selects its employees using mathematical and lateral-thinking puzzles; and in The Guardian there`s a report on Wild Swans author Jung Chang`s long-awaited new book, a "digested read" of "Gordon Ramsay Makes It Easy" and a report on the shortlist for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse prize for comic fiction - Terry Pratchett is amongst those competing for the "honour of having a locally-bred Gloucestershire Old Spot pig named after their novel," writes Michelle Pauli. [... more]

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