Boyfriend attacks lover in row over her big knickers Nov 28, 2008
Bridget Jones, the main character in hit films based on books by British author Helen Fielding, is famous for her penchant for large knickers. AAP. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Andrew Davies: What the Dickens? Oct 26, 2008
2004 'Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason' (with Helen Fielding). 2005 'Bleak House. (Independent)
Booked in traffic for a novel idea Aug 23, 2008
Novels by twentysomething epigones of Helen Fielding, author of Bridget Jones's Dairy, are proving surprisingly popular. Written in a breezy, gossipy style, they are about the same topics found in chick-lit everywhere - men, careers, family, friends, relationships, weight problems. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Chick lit brigade grows Jul 27, 2008
The Bridget Jones wave may have been a little late in hitting desi shores (it's more than a decade since Helen Fielding adapted her newspaper creation to book format) but it's sure setting off ripples in the publishing world. For these 20 and 30-something writers are tapping into a new market - aspirational young women, or women who aspire to being aspirational young women. (India Times, India)
Top 100 books of last 25 years Jul 1, 2008
Bridget Jones s Diary, Helen Fielding (1998). On Writing, Stephen King (2000). (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Cross-cultural masterclass Apr 12, 2008
" His ability to step, Dashwanth-like, into popular culture has won him a reputation as a dance-floor dude, pal to everyone from Bono and author Helen Fielding (he had a cameo in the 2001 film version of Br 00004000 idget Jones's Diary) to Barry Humphries and Kylie Minogue. "I met Kylie and Dame Edna through my old friend Kathy Lette. You know one Aussie in London, you know them all," says Rushdie, who moved to Manhattan in the '90s, but spends a few months of each year in London, where his sons... (The Australian)
It's the clever way to power - part 2 Mar 16, 2008
Helen Fielding (St Anne's). William Fiennes (New College). (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
A rush for royalty Feb 28, 2008
Over the decades, savvy single women have trod through the pages of Judith Krantz and Erica Jong, Sophie Kinsella, Candace Bushnell and, of course, Helen Fielding, who birthed the '90s "it girl" of the genre, Bridget Jones. The millennium is bringing a boomlet in historical bodice-rippers -- these figures were not just princesses of the Upper East Side, but real royalty, who often paid for their ambition with their lives, or at least, their loins. (Los Angeles Times)
Carrie Fisher tames her demons in solo show Feb 21, 2008
" Eventually, she had the material for a one-woman show. In a scenario that sounds stolen from her first novel, "Postcards From the Edge," Fisher workshopped "Wishful Drinking" in the living room of her Beverly Hills home. Writer friends like Helen Fielding ("Bridget Jones's Diary") and Michael Tolkin ("The Player") dropped by and gave her pointers. She performed it at home several times ("Oh, 10 or 20, I don't remember") and eventually shaped it into a play. For Fisher, who once said her... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Readers vote on top books Feb 20, 2008
Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding 68. Dune - Frank Herbert 69. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Pride and Prejudice in Film Jan 29, 2008
Bridget Jones Diary author Helen Fielding admits to being inspired by Pride & Prejudice for her novel. The points of comparison are tenuous but there are some parallels to be drawn between the two. (Suite101.com)
Hollywood baby flick's timely run Jan 11, 2008
Helen Fielding, the author of the Bridget Jones books, waited until she was 43 to have her first child, and had her second at 48. Madonna became a mother at 38 and had her second child at 42. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Andrew Davies has adapted to Jane Austen's sensibility Jan 7, 2008
Partly, of course, because Bridget's such a fan of my adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice." So when I got asked to adapt it, I made it a condition that I would be allowed a night out with Helen Fielding and we would go to all her favorite wine bars and get drunk on Chardonnay. And indeed we did, and became quite good buddies. (Boston Globe)
Hardback heartbreak Dec 2, 2007
Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, the eighth largest publisher in the UK, with authors such as Helen Fielding, Don DeLillo and Cormac McCarthy in its stable, has announced that it is going to do away with the creamy-paper, ribbon bookmarked, dust-jacketed lovelies, and move straight to paperback. Other large publishers are expected to follow. (India Times, India)
Hardbacks ditched Nov 19, 2007
Picador, an imprint of Pan MacMillan, is the eighth-largest publisher in Britain and has such authors as Helen Fielding, Don DeLillo and Cormac McCarthy on its books. Picador calling time on what it describes as "a moribund market". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Pride and perseverance Nov 17, 2007
Bridget Jones came into being in 1995 when Helen Fielding went to interview Colin Firth after he had played Mr Darcy in the BBC TV series of Pride and Prejudice, wet shirt and all. When the interview was published in The Independent Fielding used the byline "Bridget Jones" and when she was working the series "Bridget Jones's Diary" into a novel she wrote Mark Darcy into it as the older, richer, smarter guy whom ditsy Bridget would eventually end up with. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Publisher's plan could spell end of literary hardback Nov 17, 2007
Now Picador, an imprint of Pan MacMillan, the 8th largest publisher in the UK, which has authors such as Helen Fielding, Don DeLillo and Cormac McCarthy on its books, has called time on what it describes as "a moribund market" ... Alice Sebold Colm Tobin Graham Swift Alan Hollinghurst Bret Easton Ellis Helen Fielding John Banville VS Naipaul Don DeLillo Cormac McCarthy. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
It's hard luck for the hardback Nov 17, 2007
Picador, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, Britain's eighth largest publisher, which contracts authors such as Helen Fielding, Don DeLillo and Cormac McCarthy, has called time on what it describes as "a moribund market". From next year it will launch almost every new novel as a 7. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Fantasy dominates list of favourite re-reads Nov 9, 2007
Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding. 19. (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
How did we miss these? Sep 2, 2007
How did we miss these. Also in this section. (Guardian Unlimited)
Austen's sex and sensibility Aug 6, 2007
The next year Helen Fielding updated Pride and Prejudice for Bridget Jones' Diary, naming her hero Mark Darcy and highlighting how intricately Austen's popularity has been tied to films. Bridget is not crazy about Austen's Darcy, but about Colin Firth as Darcy; in the novel's sequel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, she obsesses over the scene of him emerging from a dip in a lake in a dripping wet shirt. (Sydney Morning Herald)
'Slummy Mummy' makes for entertaining parental disasters Jul 8, 2007
Such novels are often lumped together as lightweight heirs to the "chick lit" phenomenon launched in the 1990s by another British import, "Bridget Jones's Diary," by Helen Fielding. The characters (and writers) are a decade or so older and adapting to a new phase in life. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
The Diary of a Provincial Lady Jul 4, 2007
For many readers, however, it was Helen Fielding s style as much as the content which made Bridget Jones s Diary compulsively readable, and phrases like v v good and emotional ****wittage appeared in general conversation. Many of the stylistic traits in Bridget Jones s Diary can also be found in the much earlier Diary of a Provinicial Lady by E.M. Delafield. (Suite101.com)
Which books capture their era? Jul 3, 2007
The end of Thatcher coincided with Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary ... Bridget Jones's Diary (1996) Helen Fielding. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
1984 'is definitive book of 20th century' Jun 3, 2007
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald Brave New World by Aldous Huxley The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger Catch-22 by Joseph Heller Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding. Useful links. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Do you agree with our 25 most influential books? Apr 9, 2007
By Helen Fielding (1998). Singletons, smug marrieds, v.v.. (USA Today -- Life)
Chris Buckley lowers the boom in another fine parody Mar 26, 2007
In fact, the craft of creating really funny comic novels is extremely hard, and the roster of successful practitioners rather short: Mark Twain, P.G. Wodehouse, Barbara Pym, Helen Fielding, Carl Hiaasen. And Buckley. (USA Today)
- 35 small works of literature by leading authors Mar 24, 2007
To cut a long story short. Ernest Hemingway once said his best work was a story he wrote in just six words: 'For sale: baby shoes, never worn. (Guardian Unlimited)
Books you can't live without: the top 100 Mar 1, 2007
68 Bridget Jones's Diary Helen Fielding. 69 Midnight's Children Salman Rushdie. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Zellweger burrows down Jan 26, 2007
" Zellweger says reports of another Bridget sequel are inaccurate. "As for whether I would want to do another one - I don't know, I haven't really thought about it," she says. "It would depend on (author) Helen Fielding if she wanted me to and if she wrote (another sequel). " It would certainly be a big pay-day if Zellweger did. She now commands about $19 million a film. But the usual celebrity extravagances of luxury fashion sprees, huge houses, personal jets and flashy cars do not interest... (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Renee Zellweger Says Body Talk Is Boring Jan 19, 2007
A: "I guess the difference was that there are clearly more people to disappoint. I won't say that Helen Fielding didn't create a character that wasn't embraced by popular British culture but I guess Beatrix was part of the fiber of British literature in a very substantial way.". Q: Why do you take so well to British roles. (Newsmax)
Renee Zellweger finds a different voice Jan 9, 2007
Zellweger created a stir several years ago when she landed the coveted role of the lonely London "singleton" Bridget Jones, adapted from Helen Fielding's best-selling book "Bridget Jones's Diary." She famously took speech lessons before landing the part, beating out a host of British actresses ... "I won't say that Helen Fielding didn't create a character that was embraced by British culture, but Beatrix was a part of the fiber of British literature in a very substantial way.". (CNN -- Showbiz)
Newsmakers: Renee Zellweger, OJ Simpson, Whitney Houston Jan 8, 2007
Well, we'll have to speak to Helen Fielding to see what she thinks about it. You should call her after we hang up. (Newsweek)
Zellweger: 'I'm Not Making Another Bridget Jones Movie' Jan 7, 2007
The actress has twice put on weight to play the English singleton, based on Helen Fielding's popular novels ... First, Helen Fielding would have to ask me to come back, and then there has to be a script that we can all agree on. (Teen Hollywood)
Zellweger responds to Potter criticism Jan 2, 2007
"I won't say that [Bridget Jones' creator] Helen Fielding didn't create a character that was embraced by British culture, but Beatrix was a part of the fibre of British literature in a very substantial way.". . (Digital Spy)
