Pfizer opening unit to focus on stem cells Nov 15, 2008
Eventually, the British site, at Granta Park, will have a total of about 40 scientists, and about 30 will work at the Massachusetts site. The move comes as large pharmaceutical companies expand their biotechnology capabilities by either purchasing biotech companies, starting partnerships with them or building their own units. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Feds ink $400 million settlement with SRP over coal-fired plant pollution Aug 14, 2008
"This settlement marks a significant step in controlling harmful nitrogen oxide emissions in the Western United States," said Granta Nakayama, assistant administrator for EPA's enforcement and compliance assurance program. "The installation of state-of-the-art technology sets an important benchmark for the control of this harmful pollutant.". (Phoenix Business Journal, AZ)
Smoked out Simon Gray dies Aug 8, 2008
"We're all still reeling at the news," a spokeswoman said at Granta publications, which is due to publish Coda, a characteristically brutally frank account of his battle with cancer, in November. His career began as an academic, lecturing on English literature for decades, before taking up writing comparatively late in life and mining his own experiences for material. (guardian.co.uk)
Jhumpa Lahiri jumps the shortlist Jul 7, 2008
The judges - Granta fiction editor Rosalind Porter, Cork City chief librarian Liam Ronayne and Irish Times Literary correspondent Eileen Battersby - were immediately and unanimously convinced the book should win. "With a unanimous winner at this early stage we decided it would be a sham to compose a shortlist and put five other writers through unnecessary stress and suspense," explained the award's director, Pat Cotter. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Heir to Tetra Pak empire wanted by the police Jun 24, 2008
The eldest, Lisbet, has a PhD in anthropology and is director of Arcadia Trust, which funds charities that "preserve cultural and social knowledge." Sigrid runs a similar foundation and is the proprietor of the literary magazine Granta and Portobello Books. Their brother has also involved himself in philanthropic pursuits. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Cairo's greatest literary secret Apr 11, 2008
Funds for an English translation of Sunset Oasis have been pledged by the Tetra Pak heiress and Granta owner Sigrid Rausing, while UK publishers are already competing for the book. Taher was spurred by the 2003 invasion of Iraq, which he vehemently opposed, to explore earlier occupations, of Egypt by Britain, and of Berber lands by Egyptian Arabs. (Guardian Unlimited)
Update: Home Depot pulls the plug Mar 16, 2008
Available in 10", 14", 20" ot;, framed or unframed Related Links NORTH BEND Less than two months ago, officials from the Coquille Economic Development Corp. celebrated the result of two years of hard work after completing a lease agreement with Home Depot Inc. for a planned development on CEDCO property.On Thursday, those dreams of a Home Depot store in North Bend were shot down.According to a CEDCO press release issued Thursday afternoon, the company announced it received a notice that Home... (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Colorado to share in $1.3M Home Depot clean-water settlement Feb 27, 2008
"EPA requires construction sites to take simple, basic steps to prevent storm water pollution," said Granta Nakayama, assistant administrator for EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, in the statement. "We expect a large corporation like Home Depot to comply with the law and protect the waters in the communities it serves.". (Denver Business Journal, CO)
Feds fine Home Depot over storm water violations Feb 27, 2008
"EPA requires construction sites to take simple, basic steps to prevent storm water pollution," said Granta Y. Nakayama, assistant administrator for EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance. "We expect a large corporation like Home Depot to comply with the law and protect the waters in the communities it serves.". (Atlanta Business Chronicle, GA)
When a son's thoughts turn to murder Feb 3, 2008
His friend, Granta editor Jason Cowley, traces the story of Hills's mental and spiritual decline, from gifted youth to Oxford student and finally to his cell in Belmarsh prison ... Jason Cowley is editor of Granta. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Coal producer agrees to $30M settlement for extensive pollution of streams and waterways Jan 18, 2008
There was definitely an environmental impact here, Granta Nakayama, the assistant EPA administrator for enforcement, said in an interview. We thought it was very serious. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Sinclair Oil pays $2.45 million for air violations, adds pollution controls at refineries. Jan 16, 2008
This shows polluters that they need to act responsibly, said Granta Nakayama, assistant EPA administrator for enforcement. The agreement requires new pollution controls at the three refineries that will cut annual emissions of 1,100 tons of smog-causing nitrogen oxide and 4,600 tons of sulfur dioxide as well as reductions in soot and volatile organic compounds. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
'Getting things right' Jan 5, 2008
The therapeutic instinct led her to write two more books, After a Funeral (1986) about Didi's death, and Make Believe (1993), about the Hakim Jamal incident, and that, she thought, was that - until Ian Jack, then editor of Granta, suggested she write about her time in publishing. Stet appeared in 2000, eight years after she had retired, and was another late blooming, giving her a measure of fame and acclaim. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
From student rag to literary riches Dec 30, 2007
Launched in 1979 under the inspired 'lunacy' of Bill Buford, Granta magazine became the home of vital new writing and launched the careers of some of our greatest novelists ... Afew minutes after lunching with Ian Jack, who departed as editor of Granta earlier this year after 12 years and 48 issues, I dropped into Quinto, the second-hand bookshop on Charing Cross Road ... Granta was about to celebrate its 100th edition, and I wanted some early copies - those classic ones with writing by Richard... (Guardian Unlimited)
A final farewell to sex Dec 22, 2007
This is an edited extract from Somewhere Towards The End, by Diana Athill, to be published next month by Granta at 12. 99. (Guardian Unlimited)
Críticas Nov 17, 2007
At the beginning of 2007, when the British magazine Granta selected Daniel Alarc;n as one of the most prominent young American writers, more than one person asked, American. But Alarc;n is Peruvian. (Variety)
High-wire performers Nov 3, 2007
Extracted from The New Granta Book of the American Short Story, published by Granta on November 5 (25). To order a copy for 23 with free UK p Guardian book service on 0870 836 0875 or go to guardian. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Oil and gas giant BP settles price-fixing, environment charges Oct 26, 2007
Granta Nakayama, assistant administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, said BP failed to install environmental and safety standards as required by the Clean Air Act to prevent chemical vapors from being accidentally released. BP is set to formally enter its guilty plea for the felony violation of the Clean Air Act on Nov. 27. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
The pot boils over Sep 22, 2007
Vicious feud threatens to split Britain s most famous authors and their agents - Times Online. Free with tomorrow's Sunday Times, the essential Uni guide. (The Sunday Times)
A Reader’s Manifesto Aug 31, 2007
Many readers, however, including the folks at Granta, are willing to buy into the scam that anything this dull must be Serious and therefore Fine and therefore Beautiful Writing. Like Cormac McCarthy, to whom he is occasionally compared, Guterson thinks it more important to sound literary than to make sense. (The Atlantic Online)
Sony Pictures Classics nabs 'Brick' Aug 8, 2007
It was shortlisted for the 2003 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, and Ali was named by Granta magazine as one of 20 young British novelists of that year. The film is being helmed by Sarah Gavron and scripted by Abi Morgan and Laura Jones. (Variety)
Last but not least Jun 23, 2007
This one got picked on by Granta editor Ian Jack, who complained in the editorial to a recent issue that the fashion for being grateful was getting out of hand. He argued that long thank yous devalue a literary work - just how many people helped the author and why couldn't he do it unassisted. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Bookshop lists its 25 writing stars May 17, 2007
In contrast to the more familiar forecasts for star literary novelists - from Kazuo Ishiguro to Zadie Smith - produced by Granta for each decade since the 1980s, the new compilation is far more varied and down to earth ... Some listed authors get free front-of-shop promotion today and all on the list can expect to have the formidable muscle of the Waterstone's sales force behind them - an advantage not open to those on the Granta lists. (Guardian Unlimited)
Beyond all petty envy Apr 22, 2007
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Nell Freudenberger talks to John FreemanApril 21, 2007. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Hudson given writers' award Mar 2, 2007
Creative writing professor Gabe Hudson is one of 20 young novelists whose work was honored last night in New York by the British literary magazine Granta. A sample of Hudson's fiction writing will be included in "Granta: Best of Young American Novelists 2," the magazine's second listing of the best American fiction writers under 35 ... Creative writing professor Edmund White, a judge for Granta, explained the selection process. (The Daily Princetonian, NJ)
