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Events relating to english literature
English novelist Sebastian Faulks publishes Birdsong, set partly in the trenches of World War I
Vikram Seth publishes his novel A Suitable Boy, a family saga in post-independence India
Scottish author Irvine Welsh publishes his first novel, Trainspotting
Louis de Bernières publishes Captain Corelli's Mandolin, a love story set in Italian-occupied Cephalonia
The poems forming Ted Hughes's Birthday Letters describe his relationship with Sylvia Plath
A schoolboy wizard performs his first tricks in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Michael Frayn's play Copenhagen dramatizes the visit of Werner Heisenberg to Niels Bohr in wartime Denmark
The Amber Spyglass completes Philip Pullman's trilogy, His Dark Materials
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