 the year 2004 in literature involved some significant literary events and new works. ==events== *january - poet jang jin-sung, in trouble with the north korean authorities, defects to south korea."book review: 'north korea: state of paranoia' by paul french and 'dear leader' by jang jin-sung", wall street journal, 13 june 2014 *february 16 - edwin morgan becomes scotland's first ever official national poet, the scots makar, appointed by the scottish parliament.edwin morgan announced as the first scots makar, 2004.asls: a national poet for scotland. *may 23 - seattle central library, designed by rem koolhaas, is opened to the public. *june 1 - sasebo slashing: controversy briefly surrounds koushun takami's battle royale, when an 11-year-old fan of the story murders her classmate, 12-year-old satomi mitarai, in a way that mimics a scene from the story, in sasebo, nagasaki.http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/archive/200406/05/20040605p2a00m0dm003001c.html http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/features/0412/27sasebo.html  *october 14 - edinburgh becomes unesco's first city of literature."edinburgh crowned the capital of literature", the guardian, 14 oct 2004. accessed 16 november 2014 *december 18 - the premiÃ¨re of gurpreet kaur bhatti's play behzti ("dishonour") at the birmingham repertory theatre (england) is cancelled as a result of violent protests by members of the local sikh community. *date unknown canada reads selects guy vanderhaeghe's the last crossing to be read across the nation. ==new prose fiction== * germano almeida - o mar na lajinha * r. scott bakker - the darkness that comes before * blue balliett - chasing vermeer * iain m. banks - the algebraist * steven barnes - the cestus deception * alistair beaton - a planet for the president * thomas berger - adventures of the artificial woman * louis de berniÃ¨res - [[bir
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