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EVENTS

'' La Bicyclette Bleue '' (''The Blue Bicycle'') by Régine Deforges becomes France's best selling novel ever.

NEW BOOKS

'' The Assumption Of The Rogues And Rascals '' - Elizabeth Smart

'' The Bride Of Suleiman '' - Aileen Crawley

'' The Citadel Of The Autarch '' - Gene Wolfe

'' The Color Purple '' - Alice Walker

'' Consequences '' - Margaret Trudeau

'' Crossings '' - Danielle Steel

'' The Darkling '' - David Kesterton

'' Different Seasons '' - Stephen King

'' Fevre Dream '' - George R. R. Martin

'' For Special Services '' - John Gardner

'' Foundation's Edge '' - Isaac Asimov

'' The Horse Goddess '' - Morgan Llywelyn

'' La Casa De Los Espíritus '' (The House of the Spirits) - Isabel Allende

'' In Search Of Excellence '' - Tom Peters

'' An Indecent Obsession '' - Colleen McCullough

'' The Indian In The Cupboard '' - Lynne Reid Banks

'' Invasion Of The Space Invaders '' - Martin Amis

'' The Man From St Petersburg '' - Ken Follett

'' Master Of The Game '' - Sidney Sheldon

'' Megatrends '' - John Naisbitt

'' Mistral's Daughter '' - Judith Krantz

'' Monsignor Quixote '' - Graham Greene

'' None Is Too Many '' - Irving Abella and Harold Troper

'' North And South '' - John Jakes

'' The Parsifal Mosaic '' - Robert Ludlum

'' The Running Man '' - Stephen King

'' Schindler's List '' - Thomas Keneally

'' Shoeless Joe '' - W.P. Kinsella

'' Space '' - James A. Michener

'' The Changing Light At Sandover '' - James Merrill

'''' - Arthur C. Clarke

'' The Valley Of Horses '' - Jean M. Auel

NEW DRAMA

Michael Frayn - '' Noises Off ''

Frank McGuinness - '' The Factory Girls ''

NON-FICTION

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BIRTHS

DEATHS

March 2 - Philip K. Dick , writer

March 6 - Ayn Rand , author

June 18 - John Cheever , writer

AWARDS

, ''Schindler's Ark''

See 1982 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards.

, ''No Enemy But Time''

, ''A Visit to William Blake's Inn''

, ''dans la main de l'Ange''

, ''L'Enfer et Cie''

, ''The Name of the Rose''

, ''A Soldier's Play''

- ''Rabbit Is Rich''

: ''The Collected Poems''

, ''On the Black Hill''