Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Top authors to auction character names for torture survivor charity

Seventeen authors, including Julian Barnes, Ian McEwan, Margaret Atwood and Zadie Smith, offer readers the chance to name characters in their next books

Zadie Smith, Ian McEwan and Margaret Atwood
The name game … Zadie Smith, Ian McEwan and Margaret Atwood. Photograph: Murdo Macleod/Karen Robinson
Fancy appearing in a Margaret Atwood novel? Or perhaps playing a pivotal role in Ian McEwan’s next endeavour?

Seventeen authors, including Atwood, McEwan, Julian Barnes, Zadie Smith and Will Self, are selling naming rights to characters in upcoming works next month, in a charity auction in London.
Money raised from the sale, suitably dubbed the Immortality Auction, will go to Freedom from Torture, a charity that provides therapies and support to torture survivors.
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