2005 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2005. January 16 – This is the 400th anniversary of Miguel de Cervantes' publication of the first part of Don Quixote in Spain. February 25 – Canada Reads selects Rockbound by Frank Parker Day as the novel to be read across the nation. March 26 – The classic U.K. science fiction series Doctor Who returns to television with a script by Russell T Davies, the executive producer. April 23 – The Grande Bibliothèque at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec is officially opened. It actually opens on April 30. June 13 – The poet Dannie Abse is injured and his wife Joan killed in an accident on the M4 in South Wales. August 15 – An integrated National Library of Norway opens to readers in Oslo for the first time. 2005 in books Tariq Ali – A Sultan in Palermo Rajaa Alsanea – Girls of Riyadh (بنات الرياض, Banat al-Riyadh) Avi – Never Mind Tash Aw – The Harmony Silk Factory Steve Aylett – Lint Doreen Baingana – Tropical Fish (short stories) John Banville – The Sea Sebastian Barry – A Long Long Way Nelson Bond – Other Worlds Than Ours Dionne Brand – What We All Long For Orson Scott Card Magic Street Shadow of the Giant Rita Chowdhury – Deo Langkhui Wendy Coakley-Thompson – What You Won't Do for Love Eoin Colfer – Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception Bernard Cornwell – The Pale Horseman Colin Cotterill – Thirty-Three Teeth Robert Crais – The Forgotten Man Mitch Cullin – A Slight Trick of the Mind Michael Cunningham – Specimen Days Rana Dasgupta – Tokyo Cancelled Lindsey Davis – See Delphi and Die Abha Dawesar – Babyji L. Sprague de Camp – Years in the Making: the Time-Travel Stories of L.