‘Michelle contemplated divorcing Barack...
Michelle Obama contemplated divorcing Barack Obama in 2000 after he ignored her advice not to run for a House ...
Ex-Facebook bags employee memoir deal
An early Facebook employee and former assistant to Mark Zuckerberg will have a memoir out this summer. Katherine Losse, ...
Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes dies
Carlos Fuentes, one of Latin America's best-known authors and a sharp critic of governments in Mexico and the United States, died on Tuesday after a literary career spanning more than five decades. He...
Aharon Appelfeld wins foreign fiction prize
The tale of an 11-year-old boy hidden from the Nazis by a prostitute has won a fiction prize which ...
‘Tesla was a genius, Edison a douchebag’
Who invented light bulb? If you answer Thomas Edison, then you’re one of the ignorant few who don’t know ...
Goa CM Manohar Parrikar to pen memoir
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who single-handedly scripted the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) victory in the recently held Goa polls, ...
Dior’s book celebrates screen goddesses
Rizzoli Editions presents Stars in Dior, a coffee table book that features the most iconic actresses from the world ...
Why Mrs. Obama despises Oprah Winfrey
The relationship between former friends Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey, possibly the two most powerful female influences on Barack ...
Several thousand Russians signed up Saturday to take part in a “walking” protest against President Vladimir Putin headed by a group of the country’s best known writers, including nov...
Seal the deal
How often has it happened that you thought you’d bagged the best bargain on a website or a bookstore, ...
Hamas govt. breaks up Palestinian lit fest
A leading Palestinian human rights group has condemned the Gaza Strip's Hamas government for violently breaking up a Palestinian literature festival.
Amazon to offer Harry Potter e-books
Harry Potter has joined the Kindle lending library. Amazon.com announced Thursday that on June 19, the e-book editions of ...
Libraries ban ‘Fifty Shades’ for ...
Public libraries in several states are pulling the racy romance trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey from shelves or deciding not to order the best-seller at all, saying it's too steamy.
Revealed: Helen Keller’s secret love life
Helen Keller, whose remarkable story as the first deaf and blind person to obtain a bachelor’s degree is widely ...
J.K. Rowling honoured with London award
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has been awarded the Freedom of the City of London to recognise her services ...
‘Where The Wild Things Are’ autho...
Maurice Sendak, the author who introduced millions of children worldwide to mischievous Max and his monsters in "Where The Wild Things Are," died Tuesday, his publisher said.
Nupur Talwar working on a book, says jail off...
A Ghaziabad sessions court is expected to hear today the bail plea of Nupur Talwar, who is co-accused who is co-accused, along with her husband, Rajesh Talwar, in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case.
‘Losing yourself’ in fictional ch...
When you “lose yourself” inside the world of a fictional character while reading a story, you may actually end ...
Prince William was upset by Diana’s 1995 in...
Prince William was left “deeply upset” by the Panorama interview in which his mother princess Diana lifted the lid ...
Musical programmes to celebrate Tagore’...
With a number of musical programmes to be held all over the state and a handicraft fair in the ...
A festival with a difference
Over April 21 and 22, Mumbai hosted its first literary festival for children. Held in the sprawling grounds of St Anthony’s School in Chembur in the city’s eastern suburbs, it was a wonderful occasion, filled with writing workshops, storytelling sessions, panel discussions, and much more. It was very heartening to...
Funny and furiousAfter the disappointment of his last book, The Possibility of an Island, Michel Houellebecq – called, among other things, “France’s greatest literary export” – returns to his audacious, sardonic self in his new novel, The Map and the Territory. While a lot is made of Houellebecq’s nihilism and despair (Elementary Particles,...
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