Book News
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As Booker trophy is renamed after Iris Murdoch, a former student remembers her inspiring teacher
‘She encouraged our imaginations.’
Devaki Jain
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‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ author EL James to return with new novel in April
‘The Mister’ will be the first novel by the writer to be unrelated to the ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ series.
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Author James Frey beats Haruki Murakami to win the 2018 Bad Sex in Fiction Award
The American author won the prize from an all-male shortlist.
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Trending
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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Thriller: A serial killer is on the loose, murdering India’s famous nuclear scientists one by one
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Suspended Congress leader from Surat resurfaces after 20 days, alleges party betrayed him
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Why even those who don’t believe in deities love bhakti poetry
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The Man, the Machine: Merab Dvalishvili in Mumbai
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Margaret Atwood announces sequel to ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, to be published in 2019
‘The Testaments’ will be published in September 2019 and is set 15 years after the final scene of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’.
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A children’s publisher is designing GIF books for an immersive reading experience
The first series of three ‘moving books’ are available in five languages.
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Milan Vaishnav wins the first Rs 15-lakh Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize
Vaishnav won for his book ‘When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics’, which looks a the symbiotic relationship between crime and politics in India.
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Video
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Watch: Stunning Northern Lights spotted in unexpected places around the world
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Watch: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Anthea Bell, legendary translator of ‘Asterix’ dies at 82
She was known for her translation of both children’s books as well as works by writers such as Franz Kafka and WG Sebald.
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Guadeloupean writer Maryse Condé wins ‘Alternative Literature Nobel’
The one-time New Academy Prize in Literature was set up as an alternative to the Nobel Prize in Literature, which was not awarded this year.
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Arundhati Roy and Jeet Thayil on the longlist of the 2018 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature
16 novels are in the running for the $25,000 literary prize.
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The Reel
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Start the week with a film: The unforgettable revolution of the dogs in ‘White God’
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‘Murder in Mahim’ review: A crime as unjust as wrongful death
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‘Srikanth’ review: An inspiring tale of remarkable achievement
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‘The Boy and the Heron’ review: An animation legend rolls out enchantment and emotional resonance
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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Two translations and a debut novel on the shortlist of the 2018 JCB Prize for Literature
The winner from the shortlist of five novels will be announced on October 24.
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The Man Booker Prize 2018 shortlist is here. (The graphic novel did not make it.)
Golden Booker winner Michael Ondaatje is out, and the prize gets its youngest ever shortlisted author.
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The JCB Prize for Literature announces its very first longlist of ten titles for 2018
India’s richest literary prize will award Rs 25 lakh to the winning author, to be revealed on October 27.
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The Field
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Wrestling, World Olympic Qualifiers: Aman clinches quota; Sujeet, Jaideep active in repechage rounds
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IPL 2024: Kolkata defeat Mumbai in rain-affected match to become first team to qualify for play-offs
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Cricket: England pacer James Anderson to retire after Lord’s Test against West Indies
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The Man, the Machine: Merab Dvalishvili in Mumbai
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Wrestling, World Olympic Qualifiers: Nisha Dahiya wins Paris quota in women’s 68kg