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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Harsh Mander: The people of India have spoken. What changes now?
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Watch: ‘You’ve given hope,’ says British politician Jeremy Corbyn on Indian election results
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Modi’s campaign was the most hate-filled in India’s history. Why did it fail?
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Indian chess Schism: A north versus south battle to host the World Championship match
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Eco India: How locally grown food is capturing the imagination of urban Indians
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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: ‘You’ve given hope,’ says British politician Jeremy Corbyn on Indian election results
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‘Storm INDIA felt most in Amethi and Ayodhya’: Satirist Ms Medusa’s election ‘weather bulletin’
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Watch: Comedian Shyam Rangeela imagines urgent calls to Nitish Kumar, Chandrababu Naidu for support
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Lok Sabha 2024: Decoding the mandate
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Video: Democracy, representation and Indian Muslims
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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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‘If AI takes over, we are finished’: How Indian voice artists are facing the tech challenge
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Watch: In ‘Federer: Twelve Final Days’, the tennis giant bids farewell to the sport
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‘Venom: The Last Dance’ trailer: Eddie and his wisecracking symbiote are on the run
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Start the week with a film: ‘Godzilla Minus One’ has thrills plus heart
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As movie stars go to court to protect their ‘personality rights’, are they stifling creativity?
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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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Shooting, World Cup Munich: Sarabjot Singh opens India’s account with gold in men’s 10m air pistol
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Badminton, Indonesia Open Super 1000: Lakshya Sen moves into quarter-finals; Ashwini-Tanisha exit
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Cricket: Dogged batting, most economical spell – How Uganda earned first World Cup win across sports
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ICC Men’s T20 World Cup: Marcus Stoinis helps Australia start campaign with a win over Oman
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Football, Euro 2024: With Kylian Mbappe club future secured, France start as favourites