books
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How the Taliban takeover has hit Afghanistan’s reading culture and public libraries
Zamir Saar, The Conversation
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‘What’s Left of the Jungle’ tells a moving and human story of wildlife management and conservation
Namrata Kolachalam
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Why Niki Segnit’s ‘The Flavour Thesaurus’ stands out among culinary books, even a decade later
Priyali Prakash
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What teachers in comics show us: They have real-life identity crises
David Lewkowich, The Conversation
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‘We need advocacy for making data more transparent’: Author MR Sharan on how data impacts democracy
Scroll Staff
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Seven recently published books that will take you through the shortest month of the year
Sayari Debnath
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‘Liberals mistake the BJP for a one-trick pony’: Author Nalin Mehta discusses his book ‘The New BJP’
Scroll Staff
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This is how fiction can change the world: here are five books that made a difference
Hywel Dix, The Conversation
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Ulysses at 100: why James Joyce was so obsessed with the perfect blue cover
Cleo Hanaway-Oakley, The Conversation
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Amazon to close Westland Books, the publishing company it acquired five years ago
Scroll Staff
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‘The Book of Dog’: Humans think they’re rescuing dogs, but perhaps it’s dogs who rescue humans
Naomi Barton
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‘Cat People’: What does it mean for a cat person to read a book full of cats and their humans?
Sayari Debnath
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‘This stupid, stupid book’: TV host John Oliver tears into Dan Brown’s ‘Da Vinci Code’
Scroll Staff
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So many books, so little time: Seven recent books (including one about cats) no one should miss
Sayari Debnath
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Comfort zone: In one-way conversations with great writers of non-fiction and sci-fi
Ishan Kukreti
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Reading India: 26 books of fiction, non-fiction and children’s literature that won awards in 2021
Priyali Prakash
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Year-end reading: Five books from a significant twelve months for African writing
Peter Kimani, The Conversation
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How best-selling writer Enid Blyton created the template for children’s theatre in Britain
Andrew Maunder, The Conversation
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These short story collections make us wonder why novels monopolise all the love and attention
Chitra Ahanthem
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This novel for children featuring a fierce war between animals is a primer on anger and fair play
Akshay Manwani