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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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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In Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar, three Lok Sabha candidates allege they faced pressure to withdraw
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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Unnatural sex between husband and wife not rape, woman’s consent immaterial: Madhya Pradesh HC
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Why is the 2024 Congress manifesto silent on pushing back against majoritarianism? History has clues
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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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Video: What will it take to bring back peace to Manipur?
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Watch: School authorities turn classroom into swimming pool to encourage attendance during heatwave
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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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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
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‘Lampan’ trailer: Marathi series is based on Prakash Narayan Sant’s stories
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Watch: ‘Murder in Mahim’ series is based on Jerry Pinto’s crime novel
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‘Women Of My Billion’ review: What happens when women get talking
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‘The Broken News’ S2 review: A competent second round of TV channel rivalry
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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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IPL 2024: Kolkata beat Mumbai in a thriller at Wankhede for the first time in 12 years
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Brijesh, Aryan and five other Indians enter finals
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Cricket, ICC rankings: India remain No 1 in ODIs and T20Is, ranked second in Tests
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Watch, ICC Men's T20 World Cup: Sean Paul and Kes combine to create tournament's official anthem
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Four Indians move to semi-finals with comprehensive wins