By M.R. Narayan Swamy
The book, “A Powderkeg in Paradise”, is not a historical account of the Tamil separatist campaign that bled Sri Lanka for a quarter century before the military finally decimated the Tamil Tigers in May 2009. In nearly 250 crisp and easy to read pages, Jon Oskar Solnes delves into his rich and [...]
By Azera Rahman
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) So you think children these days are simply not reading as much as they did in the past? The publishing industry doesn’t seem to think so. They say the recession period saw the sale of children’s books go up and make profits.
Shantanu Duttagupta of Scholastic India Pvt Ltd [...]
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) A stall dedicated to spreading awareness about the Right to Information (RTI) is drawing huge crowds at the 19th New Delhi World Book Fair.
The stall in hall number 12A at the Pragati Maidan fair grounds has been set up by the NGO Kabir.
“We have received an amazing response from fair [...]
Washington, Feb 2 (IANS) Online retailer Amazon has removed the access of electronic as well as printed editions of the books published by Macmillan after the publisher decided to hike prices of its e-books.
The move will prove to be a shock for those who until now were able to buy e-books at $9.99 fixed as [...]
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Not all is well at the ongoing 19th New Delhi World Book Fair, which according to its organisers, is one of the biggest in the world. For one, the theme of the fair was supposed to be books on sports. But many books were only for display and not on [...]
London, Jan 25 (ANI): The editor of two popular Italian gossip magazines owned by Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi may have to appear before an enquiry panel which is looking into an alleged extortion racket by paparazzi.
The investigation conducted by Milan prosecutors is looking into reports according to which snappers extorted larger sums of money for [...]
By Madhusree Chatterjee
Jaipur, Jan 25 (IANS) Acclaimed writer Louis de Bernieres, who made headlines with his 1994 novel “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin”, says his new book is about his grandfather and is set in India, Pakistan and Britain. Interestingly, the novel is partly a ghost story too.
“The book titled ‘SNAFU’ – a military term that means [...]
London, Jan 9 (ANI): The notion that positive attitude increases chances of survival is a mere delusion, says author Barbara Ehrenreich.
In her new book titled ”Smile Or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World”, Ehrenreich challenged the notion saying the modern “tyranny” of positive thinking is to blame for society’’s ills and was [...]
London, Jan 5 (ANI): Warren Beatty has slammed new book claims that he has bedded 12,775 women.
The 72-year-old star has taken legal action against Peter Biskind, author of ‘Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America’, for saying that the actor devoted most of his life, away from the screen, to casual sex.
Beatty, currently married to actress [...]
Melbourne, Jan 3 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has penned a children’s book which follows the adventure of his pet dog and cat.
Described by his staff as “more secretive than the Budget”, the adventure story for charity will be published this month.
The book titled Jasper and Abby and the Great Australia Day Kerfuffle follows [...]
