`The Slap` leads sales in Booker list

`The Slap` leads sales in Booker list

Last Updated: Saturday, August 14, 2010, 19:29

Australian book which sparked heated discussions at book clubs across Australia has emerged as the best seller from the longlist for this year`s prestigious Man Booker prize.

Katie Price fans queue for book signing in Plymouth

Katie Price fans queue for book signing in Plymouth

Last Updated: Saturday, August 14, 2010, 17:48

It looks like Katie Price is still a major celebrity force. Hundreds of fans queued around the block to meet her as she autographed copies of her new book.

India captured in a billion shades

India captured in a billion shades

Last Updated: Saturday, August 14, 2010, 10:12

At a time when there has been a dramatic surge of interest in India, here comes a coffee table book that captures the country in all its colourful glory.

`Love Stories of Shimla Hills`

`Love Stories of Shimla Hills`

Last Updated: Friday, August 13, 2010, 16:50

Do you know that Edwina Mountbatten and Jawaharlal Nehru shared a special relationship which flourished in Shimla? Read all this and a lot more in the newly-released book.

James Franco bitten by `Twilight` bug

James Franco bitten by `Twilight` bug

Last Updated: Friday, August 13, 2010, 15:42

James Franco has become a fan of vampire novel, `Twilight` as he researches to write his own children`s book.

Pakistani flavour at 3rd Kovalam Literary Festival

Pakistani flavour at 3rd Kovalam Literary Festival

Last Updated: Friday, August 13, 2010, 09:20

Three major Pakistani writers and a Chinese author who has achieved global celebrity with her take on socialism are among the literary stars set to attend the third Kovalam Literary Festival in Thiruvananthapuram Oct 1-3.

`Displaced...` is tale of post-war survival

`Displaced...` is tale of post-war survival

Last Updated: Thursday, August 12, 2010, 19:59

In this powerful debut novel, author Ghita Schwarz, a child of Holocaust survivors, hypnotically spins the tale of a Polish Jew named Pavel who bravely rebuilds his shattered life in the aftermath of World War II.

`Fault Lines`, `Tiger Hills` top bestsellers list

`Fault Lines`, `Tiger Hills` top bestsellers list

Last Updated: Thursday, August 12, 2010, 11:01

`Fault Lines` by Raghuram Rajan tops the non-fiction section of the bestseller list this week.

‘Sacred Grove’ is fast paced and fun

‘Sacred Grove’ is fast paced and fun

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 11, 2010, 16:33

`Sacred Grove` by Daman Singh is fast paced and fun, but with an edge that can hurt. The book tells an account of growing up in a country where change is measured by the second, no longer by centuries.

Captain Underpants` creator returns!

Captain Underpants` creator returns!

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 11, 2010, 16:01

Captain Underpants` creator has returned with more poopypants.

Court upholds Sahitya Akademi`s nominations

Court upholds Sahitya Akademi`s nominations

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 11, 2010, 13:37

The Delhi High Court Tuesday upheld Sahitya Akademi`s decision to nominate three people recommended by the education department of Uttar Pradesh for the general council of the institution.

‘Har Ghar…’ chronicles Shimla`s past

‘Har Ghar…’ chronicles Shimla`s past

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 11, 2010, 12:29

"In 1822, the first house was built in Shimla, then a village, and it took another almost 44 years when this number grew to 290," says the book, ‘Har Ghar Kuchh Kehta Hai’ - literally meaning `every house tells a story`.