Europe`s first printed book to be displayed in Korea

Last Updated: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 13:43

Europe`s first printed book, a bible made by Johannes Gutenberg between 1452 and 1454, leaves Berlin this Saturday under tight security for an exhibition in Seoul, South Korea.

Fergie attends NYC book fair

Last Updated: Thursday, May 27, 2010, 08:45

Speaking to booksellers and librarians Wednesday at a New York trade show where she was promoting her children`s books, the Duchess of York referred obliquely to the influence-peddling scandal that has sparked a firestorm of bad press.

Sarah Palin’s new neighbour is writing an expose about her

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 14:39

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has a new neighbour, and it turns out to be none other than no-holds-barred author Joe McGinniss, who is writing an exposé about her.

Book begins with decision to quit drinking: Bush

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 12:57

George W Bush said that his upcoming book begins with an anecdote about his wife persuading him to give up drinking by pushing him to decide whether he preferred booze to fatherhood.

Dannii Minogue to unveil her past

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 08:25

Pop star Dannii Minogue will unveil about her split from ex-husband Julian McMahon in her new autobiography.Minogue wed McMohan in 1994 but the union collapsed a year later 1995. And now is ready to lift the lid on the marriage breakdown by releasing her autobiography later this year.

Vir Das writing comedian`s guide to Indian women

Last Updated: Sunday, May 23, 2010, 15:50

His bawdy sense of humour is well known and now Vir Das is set to bring it on in a book, which he says will be a comedian`s guide to the ever complex Indian woman.

Junot Diaz elected to Pulitzer board

Last Updated: Sunday, May 23, 2010, 10:34

Diaz, who won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for ‘The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao’ and teaches creative writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said Friday that it was an "extraordinary honour."

Economist brings `Mahabharata` in English for GenY

Last Updated: Saturday, May 22, 2010, 13:54

Economist Bibek Debroy has literally taken on a task of epic proportions in his new avatar as a translator of the "Mahabharata", with the first of nine English volumes hitting the bookstores.

Use of word Bollywood in book`s title upsets Big B

Last Updated: Saturday, May 22, 2010, 09:31

Amitabh Bachchan said he didn`t like the use of the word `Bollywood` in any book`s title.

`The Next Fifty Years` now in Arabic

Last Updated: Friday, May 21, 2010, 18:40

The Arabic version of "The Next Fifty Years: Science in the First Half of the Twenty-first Century" has been published by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) here.

V Raghunathan’s latest is a great read!

Last Updated: Friday, May 21, 2010, 13:43

V Raghunathan’s latest ‘The Corruption Conundrum and Other Paradoxes and Dilemmas’ has the same easy and readable style of his previous bestseller, ‘Games Indians Play’. Published by Penguin, the book will certainly make you more curious about the world that surrounds us.

Five books to make your weekend exciting

Last Updated: Friday, May 21, 2010, 13:21

New Delhi: Here are five books to make your weekend exciting. Curl up on your couch and enjoy the heady mix of some enthralling novels that are sure to leave an impact.

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