Hirannaiah`s works to be out as anthology

Hirannaiah`s works to be out as anthology

Last Updated: Sunday, November 30, 2008, 17:31

Master Hirannaiah`s plays revolutionalised Kannada theatre.

Natalie spills Spitzer`s hooker’s sex secrets

Natalie spills Spitzer`s hooker’s sex secrets

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 26, 2008, 14:05

Former high class call girl Natalie McLennan has described her time with New York Governor Eliot Spitzer`s favorite call girl, Ashley Dupre, in a tell all memoir.

New leadership to fight terror: Adiga

New leadership to fight terror: Adiga

Last Updated: Saturday, November 29, 2008, 11:31

India needs leadership better equipped to fight terrorism, Adiga said.

Michelangelo's most expensive book in NY

Michelangelo's most expensive book in NY

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 26, 2008, 09:00

It`s billed as the world`s most expensive, most beautiful new book.

"Twilight" film boosting book sales

Last Updated: Monday, November 24, 2008, 08:59

Described in publishing circles as America`s answer to Harry Potter, the teen-age vampires of "Twilight" may reach a wider audience when the movie of the book comes out Friday with the publisher hoping for a surge in book sales.

Rowling back with prequel to Potter series

Rowling back with prequel to Potter series

Last Updated: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 17:05

Here`s some good news for all the Harry Potter fans! JK Rowling, the creator of the famous boy wizard, is now ready with another addition to the seven books - The Tales of Beedle the Bard - which is a prequel to the series. Set to be released worldwide Dec 4, The Tales of Beedle the Bard consists of five wizarding fairy tales, referred in the last book of the series - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Worst Selling Celebrity Autobiographies

Worst Selling Celebrity Autobiographies

Last Updated: Sunday, November 23, 2008, 16:01

Alec Baldwin and Jade Goody’s memoirs have made it to the list of ‘Ten Of The Worst Selling Celebrity Autobiographies’. Baldwin’s ‘A Promise to Ourselves: A Journey Through Fatherhood’ was published on 22 October. It sold 12 copies, making 175.01 pounds, reports the Telegraph.

Tintin made his Belgian creator ``sick``

Tintin made his Belgian creator ``sick``

Last Updated: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 13:27

Tintin might have made his creator famous all over the world, but Herge confessed in his previously written letters that the comic character and his dog Snowy made him "sick". The starling confession was a part around 300 hundred letters written by the Belgian author which were auctioned on November 22 in Paris.

From Othello to Obama : Ali Mazrui

From Othello to Obama : Ali Mazrui

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 21:11

Not many have seen a link between Othello, the tragic hero of the eponymous Shakespearean play, and US President-elect Barack Obama in the same breath. But this is what iconic African intellectual and author Ali Mazrui plans to do in a lecture in the Indian capital Thursday.

Joe the plumber becomes Joe the novelist

Joe the plumber becomes Joe the novelist

Last Updated: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 13:20

The US presidential campaign fixture and John McCain advocate better known as Joe the Plumber, Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, has signed a deal to write “Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream.”

US book awards go to slave books

US book awards go to slave books

Last Updated: Friday, November 21, 2008, 09:05

A book about a slave family with ties to US President Thomas Jefferson and novel about a notorious Florida outlaw were among the winners at America`s 59th annual National Book Awards on Wednesday.

A Book on movies that changed celebs' lives!

A Book on movies that changed celebs' lives!

Last Updated: Sunday, November 16, 2008, 13:04

A new book has revealed how celebrities have had their lives changed by watching a particular movie, while others just remember the movie for its sex, nudity and power.