Shakespeare goes online

Shakespeare goes online

Last Updated: Thursday, April 3, 2008, 09:59

All the 75 pre-1641 editions of William Shakespeares plays will soon be available online.

Mailer`s steamy sex memoirs sold

Mailer`s steamy sex memoirs sold

Last Updated: Thursday, April 24, 2008, 15:20

Harvard University has purchased steamy sex memoirs of Pulitzer-winning author Norman Mailer for an undisclosed amount.

Stan Lee spins 10 more comic book heros

Stan Lee spins 10 more comic book heros

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 23, 2008, 11:06

Spiderman creator, Stan Lee, whose comic book heroes have dominated US culture for more than half a century, plans to unleash another 10 characters on the world in 2009, Variety reported Tuesday.

Salman Rushdie set for movie debut

Salman Rushdie set for movie debut

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 14:29

Award-winning author Sir Salman Rushdie is all set to make his acting debut - playing a fertility doctor.

"I have stopped working"

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 09:13

An emotional JK Rowling said on Monday she had stopped working on a new novel because her creativity was stifled by a fan's bid to print an unofficial encyclopedic companion to her Harry Potter series.

Modi writes book on life in the RSS

Modi writes book on life in the RSS

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 15, 2008, 11:44

After senior BJP leader L K Advani's autobiography, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has come up with a book -- on the lives of 16 RSS leaders and what he learnt from them.

Advani, Archer bestsellers again

Advani, Archer bestsellers again

Last Updated: Friday, April 11, 2008, 11:28

Top Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader LK Advani`s autobiography `My Country, My Life` has proved to be the biggest draw in the non-fiction category yet again while Jeffrey Archer`s `A Prisoner of Birth` still dominates the fiction section in this week`s best-selling list.

Bapsi Sidhwa's 'The Pakistani Bride' ignites fresh interest

Bapsi Sidhwa's 'The Pakistani Bride' ignites fresh interest

Last Updated: Thursday, April 3, 2008, 14:51

Political turmoil and militancy in Pakistan have renewed interest in a novel about life in the tribal areas of the strife-torn nation, nearly three decades after it was first published.

Cleopatra's ‘snakebite suicide’ a myth

Cleopatra's ‘snakebite suicide’ a myth

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 15:33

A leading Egyptologist has dismissed the popular lore surrounding the distraught queen Cleopatra's...

New Yorker editor pens new Obama bio

New Yorker editor pens new Obama bio

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 09:11

A biography of Obama based on conversations with him will hit stores in April.

Closure beats Pygmy Love Queen to be oddest book

Closure beats Pygmy Love Queen to be oddest book

Last Updated: Saturday, March 29, 2008, 16:34

Self-help manual "If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start With Your Legs" won this year's oddest book title competition, The Bookseller trade magazine said on Friday.

3 Indian titles make it to Commonwealth Writer`s Prize shortlist

3 Indian titles make it to Commonwealth Writer`s Prize shortlist

Last Updated: Friday, February 19, 2010, 18:17

Three Indian titles, ‘Solo’ by Rana Dasgupta, ‘The Immortals’ by Amit Chaudhuri, , ‘Arzee the Dwarf’ by Chandrahas Choudhury have made it to the Commonwealth Writer`s Prize shortlist.