Indian MP Shashi Tharoor`s

Indian MP Shashi Tharoor`s "Pax Indica" at top spot

Last Updated: Monday, September 3, 2012, 10:16

An elected MP and prize-winning author Shashi Tharoor`s "Pax Indica" was at the top spot in the non-fiction category this week, as was E.L. James` "Fifty Shades of Grey" in the fiction category.

Rishi Kapoor`s autobiography to release next year

Rishi Kapoor`s autobiography to release next year

Last Updated: Sunday, September 2, 2012, 15:54

Actor Rishi Kapoor, who has been around for more than four decades, will release his autobiography in 2013.

Delhi Book Fair begins: e-books the flavour this time

Delhi Book Fair begins: e-books the flavour this time

Last Updated: Sunday, September 2, 2012, 09:59

The 18th Delhi Book Fair began here Saturday with e-books and e-publishing the focus of the nine-day event that will see more than 200 publishers, including from abroad, participating.

Siddhartha Deb wins US literary award

Siddhartha Deb wins US literary award

Last Updated: Saturday, September 1, 2012, 12:17

Author Siddhartha Deb has been named among the winners of the 2012 PEN Awards, considered the most comprehensive literary awards programme in the US, for his non-fiction work on India, which is described as a "gripping analysis" of the country and an "important book" of current times.

Habib Tanvir`s contribution to Indian theatre now in a book

Habib Tanvir`s contribution to Indian theatre now in a book

Last Updated: Saturday, September 1, 2012, 10:27

"Habib Tanvir: Towards an Inclusive Theatre", a book on the life of the late veteran playwright and director and his contribution to the Indian theatre industry, was launched here Friday on the eve of his 89th birth anniversary.

Pippa Middleton turns author with party book

Pippa Middleton turns author with party book

Last Updated: Friday, August 31, 2012, 18:56

Want to party like a Middleton?

John Updike’s childhood home to be turned into a museum

John Updike’s childhood home to be turned into a museum

Last Updated: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 13:10

A group has purchased the childhood home of John Updike’s childhood home in Pennsylvania and has planned to restore it and turn it into a museum.

JK Rowling fails to save historic Kensal Rise Library

JK Rowling fails to save historic Kensal Rise Library

Last Updated: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 12:42

JK Rowling has failed to save the historic Kensal Rise Library from being put on the property market, even though several leading authors had campaigned for it.

Navy SEAL’s book on Abottabad raid contradicts previous version of bin Laden’s death

Navy SEAL’s book on Abottabad raid contradicts previous version of bin Laden’s death

Last Updated: Thursday, August 30, 2012, 09:37

A US Navy SEAL, who participated in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, has claimed that the terror chief was apparently shot in the head as he looked out of his bedroom door.

Couples having three times more sex now after reading ‘50 Shades’

Couples having three times more sex now after reading ‘50 Shades’

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 09:03

Couples are taking inspiration from the best-selling erotic novel ‘Fifty Shades of Grey,’ as they are now having three times as much sex, it has been revealed.

Was Shakespeare’s ‘Dark Lady’ a London prostitute?

Was Shakespeare’s ‘Dark Lady’ a London prostitute?

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 28, 2012, 14:09

The elusive Dark Lady of Shakespeare’s sonnets might have been a woman of ill repute as new research has identified her as a Clerkenwell prostitute.

I have a collection of 20 Bibles, says Emma Watson

I have a collection of 20 Bibles, says Emma Watson

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 28, 2012, 08:54

Emma Watson has revealed that she was bombarded with Bibles while she was working in the Harry Potter franchise, from fans who thought she needed religious guidance.