Book review - Prickly, provocative: `How to Make Enemies and Offend People`

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 19, 2013, 10:25

`How to Make Enemies and Offend People` is, the publisher will tell you, non-fiction.

India a new publishing stop for writers from Europe and US

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 16:58

Is there a trend of writers from Europe and America coming to India to get their books published and earn recognition?

Nobel laureate author Doris Lessing dies at 94

Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 10:37

British Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing died Sunday here at her home. She was 94.

Books to watch out for this week!

Last Updated: Sunday, November 17, 2013, 10:35

The book stack this weekend has books on these topics, along with books on sensitive subjects like dyslexia and studying crime against women in India.

Won`t adapt Orhan Pamuk`s books to screen: Turkish filmmaker

Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 19:57

In the city for the screening of his films at the 19th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), Turkish film director Reha Erdem Saturday said a firm no to adapting stories by Orhan Pamuk, the award-winning novelist from Erdem`s homeland, to screen.

Lifetime achievement award for Khuswant Singh

Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 09:25

Renowned Indian writer Khushwant Singh was Friday awarded a lifetime achievement award at the Mumbai LitFest 2013 here.

Active marketing important in publishing: Author Cyrus Mistry

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 15:10

Marketing holds tremendous importance in the publishing industry and ensures a book doesn`t become a sinking stone.

Visva-Bharati marks Tagore`s Nobel centenary

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 08:42

To salute Rabindranath Tagore on the centenary of his getting the Nobel Prize for literature, the Visva-Bharati University, founded by him, has organised an international seminar.

Government to probe book`s claims on 26/11

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 08:27

Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde Monday said the claims of two British journalists that a super-agent code-named ‘Honey Bee’ in the Indian establishment aided Pakistan`s ISI in the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes would be probed.

Decoding mysteries with international authors

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 10:47

This week our bookshelf is stacked with these fictional tales.

A rickshaw puller`s journey from prison to books

Last Updated: Friday, November 8, 2013, 10:24

At a chance meeting, she asked him to write for her `Bartika` journal.

Marvel Comics has Muslim girl as Ms Marvel

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 09:24

Comic book firm Marvel Comics will bring back Ms. Marvel as a 16-year-old Muslim girl called Kamala Khan.

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