Kirkus Prize finalists include Angela Flournoy, Kiran Desai and Megha Majumdar
NEW YORK (AP) — Novels by Angela Flournoy, Kiran Desai and Megha Majumdar and a memoir by Arundhati…
An Investigation of Missing Sound’ review – Raymond Antrobus’ colourful collage of community – Liam O’Dell
Raymond Antrobus, the award-winning poet, turns to prose in his honest and insightful memoir, The Quiet Ear. Far…
Arundhati Roy writes intimately of life with, and without, her mother
While reading Arundhati Roy’s Mother Mary Comes To Me, it is best to be armed with the author’s…
More than 100 children sign up to Devon book challenge
A summer reading challenge has been a success after more than 100 children signed up to it, organisers…
Every Book on Obama’s 2025 Reading List
It’s safe to say Obama knows a thing or two about how thankless government work can be, so…
“I wasn’t brave. I did not have a choice,” says Arundhati Roy in an interview about her memoir
Arundhati Roy had never planned to write a memoir. That changed when she lost her most captivating and…
We Chat To Palestinian Writer And The Coin Author Yasmin Zaher
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A preteen’s tale of adventure with ghosts
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US publishing sales: ‘modest gains’ in 2024
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Jacqueline Wilson calls Picture Imperfect ‘the easiest and hardest book I’ve ever written’
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Obama reveals favorite books of the summer and it may surprise you
Step aside, celebrity book clubs – it’s Barack Obama’s turn to share his favorite books of the summer.…
When New York City was a Yiddish town – The Forward
A postcard advertising the Libby Hotel on Delancey and Chrystie Streets, with the lounge of its Russian and…