Books
- 'Stranger Things' star Millie Bobby Brown makes writing debut with wartime romance saga 'Nineteen Steps'
It's a love story set in London, spanning the wartime years of 1942-1945.
- War is an art: New book explores history of battles from Ice Age to contemporary times
'The Shortest History of War' by acclaimed military historian Gwynne Dyer explores the shift from limited to total war interrupted by Hiroshima's nuclear impact, until the Cold War and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
- Amrit Mathur's autobiography 'Pitchside' reveals Akshay Kumar terminated Delhi Daredevils contract to save IPL team from incurring loss
Bollywood star Akshay Kumar terminated his contract with Delhi Daredevils (now Capitals) in 2009 after the IPL franchise was forced to cut expenses, as mentioned in veteran cricket administrator Amrit Mathur's autobiography.
- Indian-origin author Chetna Maroo’s debut novel makes the cut for Booker Prize longlist
- The tome bomb: Behind 'Oppenheimer', a prize-winning biography 25 years in the making
Martin Sherwin struggled with writer's block while working on a full-scale biography of J. Robert Oppenheimer, which he signed a $70,000 contract for in March 1980, expecting to finish it in five years. The book, co-written by Sherwin and Kai Bird, took 25 years to complete due to Sherwin's reluctance to write; research and lack of progress became a running joke in the Sherwin household.
- BTS tops the charts… with a book
“Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS sold 25,000 copies in the Indian subcontinent on the day it released – including 5,000 pre-orders,” said Rajdeep Mukherjee, managing director at Pan Macmillan India, which published the English translation in India in sync with a worldwide release in Korean and English.
- Satyajit Ray's spooky story 'Khagam' gets turned into a graphic novel to cater to Gen Z readers
The story was first published in Bengali magazine Sandesh in 1972 and the Bengali graphic novel of it was published in January this year
Roopa Pa's book 'The Yoga Sutra for Children' will hit the shelves on June 27
Barbara Kingsolver, author of Dickensian coming-of-age novel ‘Demon Copperhead’, bags Women’s Prize for Fiction
- ‘Eat Pray Love’ author Elizabeth Gilbert halts release of new novel set in Russia after facing backlash from Ukrainians
‘The Snow Forest’ is set in Siberia, Russia, in the middle of the 20th century. The story revolves around a family of devout Christians who live in a remote corner of a forest for about 44 years .
- Sutapa Sikdar wants to pen a book on funny side of late actor and husband Irrfan Khan
Sutapa Sikdar, Irrfan Khan's wife, revealed her wish to write a book exploring the late actor's humorous side. She does not want the book to be a sentimental journey but a funny one. Although the book is not ready, she aims to share the funny journey she had with Irrfan, who is known for his performances in movies such as 'Maqbool' and 'The Lunchbox'.
- Author David Sedaris's first children's book 'Pretty Ugly' to hit the stands next February
- Frieda Hughes’s ‘George: A Magpie Memoir’ traces origins of her co-dependent bond with semi-tamed bird
In her new book, 'George: A Magpie Memoir' her first work of nonfiction, Hughes recounts the nearly two years she spent caring for an injured baby magpie.
- Thousands of kilometres away from city of origin, Jaipur Literature Festival debuts in Spain
The Jaipur Literature Festival has begun in the northwestern Spanish city of Valladolid, with the aim of creating a platform for exploring Spanish writing and becoming a "bridge between the diverse and vibrant literatures of Spain and India".
- What's Bill Gates doing this summer? Reading Howard French's 'Born in Blackness', watching Danish political drama 'Borgen'
Bill Gates, the world's fifth richest man, has recommended a list of two books to read, a four-season series to binge-watch on Netflix, and a dozen songs to listen to this summer.
'Blackmail', rare James M. Cain story about a blind Korean War veteran, published for first time
Georgi Gospodinov’s ‘Time Shelter’ becomes the first Bulgarian book to win the International Booker Prize
- Salman Rushdie attends PEN America gala, first in-person appearance since stabbing
Rushdie was in hiding for years after Iran's Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwa in 1989 calling for his death.
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