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Censorship or evolution? 'Sensitivity readers' divide publishing world

WASHINGTON: It's a profession which is increasingly under the spotlight as the culture wars rumble on: 'sensitivity...

Published 20 Mar, 2023 12:42pm

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Roald Dahl publisher to release original versions after backlash

LONDON: Roald Dahl's famous children's books including 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' and 'Matilda' will be...

Published 25 Feb, 2023 02:37pm

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Sci-fi magazine bans hundreds of AI chatbot authors

PARIS: An American science fiction magazine said it had stopped accepting submissions and banned hundreds of authors...

Published 22 Feb, 2023 08:03pm

ChatGPT launches boom in AI-written e-books on Amazon

SAN FRANCISCO: Until recently, Brett Schickler never imagined he could be a published author, though he had dreamed...

Published 21 Feb, 2023 05:45pm

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14th edition of Karachi Literature Festival wraps as resilient literati attend in droves

Resilience of Karachi was evident in the packed sessions and overflowing halls at the Beach Luxury Hotel on Sunday

Updated 21 Feb, 2023 12:45am

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14th Karachi Literature Festival set to get underway on Friday

Three-day KLF will feature prominent speakers including renowned international personalities from 8 countries

Published 16 Feb, 2023 06:13pm

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Rushdie says 'very difficult' to write after stabbing

NEW YORK: British author Salman Rushdie said he finds it "very difficult" to write after being stabbed last year, in...

Published 07 Feb, 2023 12:58pm

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Rushdie releases new novel, six months after knife attack

LONDON: Six months after being stabbed, British author Salman Rushdie on Tuesday publishes his new novel 'Victory...

Published 06 Feb, 2023 02:01pm

Arts

Murakami to publish first new novel in six years

TOKYO: Celebrated Japanese author Haruki Murakami will release his first new novel in six years this April,...

Published 01 Feb, 2023 05:59pm

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Book launched at AKU for public health officials across world

KARACHI: The Aga Khan University (AKU) has commemorated the publication of a new book entitled ‘Making Health...

Published 01 Feb, 2023 05:58am

Arts

Italian pleads guilty to manuscript scam that shook literary world

NEW YORK: An Italian man admitted Friday to stealing more than 1,000 unpublished manuscripts, including from...

Published 07 Jan, 2023 06:38pm

Arts

Nobel-winner Ishiguro pens Oscar-tipped 1950s remake 'Living'

LOS ANGELES: Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro has been obsessed for half a century with 'Ikiru,' a classic Japanese ...

Published 22 Dec, 2022 06:32pm

Literature

17th Karachi International Book Fair opened: All progress made possible by books, says minister

KARACHI: All the progress in the world today is owed to the book, said Sindh’s Minister for Education and Culture...

Updated 09 Dec, 2022 06:25am

Arts

4th edition of Adab Festival gets underway at Karachi's Frere Hall

The fourth edition of the two-day 'Adab Festival' got underway on Saturday at Karachi's Frere Hall, bringing ...

Updated 26 Nov, 2022 10:59pm

Companies

Penguin Random House scraps $2.2bn deal to merge with Simon & Schuster

WASHINGTON: Penguin Random House, the world's largest book publisher, and smaller U.S. rival Simon & Schuster...

Updated 22 Nov, 2022 04:50pm

Literature

U.S. judge says Penguin Random House book merger cannot go forward

WASHINGTON: A planned $2.2 billion merger of Penguin Random House, the world's largest book publisher, and rival...

Published 01 Nov, 2022 01:41pm

Literature

Prince Harry's memoir to be published in January, titled 'Spare'

LONDON: Britain's Prince Harry's memoir will be published on Jan. 10 with the title "Spare" and will tell with "raw...

Updated 27 Oct, 2022 06:45pm

Arts

Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize

LONDON: Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka on Monday won Britain's Booker Prize for fiction for his work 'The...

Published 18 Oct, 2022 02:12pm

Literature

Oldest author in contention as UK's Booker prize returns in full

LONDON, United Kingdom: Britain's Booker Prize for fiction on Monday holds its first large-scale awards ceremony...

Published 17 Oct, 2022 02:03pm

Literature

Why English audiences have the toughest time with Shakespeare

PARIS: All the world's a stage but the irony is the rest of the globe often has an easier time understanding William...

Published 11 Oct, 2022 04:29pm

USA

New York fetes French Nobel literature winner Ernaux

NEW YORK: French author and feminist figure Annie Ernaux received a standing ovation at a New York bookstore on...

Updated 11 Oct, 2022 02:45pm

Literature

French author Annie Ernaux wins Nobel Literature Prize

STOCKHOLM: French author Annie Ernaux, known for her deceptively simple novels drawing on personal experience of...

Published 07 Oct, 2022 05:59am

Literature

Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel dies aged 70

LONDON: Hilary Mantel, the first British novelist to win the Booker Prize twice and who sold millions of books...

Published 23 Sep, 2022 05:59pm

Literature

TikTok launches #BookTok campaign in Pakistan

KARACHI: To celebrate International Literacy Day, TikTok has launched its #BookTok campaign in Pakistan to reignite...

Published 11 Sep, 2022 03:51am

Arts

'It's wonderful,' say riverside booksellers as tourists return to Paris

PARIS: At the very heart of Paris, former sailor Rachid Bouanou opens a large green wooden crate mounted on a wall...

Published 19 Aug, 2022 05:43pm

Literature

From $250,000: Christie's to offer rare first edition 'Harry Potter' book in private sale

LONDON: A first edition of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone", with some errors and signed by author J.K....

Published 31 May, 2022 08:52pm

Literature

Author of ‘The Revenant’ will be releasing first novel in 20 years

Michael Punke’s “Ridgeline” will be released in June 2021.

Updated 01 Jun, 2020 04:17pm

Literature

New ‘Hunger Games’ book sells more than 500,000 copies in first week

The new novel has been called “mesmerizing”.

Updated 01 Jun, 2020 03:36pm

Literature

JK Rowling to release free new children's book online

Follow BR Lifestyle on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram J.K. Rowling is publishing a new story called

Published 27 May, 2020 09:54am

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Netflix to adapt new, as-yet untranslated Elena Ferrante novel

Follow BR Lifestyle on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram Netflix announced Tuesday it will adapt the ne

Published 13 May, 2020 12:37pm

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