I was reading in Central Park, midway through Nadeem Aslam’s The Blind Man’s Garden, when my brother texted me about the Boston Marathon bombings on April 15. “Mom and Dad are OK,” he began, Continue reading
Over 80 percent of Chinese people have read books online but many said the quality of literature offered is not satisfying, according to results of a survey released on Wednesday. Continue reading
The Golden Point Award is Singapore’s premier creative writing competition for Short Story and Poetry in the nation’s four official languages: English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil. Established by the National Continue reading
A Singapore student has won this year’s Angus Ross prize, which is awarded to the best performing non-British candidate in the GCE A-Level English Literature examination. Mr Darrel Chang, 19, Continue reading
The first-ever Islamabad Literature Festival closed here on Wednesday with over 15,000 participants attending 35 sessions. Seventy leading literature and non-fiction English and Urdu writers interacted with the participants. The Continue reading
North Korean poet Jang Jin-sung, speaking at London’s Poetry Parnassus. Photograph: Sylvia Hui/Associated Press Each London Book Fair brings breathless announcements of mega deals and amazing new books – although how many Continue reading
An extraordinary coalition of global literary figures including the Nobel literature laureates JM Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer, Wole Soyinka, Tomas Tranströmer and Mario Vargas Llosa have come together to call on Continue reading
The bestselling author Hanif Kureishi has lost his life savings of £120,000 after becoming the latest high-profile personality to fall foul of suspected fraud. The London-based writer, best known for writing My Continue reading
On Tuesday, scores of literary figures of the country will gather in Margallah Hotel Islamabad on the occasion of Islamabad Literature Festival. They will show the grandeur of the literature Continue reading
In efforts to cement Emirati teens’ love of Arabic literature, broaden their horizons, and promote reading more effectively, the Made in UAE project resumed its second edition in the framework Continue reading
