books and literature

Life at the limit: review of Luca Del Monte’s Enzo Ferrari: The Definitive Biography of an Icon

In the mid-1990s, when I was reporting Formula One races in Europe, the most impressive sight in the...

technology | 5 months ago

Why influencer publishing is having a big moment

Last month, Penguin India, the largest English language books publisher in the subcontinent, threw a...

entertainment | 5 months ago

When Meghalaya sings | Anurag Banerjee’s ‘The Songs of Our People’ documents his homeland through its musicians

The best documentary photographers can make sounds and smells come alive in their frames. Anurag Ban...

entertainment | 5 months ago

Alice Munro, Nobel-winning Canadian author, dies at 92

Alice Munro, the Nobel Prize-winning author known for her mastery of the short story, has died at 92...

world | 5 months ago

Musicians from the Mughal era who shaped Hindustani music

Katherine Schofield’s latest book is an invaluable addition to the few on Indian music. The book is ...

entertainment | 4 months ago

Column | This new audio adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 is a great starting point for beginners

On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles (who would go on to write, direct and star in Citizen Kane, one of...

entertainment | 4 months ago

Column | This new audiobook of George Orwell’s 1984 is a great starting point for beginners

On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles (who would go on to write, direct and star in Citizen Kane, one of...

entertainment | 4 months ago

Life comes a full circle for this first-time author from Kerala whose book is selling at the same store he stole a Harry Potter book

When the last instalment of the Harry Potter series, The Deathly Hallows, hit bookstores in 2007, Re...

entertainment | 4 months ago

Noted Japanese author Haruki Murakami is happy with first animated adaptation of his short stories

Renowned Japanese author Haruki Murakami expressed joy with how several of his short stories were ad...

entertainment | 3 months ago

Albania’s world-renowned novelist Ismail Kadare dies at 88

Albanian novelist and poet Ismail Kadare, whose irreverent works from inside communist Albania earne...

world | 3 months ago

‘Attack on Titan’ manga editor sentenced to 11 years in prison for murdering his wife

Park Jung-hyun, a former editor at Kodansha and a key figure behind the success of the manga Attack ...

entertainment | 2 months ago

Ranjit Hoskote on his new book of essays that celebrates his long association with painter, poet and playwright Gieve Patel

Looking back at a friendship that spans almost four decades is no mean task but art critic, cultural...

entertainment | 2 months ago

Turkish duo pen bestselling novel though prison bars

A jailed Kurdish leader and a Turkish writer on the other side of the bars have used their penpal ex...

world | 2 months ago

Art from rubble and despair | Artists in conflict zones

Artist Maisara Baroud lived in Gaza city with his small family in a large family home. Every morning...

entertainment | 1 month ago

Juan Gómez-Jurado on his Antonia Scott thrillers: ‘There are ideas within ideas’

Antonia Scott, the protagonist of Spanish journalist and author Juan Gómez-Jurado’s Red Queen thrill...

entertainment | 1 month ago

Back in the millennial’s mind | Review of ‘Intermezzo’ by Sally Rooney

Celebrity Irish writer Sally Rooney’s earlier works captured the complexities and angst that define ...

entertainment | 2 weeks ago