Inspire Middle East Property mogul & reality TV star Mohamed Hadid talks cookbooks & kibbeh in lockdown The global pandemic has triggered a boom in reading, according to the president of the International Publishers Association. 13/11/2020
Inspire Middle East How are local bookshops helping to revive Iraq’s literary community? Despite years of war, censorship and dictatorships in Iraq, authors and intellectuals have determinedly gathered to exchange ideas and share their experiences. 20/03/2020
France French writer investigated for child rape after alleged victim's book The Paris prosecutor's office has opened a preliminary investigation into child rape against French writer Gabriel Matzneff. 04/01/2020
United Kingdom 'Creative genius': Satirist and director Jonathan Miller dies aged 85 Jonathan Miller, satirist and director of opera and theatre, dies aged 85 27/11/2019
Inspire Middle East SIBF: Letters to a Young Muslim author Omar Saif Ghobash talks freedom to write 08/11/2019
Inspire Middle East How UAE educators are looking to redefine literacy for children Conjuring up ideas to engage children with books is what Emirati author and illustrator Maitha Al Khayat has been doing for more than ten years. 08/11/2019
brussels bureau In Ukraine, 'Europe' means life without corruption, Andrei Kurkov Through his books, the writer Andrei Kurkov has discovered the many faces of Ukraine, a country that remains in the eye of the hurricane. 11/10/2019
Sweden Watch again: Swedish Academy awards two Nobel Prizes in Literature The Nobel Prize in Literature is going to be awarded to two laureates in 2019. 10/10/2019
United Kingdom For sale: Reading jail, where Oscar Wilde was punished for gay sex The upcoming sale has drawn criticism from campaigners who had hoped to turn the facility into an arts center to honour the Irish writer's legacy. 03/10/2019
brussels bureau Book Worms: Autumn Political Reads We ask booksellers and political scientists what to read this Autumn to understand the latest trends in Europe. 13/09/2019
USA Toni Morrison championed and chastised presidents She called Bill Clinton "our first black president" — a turn of phrase that stirred years of debate, and for which she later expressed a measure of regret.. 06/08/2019
USA Hundreds of Hemingway look-alikes take part in annual US contest The Hemingway Days celebrations this year marked what would have been the writer's 120th birthday. 22/07/2019
Italy Italian film and opera director Franco Zeffirelli dies at 96 Franco Zeffirelli, the Italian director acclaimed for his work in film, theatre and opera, has died at the age of 96. 15/06/2019
Inspire Middle East How did Sharjah become the 2019 World Book Capital? H.E. Bodour Al Qasimi explains 07/06/2019
United Kingdom Crowdfunding plea to keep Lady Chatterley's Lover in UK A crowdfunding site has raised tens of thousands of pounds to try to keep the Lady Chatterley's Lover copy that was used in the 1960 obscenity trial in the United Kingdom. 25/05/2019
