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Books that spark your senses: 7 escapist novels for the hungry mind

Many of us fell back in love with fiction during lockdown. Here's a list of novels that can really take you out of yourself.

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Prix Goncourt: 'no conflict of interest' concerning Camille Laurens

Didier Decoin says everything is above board but isn't keen on writer and judge Laurens' critical timing.

Art

Trans-literation: meet the artist behind the gender-swap book print

Ever heard of The Merry Husbands of Windsor, The Curious Incident with the Bitch in the Night-time, and Shakespeare's Julia Caesar? You have now.

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Dante’s Divine Comedy to be released into space for 700th anniversary

As Italy marks 700 years since the poet's death, his masterpiece will face the final frontier.

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Uzbekistan plots its future with the help of the enlightened past

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In an ambitious plan involving hundreds of international scholars, the Republic of Uzbekistan is scouring the world for literary artifacts from the nation’s history.

United Kingdom

John le Carré, author of 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy', dies aged 89

John le Carre, who worked for Britain's intelligence service before turning his experience into fiction, has died aged 89.

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Booker Prize 2020: Scottish writer Douglas Stuart wins for debut novel

Booker Prize 2020: Scottish writer Douglas Stuart wins for debut novel

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Avni Doshi: 'surreal' experience of Booker Prize shortlist

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In this edition of interview, we chat to Avni Doshi, the first-time novelist based in Dubai about her Booker Prize-shortlisted ‘Burnt Sugar’, the Emirates Literary Festival and why literature is so important in the region.

World

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.

Sweden

American poet Louise Glück wins Nobel Prize for Literature

Born in 1943, Glück has won many awards in the United States including the Pulitzer Prize.

Europe News

New chapter as Brussels bookstore adapts to coronavirus lockdown

Bookstores are one of the exceptions amid Belgium's shop shutdown.

World

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.

USA

Shakespeare's First Folio: Rare 1623 collection goes under the hammer

Only six of these famous texts are in private hands, and one of them is about to go to auction.

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.

Sweden

Nobel laureates receive awards at boycotted ceremony

The decision to award Austrian Author Peter Handke with the 2019 Literature Prize has led to a backlash over his support of the late former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic.

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Tales and tech to kindle love of books in kindergarten kids

In partnership with the European Commission

An innovative project combines old-fashioned storytelling with digital technology in Estonia and Latvia to kindle a new love of books among kindergarten children.

United Kingdom

'Creative genius': Satirist and director Jonathan Miller dies aged 85

Jonathan Miller, satirist and director of opera and theatre, dies aged 85

World

SIBF: Letters to a Young Muslim author Omar Saif Ghobash talks freedom to write

The 38thedition of the Sharjah International Book Fair was held from October 30th until November 9th 2019.

World

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.

Europe News

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.