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• Through the universe’s secrets

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  Source : The New Indian Express   Poet and novelist Benjamin Alire Sáenz opened the doors to the beautiful world of Texas teens Ari and Dante around nine years ago…

• Carnegie Medal: American author Jason Reynolds wins for ‘Look Both Ways’

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  Source : The Indian Express The Carnegie medal recognises outstanding work for children or young adults in the English language. It has been named after philanthropist Andrew Carnegie and was…

• Kannada Dalit poet Siddalingaiah dies due to Covid

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  Source : Times of India Karnataka’s noted Kannada Dalit poet and activist Siddalingaiah died due to Covid-related complications at a private hospital in the city on June 11. He was…

• Review: Shahryar by Asim Siddiqui

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  Source : Hindustan Times   –   Shafey Kidwai   A meditation on love’s travails produces two intense and almost identical motifs – loneliness and solitude that offer a site where euphoria,…

• Veteran actor Swatilekha Sengupta passes away

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  Source : The Telegraph Film star was suffering from kidney-related ailments Veteran actor Swatilekha Sengupta passed away on Wednesday following a heart attack at a private hospital in Calcutta. She…

• Yeats Society launches crowdfunding campaign for survival

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  Source : Times of India   The Yeats Society in Sligo, Ireland was started in 1960 in honour of William Butler Yeats, 21 years after the poet’s death. But with…

• From ‘Ponniyin Selvan’ to ‘Mogamul’: Tamil audiobooks opens new doors to listeners and voice actors

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  Source : The Hindu   Dubbing artistes and actors get an unexpected break voicing Tamil audiobooks, which are drawing a surge of listeners seeking comfort amid the pandemic Priya Vasanth,…

• ‘It is obscene’: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie pens blistering essay against social media sanctimony

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  Source : The Guardian The novelist describes helping two writers who went on to insult her online, and condemns era of ‘angels jostling to out-angel one another’ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie…

• Neena Gupta on how writing her autobiography brought ‘big relief’

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  Source : The Indian Express   “Everything is out of my system now. Things I was hiding for so many years, that’s out,” she said Neena Gupta has added yet…

• Oprah Winfrey’s new book club pick is novel ‘The Sweetness of Water’

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  Source : The Hindu   Author Nathan Harris’ debut book shows what it was like in the South after slaves were emancipated. Oprah Winfrey’s next book club pick is a…

• Interview: Manan Kapoor, author, A Map of Longings;The Life and Works of Agha Shahid Ali

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  Source : Hindustan Times Manan Kapoor’s work looks at the life of the Kashmiri-American poet who pioneered ghazal writing in English, translated the poetry of Faiz Ahmed Faiz and Mahmoud…

• Leicester book firm donates to help shop destroyed in Gaza

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  Source : B B C                             An online book shop is donating 1,000 books to a store…

• National Book Trust calls upon young authors to participate in YUVA mentorship programme

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  Source : The Hindu   A total of 75 authors will be selected through an all India contest being conducted from June 1 to July 31 and the winners will…

• Trump insists he’s writing ‘book of all books’ but big publishers unlikely to touch it

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  Source : The Guardian   Figures at major houses said book might stoke ‘staff uprising’ and it would be ‘too hard to get a book that was factually accurate’ Donald…

• Bound, a Mumbai-based company, provides services including mentorship and editing

  June 14, 2021 Read More...

  Source : The Hindu   Mumbai-based company Bound, run entirely by young women, aims to demystify the publishing industry Imagine there’s an idea germinating in your head, and it demands…

• Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik releases book of poems

  June 13, 2021 Read More...

  Source : The Hindu   The poems were penned by senior bureaucrat Bishnupada Sethi Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has released a collection of poems titled Beyond Here and Other Poems. The…

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