Sahitya Academy awards for 2018 announced
AMN / NEW DELHI Sahitya Akademi today announced its annual Awards in 24 languages. Seven books of poetry, six novels, six short stories, three of literary criticism and two of…
Former VP Ansari raises more questions on Gujarat riots at release of ‘The Sarkari Mussalman’
Andalib Akhter / New Delhi Former vice president Hamid Ansari on Saturday raised more questions as why the infamous Gujarat riots could not be nipped in the bud. “Why was…
English translation of Polish novel ‘Flights’ wins Man Booker Prize
AMN Polish author Olga Tokarczuk has won the Man Booker International Prize for her novel ‘Flights’. The novel, translated by Jennifer Croft, interweaves narratives of travel with explorations of the…
Nobel Prize in Literature will not be awarded this year
AMN The Swedish Academy says the Nobel Prize in Literature will be not awarded this year following sex-abuse allegations and other issues within its ranks that have tarnished the body’s…
Ban on book on Ramdev’s life lifted
WEB DESK/ New Delhi In ‘landmark victory for free speech’, a publishing house has won legal battle against Baba Ramdev over a controversial book whose publication and sale had been…
New Releases from Aleph Book
Daughters of the Sun: Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal Empire by Ira Mukhoty In 1526, when the nomadic Timurid warrior-scholar Babur rode into Hindustan, his wives, sisters, daughters,…
World Book Fair begins in New Delhi
AMN New Delhi World Book Fair opens today at Pragati Maidan in the national capital. Organised by the National Book Trust in association with India Trade Promotion Organisation, the main…
Books on ‘Muslim Freedom Fighters’ released
AMN / Patna Two books on Muslims’ contribution in India’s Freedom movement were launched at glittering ceremony here recently. The function was presided over by former IAS officer and human…
World’s third largest book fair opens in Sharjah
WEB DESK World’s third largest book fair opened on Wednesday at Sharjah. It began with a glittering opening ceremony at Expo Centre, in the presence Dr Shaikh Sultan Bin Mohammad…
US author George Saunders wins Man Booker Prize
US author George Saunders has won the 2017 Man Booker Prize. He became only the second American writer to win Britain’s renowned Prize, which was awarded for his first full-length…