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Books 13 Mar 2025 | 07:30 AM

A small British press gambled on experimental books - and it paid off

British publisher Tilted Axis is known for groundbreaking, genre-defying translated literature

Books 26 Feb 2025 | 04:14 AM

Short novels dominate International Booker Prize 2025 nominees

Most books nominated for this year's International Booker Prize are under 200 pages

Books 9 Feb 2025 | 07:44 AM

What you need to know about Han Kang’s latest book 'We Do Not Part'

Han Kang's latest novel, 'We Do Not Part', unearths the hidden chapters of Korean history

Books 12 Oct 2024 | 04:00 AM

Author Han Kang's books sell out in South Korea after Nobel prize win

Major South Korean bookstores sold out of author Han Kang's books Friday, as sales skyrocketed and the share price of local publishers soared following her historic Nobel Prize win.

Books 6 Sept 2024 | 03:23 AM

Salman Rushdie's memoir of his attack shortlisted for top nonfiction prize

Rushdie’s memoir 'Knife: Meditations After An Attempted Murder' is among 12 books on the long list for the Baillie Gifford Prize

Books 6 June 2024 | 12:57 PM

'Crook Manifesto' wins Gotham Prize for outstanding book about NYC

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Colson Whitehead's 'Crook Manifesto', a crime story set in 1970s Harlem and centred on a beleaguered furniture store owner

Books 2 May 2024 | 11:30 AM

Malaysian author's book shortlisted for 2024 Walter Scott Prize

Tan Twan Eng, a past Walter Scott Prize winner in 2013, is now contending for the prestigious British literary prize once again

Books 30 Nov 2024 | 09:00 AM

Indian author Amitav Ghosh wins top Dutch prize

Ghosh won the Dutch Erasmus Prize for his writings on climate change and its impact on humanity, especially on the Indian subcontinent

Books 13 Dec 2024 | 01:00 PM

Actress Sarah Jessica Parker joins Booker Prize 2025 jury

The chance to be part of the jury is 'very daunting' but also 'the thrill of a life', says Parker

Books 13 Nov 2024 | 02:36 AM

British writer Samantha Harvey wins Booker Prize with space-station novel

Samantha Harvey was awarded the prize for what she has called a 'space pastoral' about six astronauts circling the Earth, which she began writing during the pandemic

Books 17 Nov 2024 | 02:37 AM

British author says space inspired Booker Prize-winning novel

At 136 pages, Samantha Harvey's book 'Orbital' is the second-shortest to win the Booker Prize for fiction

Books 16 Feb 2024 | 07:00 AM

Nonfiction book publishing is dominated by men, a new prize hopes to change that

An offshoot of the 28-year-old Women’s Prize for Fiction, whose past winners include Zadie Smith, Tayari Jones and Barbara Kingsolver, the new prize is open to female English-language writers from any country in any nonfiction genre.

Culture 4 Dec 2024 | 06:00 AM

Oprah Winfrey announces new book club pick and launches podcast

Oprah Winfrey has a new book club pick and a new platform to talk books and other topics of the day.

Books 16 Oct 2024 | 06:00 AM

South Korea's Han Kang sells one million books after Nobel win

More than a million copies of books by Han Kang, the first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, have sold locally since the honour was announced, bookstores said Wednesday.

World 7 Oct 2024 | 01:09 AM

Factbox-2024 Nobel prizes announced this week

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - The Nobel prizes are to be announced this week, starting with the award for medicine or physiology on Monday.

Books 2 Aug 2023 | 01:39 AM

Tan Twan Eng's new book 'The House Of Doors' on Booker Prize 2023 long list

Malaysian, Nigerian, Irish, Canadian, US, and British authors have all been recognised in the Booker Prize 2023 long list

Other Sports 30 Nov 2023 | 03:45 PM

Sports-Former U.S. athlete Fleshman wins sports book of the year prize

LONDON (Reuters) - Former U.S. distance runner Lauren Fleshman's "Good for a Girl: My Life Running in a Man’s World" was crowned winner of the 2023 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award on Thursday, earning her 30,000 pounds ($37,920) and a huge publicity boost.

Books 19 Apr 2023 | 02:14 AM

Korean book published almost 20 years ago in Booker Prize shortlist

The International Booker Prize 2023 shortlist includes works originating in six countries across four continents, two debuts – and a final novel

Books 23 Mar 2023 | 09:26 AM

Malaysian author Nadia Mikail wins children's book prize in Britain

The Sarawak-born author, who is studying law in London, charmed the British bookselling community with her life-affirming debut 'The Cats We Meet Along The Way'

Education 15 Apr 2023 | 11:00 PM

Five TAR UMT students win Book Prize

THE more one explores university life, the more one can gain from it.

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