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I’ve already read 30 books this year – but this is the one I’m recommending to everyone

29 Jun 2025

Maybe it's the high calibre of new releases in 2025, or perhaps it's that I keep deleting TikTok, but I've already read more than 30 books this year -...

Author Torrey Peters wants to write trans stories for the rest of her career

06 Apr 2025

After the success of her hit debut novel Detransition, Baby, author Torrey Peters was held hostage by the expectations of its readers. The book explored divorce and motherhood, offering...

Prominent Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury passes away at 76

15 Sep 2024

Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury who dedicated much of his writings to the Palestinian cause and taught at universities around the world, making him one of Lebanon’s most prominent intellectuals,...

Palestinian prisoner Basem Khandaqji’s novel wins International Prize for Arabic Fiction

28 Apr 2024

Abdul Rahman Saeed, Staff Reporter The International Prize for Arabic Fiction announced on Sunday evening, that the novel “A Mask, the Colour of the Sky” by Palestinian prisoner Basem...

When will the great pandemic novel be published?

30 May 2023

Michael O’Donnell, Tribune News Service The pandemic is officially over. By federal declaration, the public health emergency expired on May 11, capping a general sense that has been in...

Omani poet and novelist Zahran wins $50,000 prize for Arabic fiction

22 May 2023

Omani poet and novelist Zahran Alqasmi was named on Sunday winner of the prestigious International Prize for Arabic Fiction with his book "The Water Diviner." Alqasmi, 49, will receive...

Sharjah Ruler Sheikh Sultan novel ‘The Daring’ published

02 Oct 2022

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter Al Qasimi publications issued the novel, "Al Jaria'h" (The Daring) by His Highness Dr Sheikh Sultan Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler...

Taking a stance

21 Oct 2021

Award winning Irish author Sally Rooney has caused a stir in the literary world by refusing a bid by a leading Israeli publisher to translate her best-selling novel. “Beautiful World,...

In Iraq, book clubs and science fiction offer 'escape'

25 Apr 2021

Huda Kathem waits anxiously for feedback on her first novel, scrutinised by a book club in Arbil Iraq, where young authors are breathing new life into a centuries-old oral...

Book review: 'Grounds for Murder' is equal parts mystery and literary fiction

19 Apr 2021

Gulf Today Report The 30-year-old central character of Tara Lush’s "Grounds for Murder" is going through life’s greatest upheaval. Downsized from her dream job as a crime reporter for...

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