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Read these five poems to keep your spirits up during self-isolation

02 Apr 2020

Many among us would undoubtedly be feeling out of sorts and restless with everything that's going on around the world. The coronavirus pandemic has shaken us up good, with...

For new book, Alicia Keys looks to the past to find herself

01 Apr 2020

As a young woman growing up in the 1980s and 90s in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen — “the name was exactly accurate for what it looked like, what...

Shilpi Somaya Gowda shapes a tragedy in her latest novel

31 Mar 2020

Shilpi Somaya Gowda has always been fascinated with cults. To hear her tell it, one of the first things she did when she moved to the San Diego area...

Sharjah Public Libraries give free access to 6m digital books for readers in lockdown globally

28 Mar 2020

The Sharjah Public Libraries (SPL), an affiliate of the Sharjah Book Authority (SBA), announced that it will be offering global readers from all age groups free access to its...

Nobel Laureate Michael Levitt predicts coronavirus will soon go away

25 Mar 2020

A prediction by Stanford University biophysicist and Nobel Laureate Michael Levitt that the new coronavirus is set to disappear soon as the world observes social distancing has given a...

Woody Allen's memoir released despite outcry

24 Mar 2020

Famed director Woody Allen's memoir "Apropos of Nothing" was released on Monday by the independent New York-based outlet Arcade Publishing after being dropped by Hachette publishers. Hachette decided against...

Pandemic books to read in the time of coronavirus

22 Mar 2020

If you've been pondering ways to pass time productively while self-isolating, here's a suggestion. How about reading books on plagues and other pandemics that humankind has battled in the...

Amazon prioritises household staples, medical supplies over books due to coronavirus

18 Mar 2020

Gulf Today Report Amazon has deprioritised book sales as the company works to meet the surge in demand for key items such as household staples, medical supplies and other...

Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt’s book tackles forgiveness

14 Mar 2020

Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt has made a career of writing what she knows, from teaching about healthy body image to grappling with entering the real world after graduating college. Her...

Coronavirus cannot curb passion of Baghdad's booksellers

11 Mar 2020

There is no friend as loyal as a book. Ernest Hemingway's quote seems to have struck a chord with booksellers in Iraq, who have not given up their passion...

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