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    Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo share Booker Prize

    15 Oct 2019

    Judges tore up the rule book, awarding the prestigious Booker Prize for Fiction jointly to Canadian author Margaret Atwood and Anglo-Nigerian author Bernardine Evaristo.

    The Booker Prize: Five things to know

    14 Oct 2019

    The 50-year-old Booker Prize for English-language fiction is among the world's most prestigious literary awards, handed out annually and promising a major boost for winning authors.

    Poetry in motion: Social media revives ancient art

    22 Sep 2019

    Social media made a lot more people interested in poetry. Around 1.3 million poetry books were sold last year, a 12-percent increase over the previous year, its figures show.

    Zayed Book Award takes part in Saudi forum

    09 Oct 2019

    Dr Abdulaziz Al-Sabeel, Secretary General of the King Faisal International Prize, invited trustees and prominent figures who are members of the Arab Awards Forum to take part in the event in Saudi Arabia.

    The atmosphere at Sharjah book fair is fabulous: Shashi Tharoor

    08 Nov 2020

    I love the word ‘read’ because it is only by reading that you acquire all the other words, says the renowned author and politician.

    Sons use e-books to help virus-stricken dad, other patients

    17 Aug 2020

    Books for Dad is a boon to hospitals looking for ways to keep patients stimulated. Often patients are too sick to read a book, and some don’t have their own electronic devices. Even if they do, patchy Wi-Fi can hamper audio and video streaming.

    12th Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival set to start from May 19

    06 May 2021

    The 12th edition of Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF) is ready to open its door for a wide range of activities for young children as well as book lovers. The event incorporated with young readers with creators of children’s literature and allied arts starting from May 19 - 29, 4pm - 10pm, at the Sharjah Expo Centre.

    Abdulrazak Gurnah wins 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature

    07 Oct 2021

    His novel evolved from a research trip to East Africa around 1990. It is a coming of age account and a sad love story in which different worlds and belief systems collide.

    Emirati recounts game-changing trip to Nigeria

    08 Nov 2021

    Travel writers should ‘live the now’ and ‘expose their five senses to everything’ which will help them to notice things differently, advised Emirati poet Talal Salem at a panel discussion titled ‘The Peculiarity of Travel Literature’, held at the ongoing Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) 2021.

    Firsthand recollections

    28 Oct 2021

    Tanzanian-born Abdulrazak Gurnah is the second Muslim of Arab stock to be awarded the coveted Nobel Prize for Literature.

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