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    Two-time Booker Prize-winning author Hilary Mantel dies at 70

    24 Sep 2022

    Hilary Mantel, whose death was announced on Friday, communed with ghosts throughout her life: the ghosts from history that stalked her fiction, the ghosts of her Irish Catholic ancestors and the ghosts of her unborn children.

    Australia calls for detail on case against writer detained in China

    02 Dec 2019

    Australia on Monday criticised the treatment of a Chinese-born Australian writer detained by Beijing for almost a year and called for more details on his case, raising the prospect of renewed

    Employees by the day, stage actors at night

    17 Jan 2021

    “The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why,” said the American writer Mark Twain. “Why” here refers to finding out one’s life purpose or passion.

    Satirist PJ O’Rourke, whose acerbic wit did not spare both Republicans and Democrats, passes away at 74

    16 Feb 2022

    As a young man, PJ O'Rourke opposed the government as a maker of war and laws against drugs. He covered war and unrest everywhere from El Salvador to the Philippines, while mocking "The Dictatorship of Boredom” back home.

    Crime writer spills the beans at SIBF

    03 Nov 2019

    Forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, also a popular crime writer and academic, was a big hit with her audience as she deftly demystified the world of crime and forensics with her intriguing and lighthearted banter, during a conversation led by her publisher, Kevin Hanson, at the 38th edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) at Sharjah Expo Centre.

    British writer Anne Bronte was an avid rock collector

    21 May 2022

    It was previously thought the Agnes Grey writer collected items because of their aesthetic value, but researchers have revealed she was an informed and skilled geologist during the science’s golden age.

    A word written is a word feared

    05 Feb 2012

    Throughout history numerous books have created massive conflicts between people and ripped holes into well-knit societies. The most infamous of all is Adolf

    Cartoonist Quentin Blake's drawings to raise money for coronavirus charities

    15 May 2020

    A collection of 12 drawings by English illustrator and children's writer Quentin Blake, known for illustrating Roald Dahl's books, have gone on an online sale that continues till early June, starting Thursday.

    Standout episodes

    13 Apr 2023

    We all have our favourite television shows and with our favourite episodes in those shows. This week we are taking a look at some of those standout episodes

    Sheikh Hamdan mourns the death of celebrated Iraqi writer Khalid Al Qashtini

    06 Jun 2023

    Sheikh Hamdan said on Twitter, "We extend our sincere condolences and sympathy to the family, relatives, companions and readers of Khalid Al Qashtini, the Iraqi journalist and writer, and the owner of the creative pen, who enriched our Arab world with his publications. With his departure, the Arab media loses a symbol of creativity.”

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