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New Welsh publisher launches to meet demand for classic Welsh literature
Llyfrau Melin Bapur Books A new Welsh publisher has launched to meet a gap in the market for classic Welsh literature and translations. Melin Bapur is a new enterprise selling books through a print-on-demand model. The new publisher intends to publish a wide range of books, but intends to develop a specialism in classic Welsh…
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7 Books About the Triumphs and Tragedies of Mountain Climbing
Before I immersed myself in the world of Mt. Everest’s climbers by writing a novel about them, Dixon, Descending, I was full of more judgment than understanding. When I asked friends their thoughts on what could compel someone to climb the world’s highest peak, we often came to the same conclusion: ego. It was a…
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9 Novels to Read if You Loved “Saltburn”
In Saltburn, the backdrops are as mesmerizing and as essential to the plot as the delicate portrayal of the central relationship between Oliver and Felix. The settings are both tight and enclosed, the campus and the country house. These are my favorite settings for novels—discrete locations with groups defined by their relationship to the space: Benefactor,…
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Nagaland Hosts The White Owl Literature Festival & Book Fair
The festival will have an engaging programme covering a wide range of issues, including Northeast India’s legacy, the world of graphic novels, commercial fiction, and talks on the economy, environment, and wellness. Several illustrious authors including Vivek Shanbagh, Taslima Nasrin, Sarnath Banerjee, Durjoy Dutta, Viju B., Vasudha Rai, Nikhil Gulati, and Lavanya Karthik, will attend the event. Mmhonlumo Kikon,…
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Future for Korean books globally
Korea needs to do more for foreign literary agents By Barbara J. Jitwer Barbara Zitwer Korean literature began as little seeds blown by the wind and carried across the world by devoted literary agents, talented translators, editors and publishers, none of whom were familiar with Korean writing even a decade ago. They started to give…
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The Book Behind ‘American Fiction’ Came Out 23 Years Ago. It’s Still Current.
The movie, with its handful of Oscar nominations, has refocused attention on “Erasure,” a satire of the literary world and its racial biases. There’s a scene in Percival Everett’s 2001 novel, “Erasure,” in which the main character, a cerebral Black novelist named Thelonious “Monk” Ellison, goes to a bookstore to hunt, as writers often do,…
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The Core Curriculum
The Core Curriculum is the heart of the Columbia College education. Its central intellectual mission is to provide all students with wide-ranging perspectives, a deeper understanding of history, and critical and creative thinking skills through the study of literature, science, philosophy, music, and art. Working in small seminars, students engage actively with difficult works and…
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Literature Humanities
HUMA CC1001 and HUMA CC1002 — Literature Humanities or “Lit Hum,” as it is popularly known, is a year-long course that offers students the opportunity to engage in intensive study and discussion of significant works. Part of the Core Curriculum since 1937, Literature Humanities is not a survey with a fixed syllabus, but an ever-evolving…
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A genre of swords and soulmates: the rise and rise of ‘romantasy’ novels
It was approaching midnight on Monday when author Sarah J Maas entered a New York City bookstore to surprise fans celebrating the imminent publication of her latest novel, House of Flame and Shadow. As she walked towards the stage, wearing a Valentino bouclé tweed skirt, the crowd realised what was happening, and began to scream.…
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Kitchener author Erin Bow wins major American children’s literature award
Kitchener author Erin Bow has won a Newbery Honor and a Schneider Family Book Award honour for her novel Simon Sort of Says. The Newberys are presented by the American Library Association (ALA) for outstanding contribution to children’s literature. While one book wins the John Newbery Medal, a small handful of books receive a Newbery Honor, including Simon…