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Singapore Literature Prize announces new categories for translation, comics, debut books
SINGAPORE – Home-grown translators, comic book authors and debut writers will now have a shot at winning the 2024 Singapore Literature Prize (SLP) – one of the most prestigious homegrown literary prizes for a published book. On Jan 11, award organiser Singapore Book Council (SBC) announced three new categories in addition to the existing ones…
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Best books to gift (and gift again) at Christmas
Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Forget socks. Leave the Next voucher. Put the Terry’s Chocolate Orange down. If chosen wisely, a book is the very best present you can give to someone you love. As the festive season…
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Gary Vaynerchuk Dives into Children’s Literature with ‘Meet Me in the Middle’ | NFT CULTURE | NFT News | Web3 Culture | NFTs & Crypto Art
A Blend of Empathy and Storytelling Gary Vaynerchuk, the multifaceted entrepreneur and New York Times bestselling author, has embarked on a new journey in the realm of children’s literature. His upcoming picture book, “Meet Me in the Middle,” is set to be published by HarperCollins Publishers on July 16, 2024. This marks a significant expansion…
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Judy Blume to receive inaugural lifetime achievement award for ‘bravery in literature’
NEW YORK — Judy Blume’s latest honor is a new prize named for a former first lady. The Eleanor Roosevelt Center and the Fisher Center at Bard College announced Thursday that Blume is the first-ever recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Lifetime Achievement Award for Bravery in Literature. Blume, 85, is known for such novels for…
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Looking to add to your 2024 reading list? These are the top 10 all-time literary greats
We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. Harper Lee, ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ Harper Lee, ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’Credit: Waterstones Harper Lee’s classic tale set in 1930s Alabama is perhaps the seminal text on racial tensions in the Deep South. The story follows the white lawyer Atticus Finch as…
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Anticipated translations and books about Japan to brighten your 2024
Though the publishing industry is still struggling to come out from under the cloud of the pandemic, with supply chain issues and cash flow problems plaguing all but the biggest presses, fans of Japanese literature have little need to worry about a lack of new releases. As I wrote in my 2023 list of upcoming…
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7 Books Set In Turkey
How many stories does it take to get to know a place? Lifelong residents may write confidently of their homeland, but among the travelogs and novels and poems and memoirs that give shape to a city, I’m partial to books written from the perspective of those still calibrating their relationship to a place. These include…
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In These Novels, Friends Become the Family of Our Hearts
It never dawned on me how much I use ‘friends as family’ as a trope in what I write. Hindsight is a funny thing. From that first book I wrote thirty novels ago to Death at a Scottish Wedding (Lucy Connelly), coming out in January, friends play an essential role in developing my main characters…
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The White Owl Literature Festival & Book Fair On Feb 9
Dimapur, January 9: The White Owl Literature Festival and Book Fair, a two-day celebration of literature, culture, and community is set to take place on February 9 and 10, 2024, at the Zone Niathu by The Park in Chümoukedima, Nagaland.This landmark literature festival is a collaboration between The White Owl Book Lounge, Penguin Random House…
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The White Owl Literature Festival & Book Fair in Nagaland on Feb 9-10
DIMAPUR, January 9 (MExN): The White Owl Literature Festival and Book Fair, a two-day celebration of literature, culture, and community is set to take place on February 9-10, at the Zone Niathu by The Park in Chümoukedima. This literature festival is collaboration between The White Owl Book Lounge, Penguin Random House India, and Cambridge University…