Category: Literature and Books

  • Five of the best romance books of 2023

    Five of the best romance books of 2023

    The BurnoutSophie Kinsella (Bantam)As funny and perfectly plotted as all Kinsella’s books, but with an out-of-season coastal town setting that adds a bittersweet quality to this tale of young people’s anxiety and, eventually, huge love. Kinsella is justly lauded for her comedy – if she was a man, she’d have won the Wodehouse prize by…

  • Fresh Off a National Book Award Win, Omnidawn Looks Toward the Holidays

    Fresh Off a National Book Award Win, Omnidawn Looks Toward the Holidays

    Since it was founded in 2001 by the late Ken Keegan and Rusty Morrison, the Richmond, Calif.–based nonprofit publisher Omnidawn Publishing has had two books longlisted for the National Book Award and two books named finalists. This year, it found a winner in from unincorporated territory [åmot] by Craig Santos Perez, which took home the…

  • Fresh Off a National Book Award Win, Omnidawn Looks Toward the Holidays

    Fresh Off a National Book Award Win, Omnidawn Looks Toward the Holidays

    Since it was founded in 2001 by the late Ken Keegan and Rusty Morrison, the Richmond, Calif.–based nonprofit publisher Omnidawn Publishing has had two books longlisted for the National Book Award and two books named finalists. This year, it found a winner in from unincorporated territory [åmot] by Craig Santos Perez, which took home the…

  • Yaad-e-Kalbe Mustafa Naqvi: Rare Urdu manuscripts, novels showcased at exhibition

    Yaad-e-Kalbe Mustafa Naqvi: Rare Urdu manuscripts, novels showcased at exhibition

    ByHT Correspondent Dec 04, 2023 08:08 PM IST Share Via Copy Link The late author’s works, such as the Urdu translation of Malik Mohammed Zjaisi’s magnum opus “Padmavat” and a collection of short stories, were highlighted during the event. LUCKNOW: The ‘Yaad-e-Kalbe Mustafa Naqvi’ seminar-cum-exhibition, showcasing rare Urdu manuscripts and novels of the late jurist…

  • Yaad-e-Kalbe Mustafa Naqvi: Rare Urdu manuscripts, novels showcased at exhibition

    Yaad-e-Kalbe Mustafa Naqvi: Rare Urdu manuscripts, novels showcased at exhibition

    ByHT Correspondent Dec 04, 2023 08:08 PM IST Share Via Copy Link The late author’s works, such as the Urdu translation of Malik Mohammed Zjaisi’s magnum opus “Padmavat” and a collection of short stories, were highlighted during the event. LUCKNOW: The ‘Yaad-e-Kalbe Mustafa Naqvi’ seminar-cum-exhibition, showcasing rare Urdu manuscripts and novels of the late jurist…

  • CPR’s Books We Love 2023: Tell us your favorite reads from this year

    CPR’s Books We Love 2023: Tell us your favorite reads from this year

    Fellow book lovers! Colorado Public Radio is putting together a first-time project inspired by NPR’s Books We Love and we want you to help us curate. Your recommendations will be used to create an inventory that other bibliophiles can use to discover new and exciting books. Each inventory item will include a short blurb about…

  • CPR’s Books We Love 2023: Tell us your favorite reads from this year

    CPR’s Books We Love 2023: Tell us your favorite reads from this year

    Fellow book lovers! Colorado Public Radio is putting together a first-time project inspired by NPR’s Books We Love and we want you to help us curate. Your recommendations will be used to create an inventory that other bibliophiles can use to discover new and exciting books. Each inventory item will include a short blurb about…

  • Unputdownable books of 2023 you must add to your shelf: Part one

    Unputdownable books of 2023 you must add to your shelf: Part one

    The best new books of 2023 include a little something for everyone, whether it’s the “will they or won’t they?” intensity of a romance novel or the seismic revelations of a tell-all celebrity memoir. But all-encompassing variety is just the start of what this year’s latest and greatest releases have to offer. From fizzy summer…

  • Unputdownable books of 2023 you must add to your shelf: Part one

    Unputdownable books of 2023 you must add to your shelf: Part one

    The best new books of 2023 include a little something for everyone, whether it’s the “will they or won’t they?” intensity of a romance novel or the seismic revelations of a tell-all celebrity memoir. But all-encompassing variety is just the start of what this year’s latest and greatest releases have to offer. From fizzy summer…

  • Best books to give for the holidays in 2023

    Best books to give for the holidays in 2023

    MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (12/04/2023) — If you plan to follow the “four-gift rule” this holiday season — something they want, something they need, something to wear and something to read — experts from the University of Minnesota Libraries recommend choosing books from a wide range of new releases.  Lisa Von Drasek, curator of the Kerlan Collection…