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Swedish Academy admits names of Nobel prize winners were leaked
STOCKHOLM, April 20 — The Swedish Academy, which picks the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, acknowledged today that names of some previous prize winners had been leaked...
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Comey’s tell-all book piques readers’ interest, stoked by Trump’s fury
CHICAGO, April 18 — Diane Kacprowski showed up at 57th Street Books in Chicago early yesterday on a mission to be one of the first to snap up a copy of James Comey’s scalding...
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Famed UK royal biographer says Diana would approve of Meghan
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Malay Mail journalist launches ‘Unapologetic’ book
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In stunning book, Comey sheds moral high ground for politics
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Is Indonesian literature written in English still Indonesian literature?
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Independent publishers vie for Man Booker International Prize
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Release date set for Tolkien story ‘The Fall of Gondolin’
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Holocaust letters contained ‘a lot of hope’, exhibit shows
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Graphic novel tells story of UK’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (VIDEO)
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Meghan Markle craves ‘Diana 2.0’ role, biography reveals
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Books that use fables to teach kids about tolerance
JAKARTA, April 9 — Moka is a little monkey. He is asked to deliver bananas to his sick grandmother. Along the way, he forgets the directions to her house. Other animals in the...
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![Victor Hugo, the hero and lover, enjoys big TV revival]()
Victor Hugo, the hero and lover, enjoys big TV revival
CANNES, April 9 — He is worshipped as a saint in thousands of Vietnamese temples, held up as a prophet of European unity and a human rights hero for his campaigning against the...
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![Three quit in protest as #MeToo scandal rocks Nobel literature academy]()
Three quit in protest as #MeToo scandal rocks Nobel literature academy
STOCKHOLM, April 7 — Three prominent members of the Swedish Academy resigned yesterday in protest at close ties between the institution, which awards the Nobel Literature Prize,...
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![Middle East Comic Con kicks off in Dubai]()
Middle East Comic Con kicks off in Dubai
DUBAI, April 6 — In a traditional robe, dark sunglasses and a fake moustache, the cosplayer lurked in the corner posing as an FBI agent in the Middle East: welcome to Comic Con...
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![Man Booker reverts author’s nationality to ‘Taiwan’ after outcry]()
Man Booker reverts author’s nationality to ‘Taiwan’ after outcry
TAIPEI, April 4 — The Man Booker International Prize has reversed a move to change a Taiwanese author’s nationality to “Taiwan, China”, after the literary award was...
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![Renowned Egyptian author Ahmed Khaled Tawfik dies at 55]()
Renowned Egyptian author Ahmed Khaled Tawfik dies at 55
CAIRO, April 4 — Influential Egyptian novelist Ahmed Khaled Tawfik, widely considered the first contemporary Arab writer of horror and science fiction, has died at the age of...
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![How reading can boost child development]()
How reading can boost child development
NEW YORK, April 3 — Yesterday marked International Children’s Book Day 2018, which aims to promote and inspire a love of reading among children around the world. Reading is...
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![New running books to put a spring in your step]()
New running books to put a spring in your step
PARIS, March 31 — With warmer weather and lighter days, spring is the perfect time to head outdoors and restart your running program, or perhaps try the sport for the first...
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![Writer protests Man Booker listing nationality as ‘Taiwan, China’]()
Writer protests Man Booker listing nationality as ‘Taiwan, China’
TAIPEI, March 30 ― A Taiwanese author whose novel is nominated for the renowned Man Booker International Prize said he will protest to the awards organiser for changing his...
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![Library helps ‘left-behind’ Nepali women gain cash and confidence]()
Library helps ‘left-behind’ Nepali women gain cash and confidence
BHIMDHUNGA, March 28 — For farmers trying to figure out how to heal a sick cow or grow tomatoes commercially in this Himalayan community, help is at hand in the form of a...
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![Thriller writer Philip Kerr dies aged 62]()
Thriller writer Philip Kerr dies aged 62
LONDON, March 25 — Scottish author Philip Kerr, the creator of the Nazi-era thrillers featuring detective Bernie Gunther, has died at the age of 62, his wife and publisher have...
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Say it in words: Love letters a speciality for Italian ghostwriter (VIDEO)
ROME, March 24 — Domitilla Stefanini first wrote a letter to her husband declaring her love 18 years ago. Now she is writing another love letter to him, but this time she has...
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![Got poetry? Guide to open mic nights in Jakarta]()
Got poetry? Guide to open mic nights in Jakarta
JAKARTA, March 23 — “We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion,” English teacher John Keating, played by...
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![Legendary poet Sapardi Djoko Damono releases final chapter of romance trilogy]()
Legendary poet Sapardi Djoko Damono releases final chapter of romance trilogy
JAKARTA, March 22 — Legendary Indonesian poet Sapardi Djoko Damono hosted another book launch last Friday at the National Library in Jakarta, this time for his latest novel Yang...
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![Bill Cunningham wrote a ‘secret memoir’ that’s due out this autumn]()
Bill Cunningham wrote a ‘secret memoir’ that’s due out this autumn
NEW YORK, March 22 — Fashion photographer Bill Cunningham, who died in 2016, left behind a surprise, discovered by his family: A written memoir of his life and career that is to...
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![Climb on board: Afghan woman brings stories to Kabul’s children]()
Climb on board: Afghan woman brings stories to Kabul’s children
LONDON, March 22 — Undeterred by the risk of suicide bombers, 25-year-old Freshta Karim travels around Afghanistan’s troubled capital every day in a big, blue bus to share the...
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![Superheroes to the rescue of storm-battered Puerto Rico]()
Superheroes to the rescue of storm-battered Puerto Rico
NEW YORK, March 21 — Comic book superheroes are coming to the rescue of hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico. There’s Batman, and Wonder Woman, of course, and also a Puerto...
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![Ancient Malay manuscripts available at the click of a mouse]()
Ancient Malay manuscripts available at the click of a mouse
SINGAPORE, March 20 — I felt so elated when I found out that I could now easily read hundreds of Malay manuscripts at the British Library in United Kingdom from anywhere at a...
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![Pope appeals to youth in new book ‘God is Young’]()
Pope appeals to youth in new book ‘God is Young’
VATICAN CITY, March 20 — Pope Francis urged young people yesterday to “take risks” to help the Catholic Church rejuvenate itself, a day before his new book on the subject is...