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How special stories and design are making reading inclusive
1 month, 2 weeks ago

How special stories and design are making reading inclusive

Live Mint  

Earlier this year I picked up Menaka Raman’s How to Win an Election. The fact that ADHD is not the crux of the book, it’s just incidental, came from my son, who has a ‘what’s the big deal about it’ attitude," says the Bengaluru-based author. It is only in her bio that you come across the mention of “nonspeaking" and …

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Covering many acres: the oral and written tradition of tales for children
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Covering many acres: the oral and written tradition of tales for children

The Hindu  

Visit the children’s section of your local bookstore, and chances are that you’ll come across works by those familiar from the world of entertainment. He once remarked that whenever he was asked if he’d write a children’s book, he would reply, “If I had a serious brain injury, I might well write one”. In his The Haunted Wood, he emphasises …

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Review: The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa
5 months, 1 week ago

Review: The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa

Hindustan Times  

“As the book censor awoke one morning, filled with others’ words, he found himself transformed into a reader.” That Kafkaesque opening of Kuwaiti novelist Bothayna Al-Essa’s The Book Censor’s Library sets the tone for what is to follow. Translated by Ranya Abdelrahman and Sawad Hussain; 220pp, ₹1915; Restless Books Also prohibited are poetry collections, novels, and other works that do …

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The best business books tend to be about music and sports
7 months ago

The best business books tend to be about music and sports

Live Mint  

Here is a question I once asked myself while browsing in a modest-sized bookstore, which is one of my favourite things to do: If I had to read all the books in the store section by section, which one would I enjoy the most—and which the least? Failures and lesser successes are also worth studying, but traditional business books tend …

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Book Box | Meet Priya Narendra: The writer who loves badly behaved women
9 months ago

Book Box | Meet Priya Narendra: The writer who loves badly behaved women

Hindustan Times  

She was the girl with the American accent. I was awed to hear Priya had written Two Chalet School Girls in India, a book in my favourite boarding school series – the Chalet School by Elinor M Brent-Dyer. I love ‘badly behaved women’ – those are the ones that make history, aren’t they? The first chapter I wrote – Juggernaut …

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How to read all 23 Dune books in order
9 months ago

How to read all 23 Dune books in order

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. ‘Dune’ by Frank Herbert, published by Hodderscape: £8.99, Amazon.co.uk open image in gallery …

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The five best books to understand AI
1 year, 1 month ago

The five best books to understand AI

Hindustan Times  

IN RECENT years artificial intelligence has undergone a revolution. John Murray; £20 The crux of this book is a big idea: AI marks “a new epoch” since it ends the Enlightenment’s ethos that placed humans at the centre of all that is knowable, putting in their stead machines with superior intelligence. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 272 pages; $28 Born in Taiwan, …

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Book Box: Reading in the Mountains
1 year, 7 months ago

Book Box: Reading in the Mountains

Hindustan Times  

It is early morning and I am standing in front of a giant deodar tree. Kingfishers Catch Fire by Rumer Godden We talk about another of Godden’s books – the brooding Black Narcissus set in a convent in Darjeeling and made into a movie as well – another fantastic read. It’s his first book, the one that made him famous, …

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Book Box: A Delhi Bookstore Crawl
1 year, 7 months ago

Book Box: A Delhi Bookstore Crawl

Hindustan Times  

I am back in Delhi. Mirza Afsar Baig, Midland Bookstore It’s Time Shelter the Booker prize winner, he says, handing me a copy of the book. I spy the first and second last books in two of the graduate-to-be’s favourite series - The Decagon House Murders and The Last Orphan and pick both up. The book arrives in less than …

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Jilly Cooper ‘thrilled to bits’ that Rishi Sunak reads her bonkbusters
1 year, 7 months ago

Jilly Cooper ‘thrilled to bits’ that Rishi Sunak reads her bonkbusters

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Jilly Cooper has said she …

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Majority of book ban requests were made by only 11 people: analysis
1 year, 7 months ago

Majority of book ban requests were made by only 11 people: analysis

Raw Story  

Right-wing activists have been working in recent years to remove what they say are objectionable books from local libraries -- but it turns out that a tiny number of them are responsible for most of the book ban requests. Analysis conducted by the Washington Post found that only 11 people were responsible for more than half of more than 1,000 …

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Sara Cox on going from reading bonkbusters as a teen to being a published author
1 year, 9 months ago

Sara Cox on going from reading bonkbusters as a teen to being a published author

The Independent  

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Philip Pullman suggests Roald Dahl books should go ‘out of print’ amid edits controversy
1 year, 10 months ago

Philip Pullman suggests Roald Dahl books should go ‘out of print’ amid edits controversy

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Philip Pullman has said publishers …

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INTERVIEW | Chuden Kabimo: ‘Translated books influenced me a lot’
1 year, 10 months ago

INTERVIEW | Chuden Kabimo: ‘Translated books influenced me a lot’

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 09, 2023 10:25 IST Chuden Kabimo’s debut novel in Nepali, Fatsung, translated into English by Ajit Baral as Song of the Soil, is an eye-opener. In Song of the Soil, a group of adolescents from Malbung village in West Bengal’s Kalimpong district join the rebellion with only a sketchy notion of what they are fighting for. Kabimo, …

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How you can help your children read more and read better
1 year, 11 months ago

How you can help your children read more and read better

Live Mint  

A few weeks ago, my 12-year-old and I were watching the news and all the latest updates on Russia’s war with Ukraine. While it is a given that reading comprehension skills are useful ways to improve academic performance and oral communication, they provide, most importantly, a boost to a child’s confidence and understanding of the world. “If a child is …

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The best books to read in 2023, from Prince Harry’s memoir to Zadie Smith’s new novel
2 years ago

The best books to read in 2023, from Prince Harry’s memoir to Zadie Smith’s new novel

The Independent  

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Shandong promotes reading
2 years, 4 months ago

Shandong promotes reading

China Daily  

The first Shandong Reading Conference and Qilu Book Festival, The Mengyin County Library offers a parent-child reading room in Linyi, Shandong province. During the reading promotion event, a series of exhibitions, such as the national reading achievements exhibition, themed book exhibitions, the children's picture book exhibition, and exhibitions on ancient books, will be held at Shandong Book City. The "2022 …

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5 climate change books that you must read
2 years, 7 months ago

5 climate change books that you must read

Live Mint  

As we come up to World Environment Day on 5 June, I have been wondering what books to recommend to people for a better understanding of the climate crisis. It’s also a great place to gain hope that we can still stop it, because Mann gives equal importance to listing the positive work that is being done to mitigate climate …

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‘I’m afraid of dying before I complete the books I have in my mind’
2 years, 7 months ago

‘I’m afraid of dying before I complete the books I have in my mind’

Deccan Chronicle  

French writer and translator Marie Darrieussecq, known breaking new frontiers in literature, was recently in Chennai to attend a 'Meet and Greet' programme organised by the Prabha Khaitan Foundation under its 'The Universe Writes' initiative in association with the Alliance Française. On her innovative style of writing, which doesn’t follow specific literary rules I don’t write for an elite group …

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Tennessee school board’s move to ban Holocaust novel Maus met with bafflement and anger
2 years, 11 months ago

Tennessee school board’s move to ban Holocaust novel Maus met with bafflement and anger

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “There is some rough, objectionable language in this book,” …

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Books Writers Are Reading In 2022
2 years, 11 months ago

Books Writers Are Reading In 2022

Huff Post  

Can’t get enough great reads? Join our official monthly book club, HuffPost Readable, to get great book suggestions and participate in important discussions with fellow book lovers. Each joke that makes us cackle or monologue that makes us cry is like a little gold star saying, “You chose reading over Netflix” and “Your words can do this, too.” Of course, …

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My anti-romance book snobbery was rooted in internalised misogyny
2 years, 11 months ago

My anti-romance book snobbery was rooted in internalised misogyny

The Independent  

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Top 5 must read books for healthy lifestyle
3 years ago

Top 5 must read books for healthy lifestyle

India TV News  

Have you been looking for some inspiration to change your lifestyle? Lose Fat, Get Fittr: The Simple Science of Staying Healthy for Life by Jitendra Chouksey This book encourages its readers to begin their fitness journey and busts myths around nutrition and fitness. Authored by Jitendra Chouksey Founder and CEO, Fittr, this book will educate you about ‘quantified nutrition’ and …

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Kobo libra 2 review: Release date, e-reader size, features and more
3 years, 2 months ago

Kobo libra 2 review: Release date, e-reader size, features and more

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Kobo libra 2: £159.99, Kobobooks.com open image in gallery Display: 7in HD 7in HD Storage: 32GB 32GB …

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