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Ma Jun, 29, who won the Junma Awards for Ethnic Literature last month for his debut prose collection, Qing Bai Shijie, relaxes in his room, holding the book Wo Yu Ditan written by renowned author Shi Tiesheng, which inspired him to write. But now I'm here, at 29, happy with my life," says Ma Jun, the youngest laureate of this …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Prasoon Joshi on not writing for Bollywood: My role as CBFC Chairman has restrained my pen

Hindustan Times

The last time Prasoon Joshi picked his pen to write lyrics was for the film Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi in 2019. It was a phase, and I can see myself gradually moving on to what I love, which is writing and creation.” Prasoon Joshi Having penned songs and scripts for films, Joshi recently forayed into a new realm, play …

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4 months ago

Lainey Wilson 'Whirlwind'

ABC

We're always highlighting great new music added to the ABC Country playlist. “Whirlwind is kind of the Western sister of Bell Bottom Country,” Wilson says. Wilson says she was in search of a specific “thump,” and you can sense the unspoken communication and camaraderie among the musicians over Whirlwind’s 14 tracks. “Whirlwind definitely wouldn't be the same record if I …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Book Review | Rebirth of a classic on Indian coal town

Deccan Chronicle

Rohit Manchanda's A Speck of Coal Dust, which originally went on to bag a Betty Trask Award and was published under the title In the Light of the Black Sun, is a meditative coming-of-age novel set in the coal mining regions of Jharkhand. A Speck of Coal Dust is a deeply Indian yet incredibly diverse work. One time a simple …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Dolly Parton plans for a musical on her life using her songs to land on Broadway in 2026

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Broadway has had great success with “Hello, Dolly.” Now get ready for “Hello, I’m Dolly.” Dolly Parton is writing new songs to go along with some of her past hits and co-writing a stage story inspired by her life for a stage musical that she hopes to land on Broadway in 2026. “Hello, I’m Dolly” is the …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Alice Munro, the writers’ writer

The Hindu

Published : May 16, 2024 12:58 IST - 4 MINS READ If there is such a person in this world as a writerly writer, surely that must be Alice Munro, queen of short stories. The first Munro short story I read was the absolutely stunning “The Progress of Love”, a non-linear story about three generations of women and the fragmented, …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

Paul Auster, postmodern author behind ‘The New York Trilogy’ and ‘Smoke,’ dies at 77

LA Times

Paul Auster, the bestselling postmodern author, noir novelist and screenwriter behind “Smoke,” “Lulu on the Bridge” and “The Inner Life of Martin Frost,” has died. “The New York Trilogy” and “4 3 2 1” author’s death was confirmed Wednesday by his literary representatives at Carol Mann Agency, according to the Associated Press. Its 1986 follow-ups, “Ghosts” and “The Locked Room,” …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: After divorce, a miscarriage and career false starts, my L.A. life surprised me

LA Times

At 46, I’ve made some sense of my life by thinking about it as a story of second chances. Starting at 27 weeks, every day for 30 minutes, I went into the doctor’s office for a “nonstress test” to listen to her heartbeat. A few years later, my third child, Levi, slid into the world, my water breaking on the …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

The Stella Prize 2024: A reading guide to the six shortlisted books

ABC

For more than 10 years, the Stella Prize has showcased the best writing by women and non-binary writers in Australia. — Sarah L'Estrange The Swift Dark Tide by Katia Ariel Gazebo Books "Katia Ariel's memoir is an open love letter to her own courage and desire," said the judges. It is kind of a memoir, but it is really more …

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10 months ago

LIZ JONES: Why I've publicly shamed my former partners for over 25 years

Daily Mail

Revenge isn’t just best served cold. I sat up straight when I read Whatshisname thinks Taylor has dissed him, because that very morning, in North Yorkshire not Nashville, I received a text from my most recent ex-boyfriend that read, after I tentatively reminded him about Valentine’s Day: ‘I seem to remember being dissed and rejected by you IN YOUR COLUMN.’ …

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11 months, 1 week ago

You don’t know what Arctic weather really feels like until you have attempted the Northwest Passage

The Independent

It began with the faintest glimpse of fur, sighted through rain-splattered binoculars one cold, pink morning. I interviewed those who live on the shores of Baffin Bay, walking alongside stalking polar bears, faces gilded by the northern lights, sighting the rare, swirled tusks of narwhals poking through cracks in the ice floes When lockdown restrictions eased, I trawled polar and …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Set to make a splash

China Daily

Still images from Ripples of Life featuring a scriptwriter, played by Kang Chunlei, and a film director, portrayed by Liu Yang, discussing a script.CHINA DAILY The third, perhaps the most sarcastic of all the three tales, features Kang acting as a struggling scriptwriter, who has spent a decade writing four scripts, none of which have been made into movies. However, …

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1 year, 4 months ago

It is the kind of atmosphere where you are not allowed to comment: Javed Akhtar

The Hindu

“It is the kind of atmosphere where you are not allowed to comment,” said scriptwriter, lyricist, and poet Javed Akhtar at the seventh edition of the Bengaluru Poetry Festival on Sunday, when asked about his thoughts about the current political atmosphere in the county. In a freewheeling conversation with Gurgaon-based independent journalist Humra Quraishi that touched on multiple topics, including …

1 year, 7 months ago

Why deadpan genius comic Steven Wright wrote a novel with no rules

LA Times

Comedian Steven Wright broadens his palate but preserves his loopy point of view in a new novel, “Harold.” On the Shelf Harold By Steven Wright Simon & Schuster: 256 pages, $26 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. Wright, for what it’s worth, has never heard …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Lynda Carter shuts down homophobic claim that 'Wonder Woman' isn't for gays

New Indian Express

LOS ANGELES: Actress Lynda Carter proved her superhero powers in real life after using social media to shut down a homophobic user claiming 'Wonder Woman' "is not for gays." "Wonder Woman IS NOT A SUPERHERO FOR GAYS," one Twitter user wrote to Carter, who fired back with the following statement: "You're right. "I didn't write Wonder Woman, but if you …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Composer Nigel Westlake

ABC

“She looked into my eyes and said, ‘Music must always be beautiful.’” Nigel Westlake is one of our most versatile and successful performer-composers. So he gave in and said ‘I’ll teach you now’ and he took me under his wing for a number of years, very intensively, several lessons a week.” After leaving the Conservatorium High School in Sydney in …

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2 years, 7 months ago

How to live like Ruskin Bond

The Hindu

There is nothing one can ask Ruskin Bond that hasn’t been asked before. I’ve sort of made a good living from doing something I love doing.” On his 88th birthday today, Bond’s new book, How to Live Your Life, published by HarperCollins Publishers India, will hit the stands. “Give Nature a little love,” he writes, “and it will be returned …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Durgesh Singh, Gullak screenwriter: ‘Stories of lived realities amaze me’

Hindustan Times

What stands out about Gullak is that it has unusually usual characters. The writer within me wants to go to Czech Republic to meet Nirmal Varma and borrow his overcoat; to take one puff of Mohan Rakesh’s cigar; to bump into Swadesh Deepak on some street corner and to ask him to come to this world, where his anger is …

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3 years ago

Samir Soni’s latest book is based on the time in his life when he stopped socialising

Hindustan Times

Samir Soni recently marked his debut as an author with My Experiments With Silence: The Diary of an Introvert. The actor, who has been maintaining a personal diary for years now, decided to put together pages and turn it into a book. My thoughts were a part of my personal diary and not meant to be shared with anyone.” Samir …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Tick Tick Boom review: Our verdict on Netflix’s Andrew Garfield and Lin-Manuel Miranda movie

The Independent

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. is created entirely by them and for them, adapted by Hamilton’s …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Happy Birthday Sonu Nigam: Bollywood celebs light up Twitter to wish melodious singing icon

India TV News

From signing on a stage with his father at the age of four to becoming Bollywood's most popular contemporary playback singer, from collaborating with international pop stars like Britney Spears and DJ Avicii to winning multiple awards Sonu Nigam has dazzled millions of music lovers across the globe. While veteran singer Anup Jalota shared a heartfelt note for Sonu, singer …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Everything is out of my system now: Neena Gupta on her autobiography 'Sach Kahun Toh'

India TV News

Veteran actor-director Neena Gupta on Monday said her autobiography "Sach Kahun Toh" is an honest tell-all tale about her life, chronicling her professional highs and personal lows. During an Instagram video chat with actor Kareena Kapoor Khan, who launched the book, Gupta said she has been writing the autobiography for 20 years and would often wonder if people were even …

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3 years, 7 months ago

’Whereabouts’ by Jhumpa Lahiri: Where she finds herself

Live Mint

Towards the end of Jhumpa Lahiri’s beautiful new novel, Whereabouts, the unnamed narrator, living in an unnamed city in Italy, finds herself in a peculiar double bind. “I’m me and someone else,” she realises, “that I’m leaving and also staying.” Doubleness is a metaphor that runs through the letter and spirit of Whereabouts. In a sense, therefore, Whereabouts has a …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Success flowing like water

China Daily

Writing in Water, a play directed by Stan Lai, starring He Jiong and Huang Yici, is staged at Tianqiao Performing Arts Center in Beijing on Oct 23. The story of the play took inspiration from Lai's experiences, along with those of his wife, Ismene Ting, who is also a playwright and stage director, when translating the book, Happiness: A Guide …

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Doing the 'write' thing

Prasoon Joshi on not writing for Bollywood: My role as CBFC Chairman has restrained my pen

Lainey Wilson 'Whirlwind'

Book Review | Rebirth of a classic on Indian coal town

Dolly Parton plans for a musical on her life using her songs to land on Broadway in 2026

Alice Munro, the writers’ writer

Paul Auster, postmodern author behind ‘The New York Trilogy’ and ‘Smoke,’ dies at 77

Opinion: After divorce, a miscarriage and career false starts, my L.A. life surprised me

The Stella Prize 2024: A reading guide to the six shortlisted books

LIZ JONES: Why I've publicly shamed my former partners for over 25 years

You don’t know what Arctic weather really feels like until you have attempted the Northwest Passage

Set to make a splash

It is the kind of atmosphere where you are not allowed to comment: Javed Akhtar

Why deadpan genius comic Steven Wright wrote a novel with no rules

Lynda Carter shuts down homophobic claim that 'Wonder Woman' isn't for gays

Composer Nigel Westlake

How to live like Ruskin Bond

Durgesh Singh, Gullak screenwriter: ‘Stories of lived realities amaze me’

Samir Soni’s latest book is based on the time in his life when he stopped socialising

Tick Tick Boom review: Our verdict on Netflix’s Andrew Garfield and Lin-Manuel Miranda movie

Happy Birthday Sonu Nigam: Bollywood celebs light up Twitter to wish melodious singing icon

Everything is out of my system now: Neena Gupta on her autobiography 'Sach Kahun Toh'

’Whereabouts’ by Jhumpa Lahiri: Where she finds herself

Success flowing like water