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Quote of the Day by George Saunders: 'Humor is what happens when we're…'—Inspiring quotes by the famous American author best known for his short stories and his novel Lincoln in the Bardo- Booker Prize charity launches new Children's Prize worth 50,000 pounds
- British writer Samantha Harvey's space-station novel 'Orbital' wins the Booker Prize for fiction
- Indian-origin author Chetna Maroo's debut novel shortlisted for Booker Prize 2023London-based Indian-origin author Chetna Maroo's debut novel 'Western Lane' has been shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize. The book, set w...22 Sep, 2023, 10.07 AM IST
- Booker Prize 2023: Dazzling longlist unveiled with 'original and thrilling' literary gemsThe 2023 Booker Prize, which honors an English long-form fiction published in the UK or Ireland, revealed its longlist of finalists on Tues...01 Aug, 2023, 10.29 PM IST
- Indian-origin author Chetna Maroo’s debut novel makes the cut for Booker Prize longlistKenya-born Maroo's novel, set within the context of the British Gujarati milieu, has been praised by the Booker judges for its use of the s...01 Aug, 2023, 08.43 PM IST
- Booker Prize 2022 longlist features 8 women, including 20-yr-old Leila Mottley; Alan Garner oldest nominee at 87Out of the 8 women, 3 are debut novelists.27 Jul, 2022, 01.48 PM IST
- South Korean horror writer Bora Chung's 'Cursed Bunny' shortlisted for Booker Prize, author says her lonely life inspired the storiesHer stories which combine science fiction, horror and fantasy are not considered "pure" literature by cultural elite.25 May, 2022, 01.22 PM IST
- Accidental author, voice of displaced: Who is Abdulrazak Gurnah, the winner of Nobel Prize in Literature?Gurnah says he stumbled upon writing, it was unplanned.08 Oct, 2021, 04.59 PM IST
- Anthony Doerr, Richard Powers find spot on National Book Awards' fiction longlistHonorée Fanonne Jeffers's epic debut novel 'The Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois', a finalist for the Kirkus Prize, is also on the list.18 Sep, 2021, 10.18 AM IST
- Booker Prize shortlist unveiled, British Indian novelist Sunjeev Sahota misses outThe shortlist was chosen from 158 novels published in the UK or Ireland between October 2020 and September 2021. This year's judges include...14 Sep, 2021, 09.55 PM IST
- Margaret Atwood's 'The Testaments' favourite choice to win Booker Prize in fiction categoryThe author had won a Booker for 'The Blind Assassin' in 2000.14 Oct, 2019, 07.26 PM IST
- Author & Silicon Valley billionaire Michael Moritz, wife to sponsor Booker Prize for next five yearsCrankstart is the charity run by Moritz and his wife Harriet Heyman.01 Mar, 2019, 04.06 PM IST
- Donald Trump is a sexual predator: Salman Rushdie"Trump will go on trial in November accused of racketeering, and again in December accused of child rape. He is a sexual predator, hasn't r...05 Nov, 2016, 08.52 PM IST
- Iran imposes new $600,000 fatwa on author Salman RushdieAbout 40 organisations, including state-run media outlets, raised the sum to reinforce the religious edict calling for Rushdie's assassinat...24 Feb, 2016, 06.41 PM IST
- Amitav Ghosh among 10 finalists for International Booker prizeKolkata born, 58-year-old Ghosh had narrowly missed out on the Booker Prize back in 2008 when he was shortlisted for his work 'Sea of Poppi...24 Mar, 2015, 04.43 PM IST
- Neel Mukherjee tipped to bag Booker Prize on TuesdayNeel Mukherjee is tipped to win the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his novel 'The Lives of Others', according to the odds by William Hill, one o...14 Oct, 2014, 12.35 PM IST
- Kolkata-born author Neel Mukherjee's novel in Booker Prize shortlistNeel Mukherjee's latest novel The Lives of Others, set in troubled Bengal of the 1960s has been shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Priz...10 Sep, 2014, 04.03 PM IST
- Protesters send Mahatma Gandhi's biography to Arundhati RoyMembers of a Gandhian forum in Kerala have sent a copy of Mahatma's autobiography Arundhati Roy to condemn her derogatory comments against ...22 Jul, 2014, 02.55 PM IST
- Lokpal stir: Anna 'propped up as saint', says Arundhati RoyArundhati Roy on Tuesday cast doubts over Anna Hazare's anti-graft campaign saying the civil society's Jan Lokpal Bill is a "dangerous piec...30 Aug, 2011, 10.10 PM IST
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