Kamala Harris’ 107 Days book tour: Dates, cities, what to expect and when to get ticketsKamala Harris book tour 2025: Kamala Harris, former US vice president, is embarking on a 15-city book tour this fall to promote her memoir,...
22 Aug, 2025, 04.20 AM IST
Proof copy of the 1st Harry Potter novel get fetches $13,000 at UK auctionThe seller, who was not named, picked up the book about the famous boy wizard as a "throw-in" with other titles and didn't read it or pay m...
27 Feb, 2024, 10.18 PM IST
Prince Harry's tell-all memoir 'Spare' is now UK's fastest selling non-fiction bookThe book contains shocking revelations about the royal family.
11 Jan, 2023, 06.47 PM IST
Rare 'Don Quixote' editions published in 1605 go up for auction, expected to fetch up to Rs 5.14 crThey were last bought in the 1930s by diplomat, Jorge Ortiz Linares.
16 Dec, 2022, 07.01 PM IST
Amazon may have to pay £900 million as compensation to UK customersAmazon's UK customers may be eligible to earn a portion of £900 million in compensation once a lawsuit is filed against the e-commerce gian...
21 Oct, 2022, 12.58 AM IST
Sri Lanka welcomes Booker win for Shehan Karunatilaka's novel 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida' on civil warBooker Prize judges called it a "whodunnit and a race against time, full of ghosts, gags and a deep humanity".
18 Oct, 2022, 07.06 PM IST
'Notting Hill' director Roger Michell passes away at 65At the time of his death, Michell was working on a documentary about Queen Elizabeth II.
24 Sep, 2021, 09.13 AM IST
Empty arenas, plexiglass protection for authors: How book fairs are held in post-Covid worldMore than 4,400 exhibitors from over 100 countries have registered to take part virtually.
16 Oct, 2020, 05.52 PM IST
Happy Birthday, Ruskin Bond! Four books to curl up with todayThe author has spent years enchanting fans with his unforgettable tales about nature, humans, and the wild.
19 May, 2018, 11.08 AM IST
'Intangible heritage': Exploring the cultural significance of smellsSmell is not just a sensory perception, it is also a social and cultural phenomenon. Yet, the poor nose has had a rough ride in the western...
23 Apr, 2017, 12.13 AM IST
'Library of a Lifetime'! London bookshop will offer free books for the rest of your lifeTo stand a chance to win, all you need to is submit the name of your favourite book published in English after 1936.
04 Oct, 2016, 07.15 PM IST
- finest single-owner collection of original book illustrations ever to appear at auction by Sotheby's London
The finest single-owner collection of original book illustrations ever to appear at auction will be fielded at Sotheby's London on December...
25 Oct, 2012, 05.26 PM IST
- Internet and supermarkets 'kill off 2,000 bookshops in UK'
Campaigners have warned that the loss of bookshops, with closeure of thousands of libraries will lead to 'book deserts'
03 Sep, 2011, 05.18 PM IST
The curious case of clay turning to goldIn the old days, if one dreamt of turning iron into gold, one would be called an alchemist. Today’s alchemist is not into the heavy metal b...
06 May, 2009, 12.30 AM IST
- UK's biz tycoons to flee high-taxed Britain: Report
Britain's leading entrepreneurs are considering to leave the country as a mark of protest against UK Chancellor Alistair Darling's new 50 p...
26 Apr, 2009, 02.59 PM IST
- 7/7 bombers used BBC charity money
BBC’s charity organisation, Children in Need, donated £20,000 to an organisation controlled by 7/7 bombers Mohammed Siddique Khan and Shehz...
22 Aug, 2008, 02.35 AM IST
- Apna London
Crowds late into the night were clearly a summer feature: a couple of days later we saw more of them as we headed for Leicester Square afte...
29 Jun, 2006, 12.19 AM IST