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Quote of the day by Thomas Keneally: 'In a way Australia is like Catholicism. The company is sometimes questionable and the landscape is grotesque. But you always...'Quote of the day by Thomas Keneally: Renowned Australian author Thomas Keneally, celebrated for 'Schindler's Ark', offers a poignant perspe...- Quote of the Day by Margaret Atwood: ‘If I waited for perfection, I would never…’Margaret Atwood, a celebrated Canadian author, is renowned for her dystopian fiction and feminist perspective, with "The Handmaid's Tale" b...
- Quote of the Day by Toni Morrison: 'The function of freedom is to…' —Inspiring quotes by the first African American woman to win the Nobel Prize in LiteratureQuote of the Day: Toni Morrison, an iconic literary figure, asserted that the essence of freedom lies in its capacity to empower others. He...
- Quote of the day by Margaret Atwood: 'You’re gonna die, so how do you fill in the space between here and there? It’s yours. Seize your space' ; life lessons from The Handmaid's Tale authorMargaret Atwood urges readers to embrace life's finite nature by living with purpose and intention. She advises seizing opportunities and t...
- Quote of the day by Amy Tan: 'I have many reasons why I think reading is really important. It provided for me...' – lessons on power of books and how reading can rewrite your life story by author of The Joy Luck ClubQuote of the day by Amy Tan: Renowned author Amy Tan reveals how reading offered her a vital refuge and the power to envision different out...
- Salman Rushdie is being honored with a Dayton peace prize lifetime achievement awardSalman Rushdie was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the Dayton Literary Peace Prize event in Ohio. This recognition follows his...
- From Shakespeare to The Beatles, 6 books compete for nonfiction 'Winner of Winners' prize of $30,000The prize was launched in 1999 to reward English-language books.
- Biography of English poet John Donne wins UK nonfiction book prize'Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne' was named winner of the GBP 50K prize.
- 'The Butler' author Wil Haygood wins Dayton Literary Peace Prize'The Butler' is based on the life of Eugene Allen, who served eight presidents at the White House.
- American-Canadian writer Ruth Ozeki's 'Book of Form and Emptiness' wins Women's PrizeThe novel explores the complex relationship between people and their possessions.
- Joan Didion, the 'new journalist' and a prolific chronicler of modern culture, dies at 87The writer died from complications arising due to her Parkinson's disease.
- 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.
- Margaret Atwood writes foreword for late partner Graeme Gibson's latest, says 'every bird was a revelation to him'Gibson, who died in 2019 at age 85, was known well beyond the world of books.
- Isabel Wilkerson's 'Caste' among finalists for National Book Critics Circle awardsWinners will be announced on March 25.
- Playful book about The Beatles wins major nonfiction literary award, cash prize worth $66,000The award recognizes English-language books in current affairs, history, politics, etc.
- Charles Yu's satirical 'Interior Chinatown', Malcolm X biography win National Book AwardsThe poetry prize went to Don Mee Choi's 'DMZ Colony'.
- Quentin Tarantino's 2-book deal with Harper on films will include a novel on 'Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood'The Oscar winner's second book will be the nonfiction 'Cinema Speculation'.
- 'The Handmaid's Tale' writer Margaret Atwood honoured with Dayton Literary Peace PrizeThe Dayton lifetime achievement award carries a $10,000 prize.
- Awards launched: Intolerance to dominate this year's Bangalore Literature FestivalIntroduction of literary awards in three categories -fiction, nonfiction and literary achievement in Kannada -will be the other highlight.
- Indian novelist Vikram Chandra reaches finals of top American literary awardHis other acclaimed works include 'Red Earth and Pouring Rain', published in 1995, which won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First ...
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