Just over a month ago, Aamir Faraz – the son of the late Afra Bukhari and now literary heir – told me on the phone that his mother’s new collection of short stories Sang-e-Siyah (black stone) had just been released. I had wanted to review the book and also meetRead More →
Content of the article Acclaimed Canadian author Dorothy Speaks has fond memories of growing up in Woodstock. Speaks, who recently published her fourth volume of short stories, arrived in Friendly City when she was just two months old and lived there until she moved away aged 19. “I remember WoodstockRead More →
[ad_1] Help India! Women’s Summit is the annual gathering of members and supporters of Women’s Manifesto, a national NGO formed in 2014. It awards the Women Manifesto Award to eminent women from different fields, who have made significant contributions to society and reached great heights in their professions. Snobar |Read More →
[ad_1] 14-year-old Samiksha Bhattacharjee was named the country’s youngest YA novelist, with his book Legal crime, published in March 2021, when she was only 13 years old. The story focuses on the idea of ​​peer pressure and its possible effects on people. The protagonist, 16-year-old Fiona Watson, runs away fromRead More →
[ad_1] After devouring half of his dozen novels – none disappointed – I find myself very reluctant to read anyone else. Even if the reasons for Taylor’s undercooked reputation are given, it still seems difficult to credit, given the amount of quality she served regularly – unless one considers aRead More →
[ad_1] Anne Rice, a gothic novelist who helped resurrect the vampire story with dark and alluring bestsellers such as Interview with the vampire, who was adapted into a blockbuster film and used the popular blood-sucking creature as a means to examine mortality, sexuality and life on the fringes, has diedRead More →
[ad_1] December 9, 2021 The acclaimed writer and professor of English at the University of Rochester explores the theme of ‘lost stories’. Celebrated for her work as a novelist, Joanna Scott, Roswell Smith Burrows Professor of English at the University of Rochester, returns to the short story format in aRead More →
[ad_1] Punjabi writer and Sahitya Akademi award recipient Gurdev Singh Rupana died on Sunday evening in his hometown of Rupana in Muktsar Punjabi writer and Sahitya Akademi award recipient Gurdev Singh Rupana died Sunday evening in his hometown of Rupana in Muktsar. He was 87 years old. Rupana’s eldest sonRead More →
News of the death of famous Punjabi novelist Mohan Bhandari swept through literary circles in Chandigarh in no time on Friday. Sick for a few years, the writer breathed his last in his house in sector 34. He was 84 years old. The recipient of several awards, Bhandari, apart fromRead More →
[ad_1] Writer Robert Young was working hard earlier this year on his latest novel, a 1930s murder mystery set in Wolseley starring a strict Catholic detective forced to work with a tarot reader to solve the case. But history wasn’t just written, and Young – author of six fiction andRead More →
[ad_1] “Previously my tours were 15-20 cities, but because of Covid it’s like five or six,†a masked Gary Shteyngart told a small but enthusiastic crowd of fans at BookShop West Portal in San Francisco on the 11th. November. “I wish I could do all the schmear. The New York-basedRead More →
[ad_1] A play on the personal history of famous Chinese novelist Lu Yao (1949-1992) will be performed at the Shangyin Opera House in Shanghai on November 13-14. “The Story of Writer Lu Yao†is presented by Xi’an Theater in Shaanxi Province. Born in Qingjian County of the province, Lu hadRead More →
[ad_1] Earlier this month, the Loyola Writers at Work series hosted award-winning writer Kali Fajardo-Anstine. Fajardo-Anstine is an American novelist and short story writer from Denver. She studied English Literature and Chicano Studies at Metropolitan State University and received her MFA from the University of Wyoming. Her award-winning short storyRead More →
[ad_1] Arts Council Pakistan (ACP) Karachi led a session with renowned novelist, critic and short story writer Aamer Hussein, on his latest book “Restless: Instead of an Autobiographyâ€. Speaking about his book, the author Aamer Hussain said that the first part of my book is devoted to my life andRead More →
[ad_1] The Situation of Poe by Phil Thomas I thought about the concept for a long time before deciding to write the novel, but I thought it was a story worth telling. BRANDON, Miss (PRWEB) 07 October 2021 It’s October, the scariest month of the year, and the perfect timeRead More →
[ad_1] Lopez’s take on “The Bodyguard†will follow a promising artist rather than an established pop star. Image via Warner Bros. The classic from the early 90s The bodyguard, featuring Whitney houston and Kevin costner, will receive a remake from one of the entertainment industry’s most prestigious playwrights. Matthieu lopezRead More →
[ad_1] How do you turn a conversation into an effective dialogue? This is the opportunity you were looking for to understand and write better dialogue. On Wednesday October 13, the Muskoka Authors Association welcomes Katherine Koller, playwright, screenwriter, author via ZOOM Conferencing. Koller will present a mini-workshop for writers workingRead More →
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June 1, 2021 6:15 p.m. (UTC+04:00) 1,492 By Laman Ismayilova Prominent Azerbaijani satirist and writer Jalil Mammadguluzade made a significant contribution to critical realism and satirical genre in Azerbaijani literature. The founder of “Molla Nasraddin”, a satirical magazine greatly influenced this genre in the Middle East and Central Asia. HeRead More →
[ad_1] Today’s Google Doodle celebrates short story author Hisaye Yamamoto. Google When the American-Japanese writer Hisaye Yamamoto began her career as a scribe as a teenager, it was under a pseudonym: she bore the nickname Napoleon, which signaled the level of her ambition and the scale of things to come.Read More →
[ad_1] There is a new accolade given to the Monroeville Literary Festival, named after the childhood friend of Harper Lee, who also grew up to be a writer. Allen Wier, who taught creative writing at the University of Alabama from 1980 to 1994, was recently announced as the sixth recipientRead More →
[ad_1] Crafted, honed, condensed and polished to perfection; the best short stories are like a precious jewel, as evocative as any novel. As the $ 5000 Sunday Star-Times short story competition enters its final week, Tracy Watkins talks to some of New Zealand’s best loved writers about the art ofRead More →
[ad_1] English novelist, short story writer, essayist and librettist EM Forster (Edward Morgan Forster) born in England in 1879, holder of an honorary doctorate from the University of Leiden (1954). Photo: Joop van Bilsen (ANEFO) – Cropped from GaHetNa (Nationaal Artprice.com NL) CC BY 4.0 NEW YORK, NY – SinceRead More →
[ad_1] Through Express news service MALAPPURAM: Novelist and short story writer E. Harikumar, 77, died here Monday evening from various illnesses. He was born to the famous poet Edasseri Govindan Nair and Janaki Amma, who in his early years wrote stories and poems. She even translated Tagore’s Fruit Gathering intoRead More →
[ad_1] Ann Beattie, award-winning short story writer and former Edgar Allan Poe professor of literature and creative writing at the University of Virginia, returns to Grounds this fall as the sixth Kapnick Distinguished Writer-in-Residence. Beattie taught at UVA for many years before leaving in 2012 to write full time. HerRead More →
[ad_1] Express news service Following his critically acclaimed debut film Kismath, director Shanavas K Bavakutty is set to release his second feature, Thottappan. The film, which revolves around a father-daughter bond, has Vinayakan, Roshan Mathew, and newcomer Priyamvada playing the main characters. While Shanavas is currently in the midst ofRead More →
[ad_1] Joshua Bodwell discovered André Dubus’ extraordinary prose in his youth, and therein lies a short story. Twenty years ago, when he was only 23, Joshua Bodwell had a meeting that would change his life. With a book. Or, more precisely, with a writer. Two decades later, Bodwell still remembersRead More →
[ad_1] A lecturer, novelist and short story writer from the University of Chichester has been nominated for a major literary award for his latest book. Contemporary fiction professor Alison MacLeod was shortlisted for the prestigious Edge Hill Short Story Award for All the Beloved Ghosts (Bloomsbury), a collection of storiesRead More →
[ad_1] NEW DELHI – Sanjeev Sanyal wears several hats. From India’s chief economic adviser to urban theorist, from environmentalist to writer, Sanyal brings a vast backdrop to his body of professional experience. The economist went from writing non-fiction to writing news in his latest book titled “Life Over Two Beers”Read More →
[ad_1] Alice Munro in 2002. (AP / Paul Hawthorne) This morning, Alice Munro became the first Canadian author and the 13th woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. (Good timing: Munro also said The New York Times this summer she is finished with writing altogether.) In its announcement, theRead More →