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British writer J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series of books

‘Harry Potter’ author J.K. Rowling donates 1 million pounds for coronavirus relief

The British writer made the announcement on account of the 22nd anniversary of the fictional Battle of Hogwarts on May 2.

Dinesh Devarajan

Bengaluru writer Dinesh Devarajan shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize

Praveen Sudevan

His ‘The Teeth on the Bus Go Round and Round’ is one of the 20 stories that could win the global award

Vikram Nagarajan

re-telling ‘Ramayana 2020’: This modern-day Ramayana is packed with humour

Teenager Vikram Nagarajan reimagines the Ramayana for youngsters driven by humour and a global mindset

Swedish crime author Maj Sjowall

'Nordic Noir' pioneer Maj Sjowall dead at 84

AFP With her partner Per Wahloo, Sjowall penned a 10-book series centred on Martin Beck and his team of detectives in Stockholm's National Homicide Bureau.

Divya Anand turned her experiences with curly hair into a picture book for kids

Divya Anand on her picture book 'I Hate My Curly Hair'

R Krithika Author Divya Anand explains how she drew from her own life for her first picture book in verse

Per Olov Enquist

Acclaimed Swedish author Per Olov Enquist dies aged 85

AFP Enquist is known for powerful stories that weave his own melancholic life into the dark side of history

Amneh Shaik-Farooqui’s first female role model was her mother

Pakistani author Amneh Shaikh-Farooqui talks about the making of her book, 'Fearless'

Homing In Authors

Homing In A coronavirus lockdown reading list by Ashwin Sanghi

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Books

A book on the history of T20 is the Wisden Book of the Year 2020

Crime-thriller Authors

Anandajit Goswami’s ‘Pink Gender: The Extended’ is all about unfolding mysteries

‘Harry Potter’ author J.K. Rowling donates 1 million pounds for coronavirus relief

Bengaluru writer Dinesh Devarajan shortlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize

The Goa Writers Group is blogging about the lockdown

'Nordic Noir' pioneer Maj Sjowall dead at 84

Shillong: A portrait of longing and belonging

Bijoya Sawian’s ‘Shadow Men’, shortlisted for the Rabindranath Tagore Literary Prize 2020 and set in the Tolkien landscape of Shillong, portrays the problems of insurgency and identity in Meghalaya

Dr. Narendra Kaushik’s upcoming book on Mahatma Gandhi in Hindi cinema

A new book analyses how Bapu’s values have been portrayed in Hindi cinema over the last 100 years

Author Anuradha Kumar’s lockdown reading list for you

Staying at home for a while? We have you covered. For your weekly Reading List, Anuradha Kumar, author of “Coming Back to the City: Mumbai Stories”, recommends collections that transport you to 20th-Century Albania and Second World War-era Quebec

‘Ramayana 2020’: This modern-day Ramayana is packed with humour

Teenager Vikram Nagarajan reimagines the Ramayana for youngsters driven by humour and a global mindset

Divya Anand on her picture book 'I Hate My Curly Hair'

Author Divya Anand explains how she drew from her own life for her first picture book in verse

‘The World of Raja Ravi Varma’ by Manu S Pillai will be launched on the artist’s 172nd birth anniversary

Manu S Pillai’s ‘The World of Raja Ravi Varma: Princes & Patrons’ tells the stories of the men and women who appear in the artist’s portraits

Acclaimed Swedish author Per Olov Enquist dies aged 85

Enquist is known for powerful stories that weave his own melancholic life into the dark side of history

Pakistani author Amneh Shaikh-Farooqui talks about the making of her book, 'Fearless'

Amneh Shaikh-Farooqui’s 'Fearless' profiles stories of amazing women from Pakistan for children

Raashi Khanna to Anita Nair, celebs share their lockdown lessons

We ask artistes what they have learnt about the world around them, habits they have picked up, and philosophies they have absorbed, in this period of social distancing

What unites us is our mortality: Anita Roy

U.K.-based Indian author Anita Roy describes her latest novel, Gravepyres School for the Recently Deceased, as a book about death that is the polar opposite of morbid

A hook into reading

Duckbill’s new series, Hook Books, has just the right combination of fun elements to draw the kids into reading

Authors re-imagine how famous characters from books would have behaved during the lockdown

How would famous literary characters have behaved during the lockdown? We asked a few authors to tell us. Here’s what they had to say...

Author-producer Harlan Coben on his Netflix shows and his new book ‘The Boy From The Woods’

The multi-hyphenate talent talks about his latest page-turner, and about the convergence of the pen with the camera

Chilean best-selling author Luis Sepulveda dies in Spain of COVID-19

The 70-year-old author had spent weeks in a hospital in Oviedo fighting the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

Get to know your favourite authors via Monisha Rajesh’s Literary Lockdown series

Listen in as writer Monisha Rajesh poses 20 questions to best-selling authors on everything under the sun, on her Instagram series Literary Lockdown

In his new book, Guy Robertson delves into the mind and body of growing old and staying happy

Purpose, positivism, and other principles of ageing gracefully

A coronavirus lockdown reading list by Ashwin Sanghi

Staying indoors for a while? We have you covered. For your weekly Reading List, author Ashwin Sanghi recommends sitting back with some history, some crime thrillers and more

William Dalrymple and other well-known writers on armchair travel in the time of the Coronavirus

In these house-bound times, five authors help propel us around the globe to the places that captured their hearts

Malayalam writers on celebrating Vishu that falls in the middle of COVID-19 lockdown

The writers reflect upon the pandemic and their plans for Vishu

Authors Pranoti Sheldenkar and Archana Rajagopal on 'Mama Mia', a colouring book for adults that captures parenting moments

Pranoti Sheldenkar and Archana Rajagopal bring exhausted parents a colouring book called Mama Mia that might teach them to smile again

A guide to becoming a birdwatcher

Birds in your Backyard and Beyond, co-written by Mamta Nainy, Arthy Muthanna Singh and Kaustubh Srikanth and illustrated by Aniruddha Mukherjee, is all about enjoying the experience of watching birds

Author Jason Reynolds offers online projects for kids

Author Jason Reynolds, the country’s National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, had expected his work to keep him on the road. Instead,

Kasturba Gandhi’s story deserves to be told, says author BM Bhalla

The new book by BM Bhalla explores her life beyond that of the Mahatma’s wife

A Coronavirus lockdown reading list by Samit Basu

Staying indoors for a while? We have you covered. For your weekly Reading List, fantasy and sci-fi author Samit Basu recommends comfort reads by writers unparalleled in their genres, including some who inspired his own writings

Arjun Dev: a legendary historian passes away

He co-wrote some of the extremely popular NCERT books

Author Nandini Nayar offers an online writing course for youngsters

The goal of the course is to engage young adults in a creatively, in the literary space

Asterix’ co-creator Albert Uderzo passes away

Uderzo created Asterix in 1959 with the fellow Frenchman and writer Rene Goscinny.

‘Andal appeared in a dream and told me to write a novel about her’: Sharanya Manivannan

Andal might be revered as a poet-goddess, but ‘The Queen of Jasmine Country’, Sharanya Manivannan’s fictive reimagining of her story, is more a book about writing

In his new book, Bishwanath Ghosh says gullys of the holy city are great levellers

Bishwanath Ghosh on his new book, Aimless in Banaras, how the city has opened up to him, and why it has made him less scared of death

Between note and tempo

The re-publication of Vaman Hari Deshpande’s seminal study of the Hindustani classical music is a major event in the field of musicology

‘The Constitution was meant to interrogate relationships of power’: Gautam Bhatia

Gautam Bhatia on how the Constitution tries to bring democracy out of the public and into our social and private lives

When grief shows a shore

Colum McCann’s “Apeirogon” goes berserk in the ocean of grief and yet rising above the waves in this shoreless ocean is extraordinary hope

Rare variants of Urdu

Two recent books spell out the features of Maithili and Gulabi Urdu

Author Nick Arnold combines horror and humour to make science appealing

For over 20 years, Nick Arnold has combined horror and humour to make the sciences appealing to children and adults alike

‘Baffled’ by RSS’ communal connotations, says Milind Soman in his memoir

The model-actor recalls going to the local ‘shakha’ at the Shivaji Park in Mumbai as a young boy

The best things about Bengaluru remain the same, says Priya Balasubramanian

The Sacramento-based author returned to the city where she grew up for the launch of her début novel, ‘The Alchemy of Secrets’

‘The stories had to be published so that I could clear my desk’: Upamanyu Chatterjee

Upamanyu Chatterjee talks about his short story collection, ‘The Assassination of Indira Gandhi’, and possible future volumes, tongue firmly in cheek

Striking a balance

Hostel life, burning the midnight oil, forging friendships that would last a lifetime, and more... Rituparna Ghosh’s book is inspired from her experiences at IIT-M

Through another pair of eyes: A chat with author Kavita Kane

Minor characters sometimes give you an alternative perspective to mythological stories, says author Kavita Kane

Tamil fuelled Subbu’s creativity — in all forms

From performing villuppattu to writing lyrics and stories that were later made into films, Kothamangalam Subbu made Tamil the pivot of his life

Chhotu is more than a Partition tale

The graphic novel ticks all the boxes of pop storytelling and questions the locus of power and freedom in society

The Reverend Ernesto Cardenal’s prayer for revolution

One of Latin America’s most admired poets, The Reverend Ernesto Cardenal, who passed away recently, demonstrated how religious heritage could be used in people’s struggles

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Migrant workers, most of them from U.P. Bihar walk to their native towns and villages, near Shahpur in Thane district, on Monday, May 4, 2020

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Vehicles carrying stranded Keralites queuing up for entry clearance at a check post at the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border at Walayar in Palakkad on Tuesday.

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Gilgit-Baltistan. File photo.

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Migrant workers, students and others board KSRTC buses at Majestic bus stand, in Bengaluru on May 3, 2020.

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File photo used for representational purpose.

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