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Tamil writer Devibharathi on his Sahitya Akademi Award-winning novel

Devibharathi's Neervazhi Padooum, winner of Sahitya Akademi Award 2023, is a story of the people of Udayampalayam, their struggles & virtue.

The Hindu

'If we were more Bharat...': EAM on foreign policy towards China after Independence

S. Jaishankar examines India's foreign policy since Independence, using the epic Ramayana as the overarching perspective.

The Hindu

The Traitors season two, review: You’ll be staying faithful to your sofa for the rest of the month

The cloaks, the chaos and Claudia Winkleman are all back for a second season of the BBC’s runaway gameshow hit. Resistance is futile – just cancel all your January plans now

The Independent UK

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Trial postponed for man charged with 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie

The New Jersey man charged with stabbing author Salman Rushdie is allowed to seek material related to Rushdie’s upcoming memoir about the 2022 attack before standing trial

The Independent UK

OPINION - Camila Batmanghelidjh was trying to solve London’s knife crime epidemic, shame on those who brought her down

Camila Batmanghelidjh, who founded the globally renowned, London-based and entirely besmirched — but ultimately exonerated — Kids Company died peacefully on New Year’s Day aged 61. It is my sincere belief that we Londoners will rue the day she suffered what she described to me as her “reputational assassination”, which…

Evening Standard

Trial of Salman Rushdie’s alleged attacker faces potential delay over author’s memoir

Salman Rushdie was stabbed around 12 times at the Chautauqua Institution after a man rushed on stage

The Independent UK

Britons gear up for ‘Sunshine Saturday’ as psychotherapist reveals WHY our brain ‘needs’ a holiday – and how many to take per year

Booking a holiday can alter our brain chemistry for the better

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Salman Rushdie memoir about stabbing could delay accused attacker’s trial

Judge says Hadi Matar, who pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charge after Rushdie was stabbed on stage in 2022, is entitled to see manuscript for trial preparation

The Guardian - UK

The best fiction books to read in 2024, from David Nicholls to Kiley Reid

Spend your 2024 getting lost in very good novels – there are plenty to choose from. Jessie Thompson shares our guide to the year’s unmissable fiction

The Independent UK

Trial of man charged with stabbing Salman Rushdie may be delayed until author's memoir is published

Salman Rushdie’s plans to publish a book about a 2022 attempt on his life may delay the trial of his alleged attacker, which is scheduled to begin next week

The Independent UK

Christopher Hood obituary

Other lives: Author of comic novels and plays who later focused on singing for local blues bands and appearing in amateur dramatics

The Guardian - UK

The Famous Five haven’t ‘gone woke’ – they’re just not as tedious as they used to be

With its anachronistic fashions, mixed-race lead and synthy score, Nicolas Winding Refn’s Famous Five reboot has been met with the usual moaning by ‘the anti-woke’ brigade. But it also has a zippiness and thrill that was always absent from Enid Blyton’s deeply uncool source material, writes Adam White

The Independent UK

King Charles Is Apparently Closer to Princess Kate Than He Is His Own Son, Prince William

Charles spoke of his “beloved daughter-in-law” during a recent royal tour.

Marie Claire

Is there another ‘royal’ book on the way? - we share everything we know (and it could bring unheard details of Kate Middleton’s life into the spotlight)

Here's why unheard details of the Princess of Wales' life could soon be told...

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The Conversation

Why Taylor Swift belongs on English literature degree courses

When I started my podcast, Studies in Taylor Swift, in the spring of 2021, I felt that I was simultaneously helping to invent, and trying to catch up to, the academic discipline of Taylor Swift studies. Though there wasn’t much published on reading Swift as literature, I had no trouble…

The Conversation

Coca-Cola in Africa: a long history full of unexpected twists and turns

A new book called Bottled: How Coca-Cola Became African tells the story of how the world’s most famous carbonated drink conquered the continent. It’s a tale of marketing gumption and high politics and is the product of years of research by critical writing lecturer Sara Byala, who researches histories of…

The Guardian - UK

Richard Rampton obituary

Leading defamation barrister who led the courtroom case against the Holocaust denier David Irving in 2000

The Guardian - UK

New thriller from master of twists and turns Harlan Coben comes to Netflix

A new adaptation of the hugely successful crime writer’s book Fool Me Once comes to Netflix on New Year’s Day

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The Guardian - UK

Nonfiction to look out for in 2024

From Salman Rushdie’s account of the attempt on his life to Sathnam Sanghera’s thoughts on imperialism via the story of the Tory party’s decline, here are the big hitters coming your way next year

The Guardian - UK

Fiction to look out for in 2024

The first great lockdown novel, new tales from David Nicholls, Sarah Perry and Percival Everett, and Rachel Kushner’s contender for the Booker… next year promises to be special

The Hindu

100 short stories of the 20th century offer a glimpse of their evolution in Tamil

Explore 100 short stories of 20th century compiled & edited by V. Arasu, former head of Tamil Department, University of Madras. Priced at ₹300, the collection covers Pudumaipithan to C.S. Chellappa & includes brief notes about all the writers.

The Guardian - AU

The ultimate summer reading list: 15 sci-fi and fantasy novels to escape into

From Douglas Adams and Liu Cixin to Terry Pratchett and Claire G Coleman, your beach reads are sorted courtesy of Guardian Australia’s staff and critics

The Guardian - UK

Comedian Fern Brady: ‘Bloody everyone says they are bisexual now’

The author of the award-nominated memoir Strong Female Character on her early ambition to be a spy and why she’d never do a film about being autistic

Woman & Home

Now isn't the time for a tell-all memoir from Meghan Markle as the public is 'overloaded with stories' an expert urges

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have reportedly signed a four-book deal with Penguin Random House

The Hindu

Translation of 12 Tamil Dalit literary works into English to bridge cultural divide

Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation (TTESC) launches project to translate 12 Tamil Dalit literary works into English, to be available at the Chennai Book Fair in January.

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