By Swapna Peri This book, A Woven Life, is a memoir of Jenny Housego, a woman of many titles. She is an entrepreneur, an author and most importantly, British Textile Historian. Journalist […]
A Woven Life – Jenny Housego’s Biography
An Interview with Bestselling Author Rosanna Ley
By Sakshi Selvanathan Rosanna Ley is the bestselling author of many novels which have a particular focus on emotional drama and human conflict, and are largely set amidst gorgeous landscapes that make […]
The Blue Umbrella – A heart-warming tale of a simple girl living in the most beautiful mountains of India.
By Mru Natu Binny lives in the Garhwal mountain regions of North India with her mother and brother. Her father died when she was very young. Their family grows vegetables in […]
Australian Authors Dominate Walter Scott Book Prize Shortlist for 2021
Australian authors make up the majority of contenders for the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction: namely Steven Conte, Kate Grenville and Pip Williams. The authors occupy three of the five potential […]
Extra Ordinary by Sailee Tiwari: Explores a Gamut of Life Experiences through Twelve Short Stories
Extra Ordinary by Sailee Tiwari is a collection of short stories that explore a gamut of life experiences through twelve short stories.
Nawal El Saadawi, Trailblazing Egyptian Writer, Dies Aged 89
Egypt’s trailblazing writer Nawal El Saadawi died on Sunday at the age of 89, after a lifetime spent fighting for women’s rights and equality. She died in a Cairo hospital after a […]
Mystery and Thriller Writer Harlan Coben’s New Book Released
American writer Harlan Coben has some free advice for anyone who cares to ask: “If it produces pages: good. If it doesn’t produce pages: bad.” With 32 published books and an estimated […]
Oprah’s Next (Quadruple) Book Club Pick: Marilynne Robinson’s Four ‘Gilead’ Novels
The typical book club is accustomed to picking a single book to read for an allotted time period, but globally revered talk show host/television producer/actress/author/philanthropist, Oprah Winfrey, has taken one step further. […]
Interview with Aakanksha Jain
By Swapna Peri Aakanksha Jain is author of a non-fiction book, content creator, and a book blogger. She has been a freelancer since 2017. Her blog ‘Books charming’ is one of the […]
An Interview with Niroshini Gunasekera
By Sakshi Selvanathan Professor Niroshini Gunasekera is a veteran in French language studies, teaching it in Sri Lankan universities and educational institutes for more than three decades. She has also written her […]
AN INTERVIEW WITH ASHOK FERRY
By Swapna Peri Ashok Ferry is an author, a mathematician and a personal trainer. He writes short stories and novels. He studied mathematics at Oxford and worked in London on construction sites […]
Released: Longlist for the 2021 Women’s Prize for Fiction
The Women’s Prize for Fiction, in collaboration with Bailey’s and Nat West, has announced the longlist for its annual award yesterday, which recognizes and honors a female author of any nationality for […]
Author-Editor Nadja Spiegelman to Edit New Internationally-Oriented Literary Magazine
Author and editor Nadja Spiegelman is heading a new literary magazine that will highlight writing from around the world. And the magazine, titled ‘Astra Quarterly’, will likely release its first issue later […]
Lyrebird – A moving, beautiful story portraying a girl with a unique talent.
By Mru Natu In the south-west of Ireland, rugged mountains meet bright blue lakes and thick forests. Deep in the woods, a young woman lives alone, forever secluded from the world, her […]
My dark Vanessa
By Swapna Peri The story is about a 15-year-old girl Vanessa who gets into a relationship with her manipulative teacher. The book talks about the psychological aspects and dynamics between the two. […]
Joy Williams’s First Novel in 20 Years to Be Released in September
The recipient of much acclaim for works like ‘State of Grace’ in 1973 (which was nominated for a National Book Award for Fiction) and ‘The Quick and the Dead’ in 2002 (a […]
Hillary Clinton Teams Up with Author Louise Penny to Publish New Novel ‘State of Terror’
Hillary Clinton is a former presidential hopeful, secretary of state and first lady. And she has now partnered up with renowned author Louise Penny for the publication of her first novel – […]
Four Longtime Friends Create Literary Journal for Poetry by Women Over 50
Four friends from Delaware, U.S. have founded an online poetry journal that showcases the work of women over fifty years of age. The journal, which was christened ‘Quartet’, is named after the […]
An Interview with Chathurika Senevirathna
By Sakshi Selvanathan Chathurika Senevirathna is bilingual writer, poet and dubbing translator/artist in Sri Lanka. In addition to this, she is also passionate about research and teaching, and has been lecturing in […]
Purple Hibiscus
By Swapna Peri The story is about a 15-year-old girl who lives with her brother and family. They are wealthy, and her father is a fanatically religious person. Kambili, the girl with […]
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