LONDON (AP) — Critics are accusing the British publisher of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s books of censorship after it removed colorful language from works such as “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “Matilda” to make them more acceptable to modern…
London (AFP) – Six months after being stabbed, British author Salman Rushdie on Tuesday publishes his new novel “Victory City”, an “epic tale” of a 14th-century woman who defies a patriarchal world to rule a city. Written before the US knife…
Sharjah-(SUNA) -The Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) has announced Sudanese historian Yusuf Fadl Hassan as ‘Cultural Personality of the Year’ for its upcoming 41st annual edition of the Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF 2022) in recognition of his invaluable contributions to…
PARIS (Reuters) – Strong orders for the French version of Prince Harry’s tell-all memoir led Paris-based publishing house Fayard to print 130,000 extra copies only two days after the book went on sale, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Thursday.…
London (AFP) – Prince Harry was set to discuss his memoirs in highly anticipated television interviews Sunday after the controversy caused by details of the book’s explosive revelations about royal rifts, sex and drugs. The 38-year-old prince’s ghost-written book “Spare” was…
Los Angeles (AFP) – Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro has been obsessed for half a century with “Ikiru,” a classic Japanese film about an aging bureaucrat who after being diagnosed with cancer races to find meaning in what remains of his monotonous…
Stockholm (AFP) – The latest instalment in the Nordic crime saga Millennium hits Swedish bookstores Friday, with a new author seeking to shift the story’s focus to the far north of the country. Karin Smirnoff, who already had four novels…
Brigitte Giraud, 56, on Thursday won the Goncourt Prize, France’s top literary award for her book ‘Vivre Vite’ (Live Fast). Giraud’s book recounts the chain of events that led to the death of her husband in a motorbike accident in 1999. Giraud…
Less than three weeks before the tournament kicks off, the Qatar World Cup remains shrouded in controversy – largely due to the deaths of migrants constructing the stadiums under dreadful conditions. FRANCE 24 spoke to the co-author of a new…
Prince Harry’s memoir, an object of obsessive anticipation worldwide since first announced last year, is coming out on January 10, 2023. The book will be called “Spare” and is being billed by Penguin Random House as an account told with “raw, unflinching honesty”…
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