Spain’s National Library has unveiled its first interactive book, “Don Quixote”, which has been digitalised on the Internet to offer readers additional content that will help them to better understand Miguel de Cervantes’ work with tapes, music and maps of the travels of the clever knight-errant and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza. Read the rest of this entry »
A sedition complaint has been filed by the All-India Anti-Terrorist Front (AIATF) with Punjab police chief demanding registration of a sedition case against Booker Prize winner writer Arundhati Roy. Read the rest of this entry »
Publishing company Penguin is set to launch a social network for teenaged bookworms called Spinebreakers, to keep them interested in reading. Read the rest of this entry »
By Madhusree Chatterjee
Indian readers of contemporary English fiction are reaping a rich harvest as top British and American authors head to India to promote their books. Read the rest of this entry »
Anglo-Indian author Salman Rushdie has signed a worldwide deal to publish his memoirs in 2012, publishers Random House said in London Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
Madrid: A 12-year-old plagiarism case has been reopened in Spain against 1989 Nobel Literature Prize winner Camilo Jose Cela, media reported Monday. Read the rest of this entry »
A teacher, a lawyer, a judge and now back to being a student – 100-year-old Bholaram Das has just enrolled for his doctorate, perhaps becoming India’s oldest university student. Read the rest of this entry »