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'Catching Fire' seeks fans for book trailer

Fans of "Catching Fire" have two weeks to submit a clip for a new US book trailer for the second in Suzanne Collins' "Hunger Games" trilogy.

Indian author bags Sharjah Children's Book Award

Indian author Saniyasnain Khan has bagged the Sharjah Children's Book Award for his book, 'The Story of Khadija'.

Beastie Boys memoir due 2015

Michael "Mike D" Diamond and Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz are teaming up with hip-hop scribe Sacha Jenkins to pen a memoir of the Beastie Boys' musical history.

Mitch Albom switches publishers, has 3-book deal

Mitch Albom, one of the country's most popular authors, has a new publisher and a new novel coming this fall.

Grisham sequel to 'A Time to Kill' to be published

The defense attorney in John Grisham's first novel, "A Time to Kill," is returning to the courtroom.

Picture books can boost your child's vocabulary

A study has claimed books having photographs but no words prove ideal for building children's language skills. And, the parents can help their kids the best if they used such books for the bedtime story.

Philip Roth receives 'Literary Service' award

Philip Roth's latest honor was as much for what he has done for other writers as for his own work. Roth received the PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award Tuesday night.

Book lovers in India lap up myths with a makeover

Mriganka Dadwal knows everything about the Ramayana, the ancient Hindu epic that tells the story of warrior-god Rama and the abduction of his wife Sita by the powerful demon king Ravana.

At 105, world’s oldest romantic novelist pens 124th book

World’s oldest romantic novelist Ida Pollock has released her 124th book. She is 105. Her stories have sold millions of copies in over 70 years as a writer but she has avoided the limelight by using 10 pseudonyms.

Kama Sutra shedding closet status, now in mainstream: Author

Perceived as a byword for sex and appropriated over centuries to sell products and services with sexual implications, the kama sutra is shedding its 'closet status' and could soon be mainstream reading, says Haksar.

Adichie focuses on Nigeria's present for new novel

Adichie's new novel takes root in the vagaries and murmured promises of a love story like much of her other work.

New Fidel Castro biography planned

Former president Fidel Castro will be the subject of a new volume of memoirs about his life as a Cuban revolutionary, the country's larger-than-life leader and a longtime nemesis of the United States.

Book 'guru dakshina' to father: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

Lamenting the absolute lack of documentation of the life and times of his father, guru and noted musician Ustad Hafiz Ali Khan, sarod maestro and son Ustad Amjad Ali Khan has called his new book "my guru-dakshina to my father".

Jason Segel becomes children's author with 'Nightmare!'

Star of "How I Met Your Mother," writer and co-star of "The Muppets" 2011 outing and "The Five-Year Engagement" Jason Segel is segueing into fiction with children's story "Nightmare!" due in fall 2014.

Penguin launches new young adult books imprint

Penguin Books India has launched an exciting new imprint called 'Inked' that promises to transform young adult literature with fresh and original content.
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