Books and Literature

World Book Day: Reading in the time of coronaSubscriber Only

JCB Prize for Literature announces its jury for 2020

World Book Day: Celebrate from the safety of your home

Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist announced; Hilary Mantel, Jenny Offill make the cut

Home is where the work is: Writers and their workspacesSubscriber Only

Lockdown Reading: Namita Gokhale on the way she is spending her daysSubscriber Only

Sheikh Zayed Book Award announced; find out the winners

Lockdown verse: Sumana Roy and Aditi Angiras reflect on the current timesSubscriber Only

Authors come together to tell you stories; watch videos

Comic book creators take to Twitter to auction artworks, comic books

The Firekeepers of Jwalapuram: Book 2 of The Kishkindha Chronicles : An excerpt

Lockdown Reading: Rheea Mukherjee on the book she is reading nowSubscriber Only

Does life resemble fiction? Here are some novels that dealt with a pandemic

‘If journalists write the first draft of history from the ground, writers do it from a distance’Subscriber Only

Pandemic poem goes viral; ‘this is not normal’ it reminds

Lockdown verse: Tishani Doshi and Sharanya Manivannan reflect on the current timesSubscriber Only

Lockdown reading: What’s the good word

Orwell Prize Longlist for Political Writing and Political Fiction 2020 announced

Looking for book recommendations? Oprah Winfrey has one for you

Desmond Elliott Prize 2020 longlist announced. Check out which books made the cut

Dylan Thomas Prize shortlist announced: List consists of novels, short story and poetry collection

Dystopian novel about a pandemic is published 15 years after it was rejected

Lockdown Reading: Annie Zaidi on the books she is trying to readSubscriber Only

‘Sometimes, getting through something is more than enough’: JK Rowling