A weekend of fiction for bookworms (IANS Books This Week)
July 21st, 2012 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Browse with IANS through the pile of gripping titles, this weekend.Book: "Tigers in Red Weather"; Written by Lisa Klaussmann; Published by Picador; Priced at Rs.550The ... Read more...
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Five books published in India on Commonwealth shortlist
April 26th, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Indian publishing is carving a formidable space for itself on the Commonwealth Book Prize list for 2012 with five titles published in the country on ... Read more...
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Tharoor celebrates 21 years of ‘The Great Indian Novel’
March 6th, 2011 - 4:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) One of the best contemporary retelling of an Indian classical epic, "The Great Indian Novel", a transcreation of Ved Vyasa's Mahabharata by writer-politician Shashi ... Read more...
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Rural India to be theme of Delhi Book Fair
December 20th, 2010 - 11:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) The dynamics of rural India will be presented through fine print at the 16th edition of the Delhi Book Fair to be held from Saturday in Pragati ... Read more...
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Four Indians nominated for Commonwealth Writers’ Prize
February 19th, 2010 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Noted authors Keki N. Daruwalla and Amit Chaudhuri are among the four Indians nominated for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize 2010.
Besides Daruwalla's "For Pepper and Christ" and ... Read more...
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Vikram Seth strikes 1.7 mn pound publishing deal
July 2nd, 2009 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
By Binoo K. John
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Indian writer Vikram Seth, who is working on a sequel to his blockbuster novel "A Suitable Boy", has finalised a deal worth around 1.7 ... Read more...
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