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Crime writer Ian Rankin predicts rise of 'kind and gentle' books

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Global turmoil after seismic events such as Brexit and the election of President Donald Trump may push readers away from dystopian crime fiction to novels with a more comforting message, best-selling author Ian Rankin says. The Scottish writer has made millions penning dark tales of serial killers and murderous gangsters, but thinks the current bleak outlook for world affairs may

British author Follett calls Brexit 'absolute disaster'

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British novelist Ken Follett, creator of the best-selling "Pillars of the Earth" series, on Wednesday called Brexit an "absolute disaster" and said the characters in his sweeping medieval saga would have been "remainers". "The people of Kingsbridge would definitely be remainers. They'd hate the idea of Brexit," 68-year-old Follett said at the Frankfurt Book Fair, where he presented the long-awaited

Proust paid for good reviews of his masterpiece

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The French writer Marcel Proust paid for glowing reviews of the first volume of his "Remembrance of Things Past" to be put into newspapers, letters by the great author reveal. The novelist wrote the notices himself and sent them to be typed up by his publisher "so there is no trace of my handwriting" to distance himself "absolutely from the

Paul Auster tops shortlist for Man Booker prize

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US author Paul Auster tops the shortlist for Britain's prestigious Man Booker Prize published Wednesday, one of six books that organisers said "collectively push against the borders of convention". The 70-year-old, nominated for "4321", is up against two other Americans -- short story writer George Saunders, for his first full-length novel "Lincoln in the Bardo", and debut writer Emily Fridlund

'Obscene' S. Korea novelist dead in suspected suicide

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An avant-garde South Korean novelist whose 1990s prosecution on obscenity charges prompted comparisons between his work and Lady Chatterley's Lover was found dead on Tuesday in an apparent suicide, police said. Ma Kwang-Soo, 66, was arrested in 1992 and held in custody pending trial over Happy Sara, the story of a female student who has an affair with her professor,

Arundhati Roy releases first novel in 20 years

New Delhi - AFP

Arundhati Roy's eagerly-awaited second novel went on sale Tuesday, two decades after her prize-winning debut "The God of Small Things" propelled her to global fame and launched her career as an outspoken critic of injustice in her native India. Roy became the first Indian woman to win the prestigious Booker Prize with her 1997 work, which sold around eight million

SCRF reviews future of children’s illustration books

Sharjah - Arab Today

Bestselling writer and illustrator from the Philippines, May Tobias-Papa; and Sheena Dempsey, one of UK’s most exciting illustrators of children’s books, got together on the first day of the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF 2017), to enlighten a packed audience on the role illustrations in stories. To what extent do illustrations help to express the events described in a

2 Israeli authors make Man Booker global shortlist

London - Arab Today

Two Israeli authors are among six writers shortlisted for this year's Man Booker International Prize, organisers announced on Thursday. Three European writers and one from Argentina are also vying for the prize, awarded to a work of fiction translated into English and published in Britain. One of the novelists, Amos Oz, makes the shortlist for the second time. Fellow Israeli

Russian Soviet-era poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko dies at 84

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Yevgeny Yevtushenko, a Russian Soviet-era poet who found a large following in the West in the 1960s, died on Saturday of heart failure in the United States at the age of 84, Russian news agency RIA Novosti said. "He died peacefully a few minutes ago, surrounded by his loved ones," the agency quoted his wife, Maria Novikova, as saying. Yevtushenko

Nobel laureate writes disparaging play about Trump

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American theater-goers got a small taste Monday of a new play by Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek that tries to understand President Donald Trump and what he says about today's society. Jelinek, an Austrian, won the world's top literature prize in 2004 and is known for writing the novel "The Piano Teacher," which became a movie of the same name in

Young Afghan boy named ‘little Picasso’

Kabul - Arab Today

Farhad Nouri, a young afghan migrant, has been dubbed ‘little Picasso’ by Britain’s BBC. The ten year-old boy living in Serbian Camp is using art and painting to help him cope with the harsh conditions. Nouri’s drawings include famous portraits of painter Salvador Dali and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Source :Al Arabiya

For US composer, understanding Trump through optics

New York - AFP

To Mohammed Fairouz, a leading US composer whose work seeks the universal in the present day, policy experts have it wrong when it comes to President Donald Trump. The artist, who has brought both poetry and politics alive through his music, finds it telling that Trump is so visibly enraged by Alec Baldwin, the actor who impersonates him on the

UAE delegation participates in Arabic Poetry Festival in Nouakchott

Nouakchott – Arab Today

President of Mauritania Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz received on Sunday a delegation from the UAE, who is visiting Mauritania to participate in the second edition of the Arab Poetry Festival in Nouakchott. The festival, launched on Saturday, was held under the auspices of His Highness Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Ruler of Sharjah. President Abdel Aziz held a meeting

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