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At Chennai Book Fair, a stall dedicated for van Gogh
The stall has books about van Gogh, with the special book being the letters he wrote to his brother
Non-fiction corner: Browsing Is a Pleasure in This History of the...
As Friss acknowledges, bookstores are “places to lose and find oneself” and therefore frequent settings for “sappy and tropey” romantic comedy. Fred...
Writer’s Block: Paul Theroux on Necessary Solitude, Risks and the Joy...
After 60 years and almost as many books, the novelist and travel writer, 83, will stop when he falls out of his chair.
Stranger Than Fiction: How bunnies made inroads into our stories
But this is an old state of affairs, going back to the bunnies’ wild antecedents: rabbits and hares. Hares were pagan symbols of fertility (for...
Flipping pages of female fortitude
One of the prime motives of the library at the Goethe-Institut is to promote reading, create awareness and sensitise readers about German and Indian...
Booksmart: New publisher promises authors ‘lion’s share of profit’
The new house is small, with just six employees, but its founders hope that their experience and approach to publishing will attract writers. Contrary...
Let's read a book in a park near you
Residents of north Chennai welcomed the Chennai Corporation’s ‘Reading Zone’ initiative. However, they are also uncertain over its sustainability. DT...
Publishers’ goal in Stall 33: Creating political awareness
There are 6 volumes on communism that are generally sold for Rs 1,200 but at the fair, it’s sold at a discounted price of Rs 800.
