Literature

Humayun Ahmed was one of the writers who helped Bengali literature become ingrained in daily life and built up a sizable readership in Bangladesh. Today is his passing day. Ten years have passed, yet the void...

Anne Rice, the gothic novelist best known for “Interview with the Vampire,” died at the age of 80 on Saturday, according to her family. “I sat alongside her hospital bed in admiration of her accomplishments and...

Tanzanian-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, whose work touches on colonialism and refugee life, on Thursday won the Nobel Literature Prize, the Swedish Academy said. Gurnah, who grew born on the island of Zanzibar but fled to England...

A new book published aims to help children stay hopeful and positive during the COVID-19 pandemic. The story is a sequel to My Hero is You: how kids can fight COVID-19!, published in April 2020. Both...

Axel Springer said on Thursday it will acquire U.S political news website Politico, as the German publisher stitches together a global network of digital news operations. The companies did not disclose the terms of the deal,...

Children’s author and illustrator Jill Murphy, who created the beloved Worst Witch books, has died at the age of 72. Murphy also published picture books including the Large family series, Peace at Last and The Last...

Eric Charlie, author and illustrator of the popular children’s classic “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”, has died at 91. This was stated in a statement on his official Instagram on Wednesday. The book was first published in...

New York writer Raven Leilani has won this year’s £20,000 Dylan Thomas Prize. The prestigious Swansea University award is one of the world’s largest literary prizes for young writers. The 30-year-old was named the winner at...

Online fiction app Radish is being bought for $440 million by South Korean internet conglomerate Kakao, the two firms said Tuesday, making a multi-millionaire of its 30-year-old founder only five years after he set it up....

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair-2021 on Bangla Academy premises and at Suhrawardy Udyan virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban at 3pm today. “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to...