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Book fair will be held on time: press secy
Shafiqul Alam, the press secretary to the chief advisor, has said the Amar Ekushey Book Fair will be held “as scheduled”, dismissing rumours about its cancellation. He made the remarks on Sunday at a meeting on expectations from the book fair,...
REVIEW: Deliver me from a standard biopic, new Springsteen film digs deeper
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD Battles with depression, fame and past traumas take center stage as rock star Bruce Springsteen retreats from it all in new biopic, "Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere", starring Jeremy Allen White. Audiences are thrown...
Authorities rescue four bonded labourers from a farm in Dharwad
Officials rescue four bonded labourers from a farm in Kalaghatagi in Dharwad district. They are being sent back to MP. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Officers of revenue, police, labour and other departments rescued four persons working as...
Book review: The Plankton Collector
The Plankton Collector by Cath Barton, Parthian Niall Griffiths The novel The Plankton Collector won the New Welsh Writing AmeriCymru Prize in 2018 and has been republished by Parthian this year. The character The Plankton Collector is…well, what...
REVIEW: Flight is a 25 year retrospective from an artist who wore a survival suit to brave the elements of his beloved Shetland
Paul Bloomer's exhibition Flight is showing now at Shetland Museum's a Gadderie. Photo: Stephen GordonLittle did Paul Bloomer realise that a visit to dog sit in Shetland about 30 years ago, would result in a formidable connection with the isles...
CTech's Book Review: Adopting AI into our marketing worlds
Doron Aaronsohn is the CMO at Sela, a cloud and AI service provider. He has joined CTech to share a review of “Marketing Artificial Intelligence: AI, Marketing, and the Future of Business”, by Paul Roetzer and Mike Kaput. 1 View gallery Doron'...
Owen Sound library book fair celebrates local authors
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News From January to May the Owen Sound & North Grey Union Public Library will host authors for fireside chats, by the fireplace in the Carnegie wing. Edith Faye Chester with her book "But I Just Can't Sleep," at...
A book festival lost funding due to DOGE cuts. Utah's book community came together
SALT LAKE CITY — To understand the challenges the Utah Humanities Book Festival faced this year, you have to go back to April 3. That was the day, according to Jodi Graham, the executive director of the nonprofit Utah Humanities, that the...
Waterloo author's series shares tales of people who are a 'hot mess with a secret to hide'
Ask Crystal Quast to explain her book series called Serenity Acres and she’ll tell you everyone who lives there is “a hot mess with a secret to hide.” The Waterloo author launched the self-published series earlier this year and already has two...
‘Lincoln Lawyer’ Author Michael Connelly: ‘Soulless’ AI Is a Danger to ‘Every Creative Discipline’
Bestselling author Michael Connelly’s latest Lincoln Lawyer novel explores the dangers of AI and its potential to infringe on human rights and creative disciplines. The author warns that AI is “soulless” and that the technology puts “Every kind of...
Osinbajo, Nwachukwu, others hail Peterside’s books’ offerings on leadership recruitment
EMINENT Nigerians, including Nigeria’s former Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; elder statesman, Gen Ike Nwachukwu (Rtd), Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, among others have praised the two new books, Leading in a Storm and Beneath the...
Which Stephen King book is IT Welcome to Derry based on?
Samantha King Content Editor 17:00, 26 Oct 2025 Welcome to Derry lands tomorrow (October 27)(Image: Warner Bros) Stephen King is one of the world's best-known horror authors with over 60 books and 200 short stories to his name, and countless film...
Amar Ekushey Book Fair to be held on time: Press Secretary
The Amar Ekushey Book Fair will definitely be held and on time, Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said on Sunday. Speaking at a discussion titled 'What Kind of Book Fair We Want' at the National Press Club, he said that although some...
Fujairah CP attends launch of 2nd Fujairah Children's Book Fair
This came during His Highness's attendance at the opening of the second edition of the Fujairah Children’s Book Fair, held at the Dibba Exhibition Centre under the slogan “One Community… Many Stories.” His Highness pointed out the priority adopted...
Taylor Swift's reading list: All the books that inspired her songwriting
Taylor Swift, the widely recognised master of the art of songwriting, is obviously a reader and has cited many books as her inspirations for writing her hit songs. The 35-year-old pop superstar is nominated for the 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame,...
Nova Scotia Loyal supports local authors, publishers, booksellers
HALIFAX: Just in time for the holidays, the Province is making it easier to discover books written or published by Nova Scotians. Starting October 24, Nova Scotians can receive $10 off one of 1,600 titles at 11 participating bookstores. “Nova...
Baldacci, Lamb, Orlean coming to Palm Beach for MorseLife book series
MorseLife will bring a slate of award-winning, bestselling authors to Palm Beach for its Literary Society's 18th "Breakfast with the Author" series. The lineup begins with David Baldacci on Jan. 8, followed by Wally Lamb on Feb. 12 and Clare...
New Book Offers ‘10 Woke Commandments’ Americans Should Disobey
The radicalized political Left has adopted a number of “woke commandments,” according to author Simon Hankinson. From demonizing borders to the erasure of history and gender, the radical Left has repeatedly rejected common sense, Hankinson asserts...
Announcements: Responsibility Sharing in International Refugee Law Book Launch; CfP Central Asia Yearbook on International Law; CfP State Responsibility in Crisis Workshop; International Law Working Group Research Exchange Forum
1. Responsibility Sharing in International Refugee Law Book Launch. On 29 October at 5,30pm, in London, the International Law at Westminster (ILaW) centre will host the launch of the book Responsibility Sharing in International Refugee Law by Dr...
Montana 250th Commission Announces Latest Additions to "Montana Reads" Virtual Book Club
Upcoming events to feature noted historians and authors H.W. Brands, Colin Woodard, Colin Calloway HELENA – The Montana 250th Commission is pleased to announce the updated schedule for its “Montana Reads: The Treasure State's Book Club” program...