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Journalist Neil Sheehan is shown in New York, Nov. 29, 1988. Sheehan, a reporter and Pulitzer Prize-winning author who broke the story of the Pentagon Papers for The New York Times and who chronicled the deception at the heart of the Vietnam War in his epic book about the war, has died.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Neil Sheehan dies at 84

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His account of the Vietnam War, A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam, won the coveted prize in 1988.

Sugathakumari — The poet of silent valleys and silenced voices

Sugathakumari stood for nature conservation and the cause of the downtrodden through her poetry and her presence

Anna Todd on writing her ‘After’ series

To be a writer, you simply need to write: Anna Todd on ‘After We Collided’

Abhilasha Unnikrishnan

Anna Todd, author and co-screenwriter of the recently-released romantic drama After We Collided, talks about her journey from publishing stories on a storytelling platform to becoming a bestseller

Tribute The name’s not Bond: John le Carré (1931-2020)

Shuma Raha John le Carré, master of the spy novel, chronicler of our times

Anthony Horowitz talks about Moonflower Murders

Mini Anthikad Chhibber The author says his Susan Ryeland novels involve a lot of thinking, notes and time to make for an easy read

This file photo shows British author John Le Carre at the UK film premiere of 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,' in London. John le Carre, the spy-turned-novelist whose elegant and intricate narratives defined the Cold War espionage thriller and brought acclaim to a genre critics had once ignored, has died. He was 89.

'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' novelist John le Carre dies aged 89

AP Le Carre was known for combining a terse but lyrical prose with the kind of complexity expected in literary fiction.

‘I’m not as fast as Stephen King’: Ernest Cline explains why Ready Player Two comes after a decade-long wait

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60 Minutes I hope my retelling is as far from ‘Amar Chitra Katha’ as Kashmir is from Kanyakumari: Arshia Sattar

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Renowned writer Ved Mehta, who took India to Americans, dies at 86

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Neil Sheehan dies at 84

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Doyen of Urdu literature Shamsur Faruqi passes away

The Indian horror story: on Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India by Blaft Publications

Sugathakumari — The poet of silent valleys and silenced voices

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Author Aparna Karthikeyan talks about the joys of being a pet parent

To be a writer, you simply need to write: Anna Todd on ‘After We Collided’

Anna Todd, author and co-screenwriter of the recently-released romantic drama After We Collided, talks about her journey from publishing stories on a storytelling platform to becoming a bestseller

The name’s not Bond: John le Carré (1931-2020)

John le Carré, master of the spy novel, chronicler of our times

Anthony Horowitz talks about 'Moonflower Murders'

The author says his Susan Ryeland novels involve a lot of thinking, notes and time to make for an easy read

'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' novelist John le Carre dies aged 89

Le Carre was known for combining a terse but lyrical prose with the kind of complexity expected in literary fiction.

I hope my retelling is as far from ‘Amar Chitra Katha’ as Kashmir is from Kanyakumari: Arshia Sattar

The translator talks about adapting Mahabharata for children while retaining the epic’s moral complexities

‘I’m not as fast as Stephen King’: Ernest Cline explains why Ready Player Two comes after a decade-long wait

Ernest Cline says his novels are elaborate, like puzzle boxes. Which explains why Ready Player Two comes after a decade-long wait

Building blocks of success: Guy Raz’s book on what makes a business idea click

American podcaster Guy Raz gives readers an in-depth look into what it takes to make a brand big, in his book ‘How I Built This’

India’s places of worship and their different foods, all in one book

Food is an inherent part of India’s places of worship. In her new book, Shoba Narayan delves into the making of prasadams, langars and more

India has to go for more globalisation: Fareed Zakaria

The journalist and political commentator on capitalism in a post-pandemic future and an emerging U.S.-China bipolar world order

Master of the labyrinth: S. Hareesh

The works of S. Hareesh, who won the JCB Prize 2020, teem with characters who are as much from Kerala as from Russian folktales or Latin American novels

Inside the vault of Britain’s secret service agency

Historian John Ferris walks us through the major turning points of espionage technologies, and why we should want to know more about them

‘Was this censorship?’: Noam Chomsky, Vijay Prashad ask Tata Lit Live after it cancels their discussion

The issues about the Citizenship Amendment Act, Adivasi killing, the industrialisation of indigenous lands and environmental degradation were to be discussed during the session.

‘I didn’t want to write parody; I wanted to write in parallel’: Ben Schott

British writer Ben Schott tells us how bringing Jeeves and Wooster back to life is a Plum job

Rick Riordan talks of Apollo’s final trial

The 'Trials of Apollo' and 'Percy Jackson and the Olympians' author says human beings have the capacity to be great heroes, but can also become the bad guys quite easily

‘What can I do to die better? Live urgently’: Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi

Author Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi spent eight months alone in a village in the pandemic. Some observations from his diary

Balli Kaur Jaswal talks about her novels

The Singapore-based author says one way to understand the stories of nations politically, socially and historically, is to make them personal

Rajputs with the golden guns

Robert Elgood’s ‘The Maharaja of Jodhpur’s Guns’ is a tour de force of the blood and thunder of Marwar royalty through its extraordinary collection of firearms

Bishan Sahai, Ruchi Ranjan and Ishika Ranjan on their book in drabble format

Varying emotions and experiences across three generations of writers encompass ‘Our World — A Symphony of Drabbles — By Three Generations’, written in drabble format

'Like a student eager to impress the teacher': Obama writes about Rahul Gandhi in his memoir

Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh too are referenced in ‘The Promised Land’.

T.N. varsity withdraws Arundhati Roy’s book after ABVP’s objection

“Walking with the Comrades” is based on Ms. Roy’s visit to Maoist hideouts.

Kamala Harris books surge in popularity after election

Harris made history as the first Black woman to become Vice President.

Malayalam writer S. Hareesh bags 2020 JCB Prize for Literature

The book, which is the author’s debut novel, is a contemporary classic mixing magic, myth and metaphor into a tale of far-reaching resonance.

Down Daffodil Lane: on the newly-launched children’s publishing house

As another children’s publishing house launches, a look at how the industry is growing

Rachna Bisht Rawat’s ‘Insomnia’ is an engaging collection of tales about the Indian Army

‘Stop him’, she said hoarsely. ‘I have seen those shoes before.’The lines end the chilling Home Alone, a story in Rachna Bisht Rawat’s latest book

Shortz is T20 version of thrillers: Author Ravi Subramanian on his latest work

Author Ravi Subramanian talks about his latest work — a series of crime novellas, which he’s writing with unpublished authors — among other things

Writer Paul Zacharia chosen for Ezhuthachan Puraskaram

Chosen for the award for his contributions to Malayalam literature and thought for the past fifty years: Culture Minister

Author Krishna Udayasankar on 'The Cowherd Prince', the prequel to her trilogy series 'The Aryavarta Chronicles'

Krishna Udayasankar dives into the origin story of Govinda in ‘The Cowherd Prince'

Nobel Laureate Elfriede Jelinek on how she uses theatre as a licence to seize speech

Her latest play, ‘On the Royal Road’, a scathing indictment of ‘Trump the Emperor’, will hit Indian shelves in November

Triumph of Hindutva movement would mark end of ‘Indian idea’: Tharoor

The Hindutva movement is the “mirror image” of the Muslim communalism of 1947 and its triumph would mark the end of the Indian idea, says senior

British Indian author Anita Anand’s Jallianwala Bagh story shortlisted for history prize

‘The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge and the Raj’ will compete with six others for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History 2020.

Watch | Tahira Kashyap Khurrana speaks on her latest book

A video of Tahira Kashyap speaking to The Hindu Weekend on her latest book The 12 commandments of Being a Woman

‘I am a pretty unfiltered person’: Tahira Kashyap Khurrana on her latest book, 'The 12 Commandments of Being a Woman'

They have all kinds of flaws but you simply must love your in-laws, says author and filmmaker Tahira Kashyap Khurrana whose latest book is filled with outrageously candid revelations

Daniel Menaker, award-winning author and editor, dead at 79

Daniel Menaker, an award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction and a longtime editor at The New Yorker and Random House who worked with Alice

Author Sarbpreet Singh’s latest book is on the Sikh massacre of 1984

‘Night of the Restless Spirits’ is author Sarbpreet Singh’s recounting of the Sikh massacre of 1984

Decoding AlUla with Robert Polidori

Robert Polidori’s photographs bring out the mystery and beauty of AlUla, in Assouline’s new coffee table book

These short stories are an exploration of mortality during the pandemic

A collection of short stories around the coronavirus pandemic, ‘Essential Items and Other Tales From a Land in Lockdown,’ by Udayan Mukherjee is a call to action for people to be kind to one another

Tabish Khair’s reading recommendations

During trying times, Denmark-based Indian poet, novelist and academic Tabish Khair reads literature because it is a cure for him. It is not refuge and, therefore, his Reading List for the week obviously does not include Albert Camus’s The Plague, but...

Soumitra Ranade’s new book ‘Bhrigu and the Palace of Mirrors’ is a gateway to two worlds

A few years ago, Soumitra Ranade was taking a long walk through the passageway of Lucknow’s Bhool Bhulaiya, fascinated by its architectural marvel. He

Author Usha Rajagopalan looks back at her childhood in the company of animals in ‘The Zoo in My Backyard’

Usha Rajagopalan reminisces about her family and their assortment of wild animals as pets while growing up in Thiruvananthapuram in the book

Words of reflection: How Lockdown Journal Chennai showcased local writers

The online platform chronicled the mood of people during these unprecedented times

A canine calling with ‘Dog Tails’

In ‘Dog Tails’, Radha Thomas shares her journey from being an accidental dog lover to a crusader for the cause of strays

Louise Glück | The revenge against circumstance

The Nobel laureate writes about life and its harshness with ‘austere beauty’

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