'Youth fully capable of carrying forward light of literature'

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) Chairperson Dr Najeeba Arif has said that the youth were fully capable of carrying forward the light of literature. In an interview with APP on Friday, she said the two-day second "Nasl-e-No Adabi Mela...

Literary Matchmaking: Books about the Power of Booksellers

Some years ago, an organization of writers to which I belonged hired a consultant to discover what it was that convinced people to buy a book. For this, they paid, I can divulge without telling any secrets, $25,000. When they told me about it, I...

How Partition & Fate Led 2 Refugees To Find Love & Build Delhi’s Iconic Bahrisons Bookstore

“But every night, without fail, after shutting the bookshop, he would stop at India Gate and buy flowers for my hair on his way back to the camp. He would present me with a jasmine gajra, and I would sleep with it tied in my hair, and in the...

Nehru’s influence on India’s foreign policy, history books for children, Jataka tales and more

(This story is part of The Hindu on Books newsletter that comes to you with book reviews, reading recommendations, interviews with authors and more. Subscribe here.) Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. The Kamaladevi...

Carrollton has bookstore cats and all that

If you are out and about on the square, don’t be tempted to take home the local paws-itive celebrities from Horton’s Books & Gifts. Horton’s is home to four bookstore cats: Poe, Dante, Savannah and Magic. And they make the entire square a part of...

How the digital age is rewriting Pakistani literature

NOT too long ago, a manuscript’s journey from a writer’s desk to a reader’s hands felt like a marathon. Weeks, sometimes years, could pass between finishing a piece and seeing it in print. You sent it to publishers, endured edits and hoped it...

Beating the odds: How Singapore’s governance transformed its destiny

Days before Singapore celebrated its 60th year of independence, a new book was added to the canon of literature on the city-state’s improbable growth and survival – this time, through the eyes of public sector leaders who had a hand in its...

BookTok loves love. Now, romance bookstores are feeling it, too

Courtesy of Steamy Lit A customer at Steamy Lit Books in FloridaNEED TO KNOW BookTok, the reading community on TikTok, has steadily become a sacred online space for fans of the genre A love of love-focused books has moved off the page in the form...

Lakeshore used bookstore doubles space in move to Holland Town Center

Bluestocking Bookshop is relocating to a new space that will more than double the footprint for the used bookstore on the lakeshore. On Aug. 25, the bookstore will close its 2,500-square-foot suite at 501 Butternut Drive in Holland Township, where...

I 'De-Amazoned' my Kindle, and Here's How I Buy DRM-Free EBooks

Recently, I made the choice to buy a Kindle Paperwhite, but not register it to my Amazon account. Doing so is as simple as avoiding connecting to a wifi network during setup. The Kindle itself will still run just fine; it just won't connect to the...

Romance Bookstores on the Rise in Puget Sound

There’s an edgy new book trend in bookstores. And it’s got some history.

Maybe you’ve noticed an edgy new trend at the bookstore. Stroll through the fantasy, romance or YA sections, look at some of the more popular titles, and you’ll start to see it: Novels not only featuring eye-catching cover illustrations – but also...

BookTok Loves Love. Now, Romance Bookstores Are Feeling It, Too (Exclusive) By Carly Tagen-Dye

NEED TO KNOW BookTok, the reading community on TikTok, has steadily become a sacred online space for fans of the genre A love of love-focused books has moved off the page in the form of romance-centric bookstores Several owners of romance...

Inside the Bond & Grace ‘Art Novels’ That Put Artists at the Center of Classic Literature

Maggie Lemak. Courtesy Bond & Grace Over the past few years, the publisher Bond & Grace has come to be known, among a certain set of readers, for its “Art Novels.” This new publishing product merges the worlds of classic literature and...

Book Talks Why Formula 1 romances have us racing to the bookstores A closer look at the driving forces behind the latest trending book subgenre, Formula One romance novels. Books |1 hour ago

When Nova Scotian writer Amy James first attended the Formula One (F1) Canadian Grand Prix in 2019, she brought a book with her, thinking she would be bored for most of the race. By the time they waved the checkered flag, the book had never left...

Exploring Dublin - a city of poets, rebels, art and literature

IT REMAINS one of the great cities of Europe. The invader, the trader, the traveller, the settler, the oppressor, the rebel and the writer have all added colour and culture to Dublin, to Baile Átha Cliath, to Dubh Linn. Few places have produced so...

“Literature is a Force For Peace and Solidarity.” On Writing a Novel of the War in Ukraine

I conceived of my novel in a very different world. When I began writing my first draft, I was tutoring English in the region of Ukraine where my family came from. I went to Ukraine in search of clarity around my own diasporic relationship to the...

The Decline Of Literature And The Tragedy Of Mushtaq Kamlani

“Literature adds to reality; it does not simply describe it. It enriches the necessary competencies that daily life requires and provides; and in this respect, it irrigates the deserts that our lives have already become”—C.S. Lewis. More than...

Photos of the Week: River Canyon, Mountain Brook, Cliff Bookstore

Jeff J Mitchell / Getty Burryman Andrew Taylor meets with local residents as he parades through Queensferry, Scotland, encased in burrs, on August 8, 2025. The Burryman event, held annually on the day before the Ferry Fair, features a man dressed...

Storytellers restaurant/bar brings new flavors to former Hays bookstore

The front entrance of Storytellers near Fort Hays State University in Hays. Photo by Tony Guerrero/Hays PostBy TONY GUERRERO Hays Post From late-night tacos to a full-scale bar and grill, Storytellers is bringing a new chapter to downtown Hays...