Art and Books

The Army and Democracy is a simple insight into the complicated civil-military relations in Pakistan

English compilation of Meena Kumari’s poetry offers peak into real-life tragedies of a woman who made many cry.

Hillary Clinton narrates the hard choices she had to make as US Secretary of State with tad too much ease.

The latest achievement is the Italian translation of his poetry in a book, titled, Cento Poesie D’amore.

My Feudal Lord author Tehmina Durrani awarded for her achievements by the French Government.

Nobel Prize-winning author Nadine Gordimer dies at the age of 90.

Ahmad died at his home in Islamabad, aged 83.

Haruki Murakami entangles the reader in his web of overlapping plots and a blurred perception of reality.

JK Rowling writes a short story about the reunion of Harry Potter and his friends.

Even when Biz Stone was calling it quits to stable jobs, he was systematically moving towards creating Twitter.

Legendary Pakistani poet’s Before You Came makes it to the list put together as part of the Festival of Love.

With an imprisoned body and liberated soul, Faiz’s carceral stay became a medium of cathartic expression for his wife.

Literary critic Professor Fateh Muhammad Malik is no stranger to controversy as it comes with the territory.

Part of Pakistani tragedy is that Manto remains relevant today because it would still try him for obscenity.

Mushtaq Ahmed Yousufi’s novel takes a humorous approach to nostalgia and human tragedy without trivialising them.

With Be Careful What You Wish For out now, the bestselling author shares what lies ahead on his path of glory.

An attempt at understanding religion-driven politics in Pakistan.

Panellists attempt to decipher the writer’s works by looking back at his life experiences.

Maya Angelou dies at age 86 in North Carolina, local media reported on Wednesday.

The book is a pictorial biography on the filmmaker by his daughter, while the foreword is written by his son.

The actor’s target audience is youngsters, so while content will be meaningful and serious, the writing will be light.

Indian poet Minu Bakshi’s book comprises around 100 peoms and ghazals that she has written over the years.

The late poet lost herself in love and used her poetry to put her emotions in words.

Julien Columeau came to Pakistan as a humanitarian worker and went on to became an innovative Urdu novelist.

Shamim Ahmed's book talks about how development and torment go together.

Celebrity fitness trainer Rujuta Diwekar unravels the science of fitness training

Zulfiqar Halepoto compiles book of essays, news stories, investigative reports on Thar crisis.

Writings that take us on a global tour in order to challenge our preconceived notions.

Punjab govt schools’ English textbook for fourth graders full of grammatical, spelling mistakes.

Children polish skills by meeting celebrities.

Master narrator reads Josh, Faiz and Yusufi to promote the habit of book reading.

Publishers believe an online version of the dictionary will be more accessible and affordable.

Author talks about 2 States and his longstanding relationship with the film industry.

The cause of death was not immediately known.

Muslim Shamim’s book on the four comrades launched at Arts Council.

His publishing house for children, Kitab, recently launched a catalogue with eight books, five of which are in Urdu.

Her son Danny Townsend confirmed that the novelist had died at home on Thursday after a short illness.

The iconic comic book character will die in the conclusion of a flash-forward series this summer.

I don’t think people (the viewers) who are watching, mind whether the actor is married or unmarried.

Sindhi writers, intellectuals say all rights and resources of smaller provinces are still snatched by federal govt.

Attiya Dawood, Sheen Farrukh, Kishwar Naheed talk about writing in a man’s world.

Former UNDP official criticises present discourse, says it has nothing to offer as solution.

The Nobel-prize winning author is responding well to treatment: health ministry

Written by Pamuk in 1998, the book was translated into English in 2001 and is now commonly known as My Name is Red.

J K Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was originally published in 2001.

The book details history of progressive movements in the country and why they lacked lustre.

In his overtly explicit novel, The Last Word, Kureishi leaves nothing to the imagination.

John Lennon’s doodles, drawings and poems to be sold in NY.

According to his son, the writer died at his residence in Sujan Singh Park in Delhi.

Dramatic readings from Tilism-e-Hoshruba charmed young and old alike at Napa.