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Book review: The Waters of Lahore - time travels
A three-part historical account peppered with personal anecdotes.
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Keith Richards to publish children’s book
Musician will share with readers how he was first introduced to music by his grandfather and given his first guitar.
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Journey of self-discovery: ‘Who Am I? Voices of Women’ launched
The book has interviews with 20 Pakistani women.
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Book review: Across the seas - journey extraordinaire
Sayeed Hasan Khan flirts with politics and drifts across continents to form meaningful and lifelong bonds.
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Fatima Bhutto nominated for fiction prize
Her debut novel is nominated for the Women's Prize for Fiction, formerly known as the Orange Prize.
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In debut novel, a reporter creates fiction out of real events in a very real city
Saba Imtiaz’s debut book talks of violence, romance and how the two coincide in journalism.
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Naz Ikramullah’s thoughts on the cultural mishap of today
Painter turned writer talks about how open and acceptable we were as a society before 1947.
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Vikram Seth talks inspiration, music and writing at LLF
A first person narrator comes with a lot of baggage. You are an intrinsically unreliable narrator: Vikram Seth
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Hard ask: ‘Can Pakistanis and Indians be friends?’
Vikram Seth on translations, colonial influence and upcoming sequels.
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Debut novel: ‘Invest in a steady source of caffeine’
Author Saba Imtiaz speaks about her writing process, advice to aspiring writers.
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Right direction: Make way for books on wheels
Mobile library will be heading to different schools and parks soon.
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Of the Pakistani novel and its audience
It seems difficult, then, to dismiss the lack of cultural context for a western audience as external pressure.
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Amid the bloody trains of partition, Rajmohan Gandhi sees Punjabi love
Not just about the partition, his book is covers 240 years of Punjab - end of Mughal Empire to end of British Empire.
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Fahmida Riaz learns no one knows Shaikh Sa’di
This pictorial poetry book is written in a philosophical way mainly for teenagers.
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Heated debate on the Kashmir dispute book launch
One of fiestier moments of the session were when diplomat Zafar Hilaly challenged both Noorani’s premises and...
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‘It’s just a Faiz, it will go away.’ It never did
Speakers agreed that while Faiz, the man, is forgotten, Faiz, the poet, will never be.
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In the world of the novel, there are no knights in shining armours
Between market trends, what publishers want and readers becoming conservative, the session seemed like a stock report.
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‘Life’s real beauty lies in eventuality of death’
For Mustansir Hussain Tarar, inspiration to write has come from books he has read and from observing his surroundings.
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Finding the ‘right’ words, war, and genres of writing
Rukshsana Ahmed talks about ‘Memory and the Imagination’.
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No fluttering about: Moni Mohsin may be a social butterfly but she stings like a bee
Author’s animated readings has audience in fits of laughter on first day of fifth KLF .
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Roald Dahl’s ‘Dirty Beasts’ to be turned into compositions
Poems will be orchestrated by Wallfisch for a February premiere in London.
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How Splendiferous and Scrumdidilyuptious!
The UK celebrates the 50th birthday of Roald Dahl’s beloved classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
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Grazie, Mazhar ul Islam!
With his latest short story collection, the writer strikes a chord with students from Italy.
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Mazaar, Bazaar revisited
Book focuses on the symbolism that explicates the diversity and visual vernacularof Pakistan.
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Lorraine Adams — celebrating Pakistani culture
In her upcoming novel, the author explores the rich archaeology of familial values in Pakistan.
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Nida Kirmani on the Muslim identity crisis in a New Delhi locality
Political insecurity greatly exists in the Indian locality of Zakir Nagar, often dubbed as ‘Mini Pakistan’.
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Book review: Language speaks
The first step towards breaking stereotypes is changing the way we talk about them.
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Exposed: Lawyer sued for blowing JK Rowling’s cover
Attorney revealed her pseudonymous identity on Twitter.
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Kiran Aman: On jewellery and coffee table books
Meet the designer-publisher with sky high dreams and ambitions.
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The storyteller: Between literature and life, he’d choose life any day
Bilal Tanweer talks to The Express Tribune as his debut novel creates waves in the literary world.
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Peace and conflict: Three religions, one place, one book
Book launch of Dr Iftikhar Salahuddin’s ‘Jerusalem - A Journey Back in Time’ held on Sunday.
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A magical story-telling session at Acton House
Institutions in Pakistan are aiming to revive the declining trend of story-telling.
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It’s my right to criticise Pakistan because I love it: Fatima Bhutto
Novelist talks about her new book The Shadow of the Crescent Moon in London.
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Leading international prize on South Asian literature announces shortlist
Two Pakistani authors selected to contend for the $50,000 prize.
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Book launch: 'New Urdu Writings from India and Pakistan'
The anthology was launched in New Delhi on Monday by writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar.
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Magnificent Delusions: Bilateral misdemeanours
Haqqani narrates ‘parallel realities’ of lost opportunities, parochial priorities and diverging interests in his book.
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Book review: A Tale for the Time Being - Nao and forever
A Tale for the Time Being challenges your imagination and gets you thinking.
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Book review: Kill list - the hunt is on
The Kill List transports you to the clandestine world of terrorists and the intelligence agencies that hunt them down.
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Transitions: Bestselling US author Tom Clancy dead at 66
Clancy wrote 28 spy fiction novels and inspired numerous Hollywood films and video games.
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Book review: The Lowland - tender otherness
Jhumpa Lahiri’s latest novel examines three generations of a family after the Naxalite movement changes their lives.
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The wizarding world returns, but without Harry Potter
JK Rowling to write the screenplay of a new movie based on the wizarding world.
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The book with the really long title that you must read
Swedish writer Jonas Jonasson brings us a century of insanity and dictators in 400 pages.
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Book review: The ingredients of love - faking it till you make it in Paris
A German author writes under a pseudonym to create an international best-seller — also based on a ghost writer.
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Did you know? Adele may pen children’s books
Madonna, Ricky Gervais and David Walliams have also been very successful as authors of children’s books
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‘What’s wrong with Pakistan?: New book lauded for its journey into uncharted waters
Babar Ayaz praised for rekindling debate about religion’s role in Pakistan’s creation.
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A poet’s last stand: An expression of agony
Farid Mohmand’s 17 poems lament the Pukhtuns’ lost identity.
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Striving for change: Book fair held in Matta tehsil
Organisers say event meant to encourage the love for books and knowledge.
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The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis: The Book off shelf
The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis. Winner of Man Booker International Prize. Published by Penguin books. The end.
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Book review: Bedtime stories for big people
Neil Gaiman’s latest book is for adults who can remember what it was like to be a child.
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Book review: Razvi’s world without him in it
Pittho’s World was perhaps the beginning of a great Pakistani writer.