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Best-selling author predicts rise of 'kind and gentle' books
Rankin believes troubled times in the real world could lead consumers to search for more light relief in fiction
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Towards betterment of life and society
In these present times for Pakistan, the book can serve as a beacon for cultural and social development
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Misogyny at schools
Regarding pictorial images, the study says that almost 89% of pictures in the history books illustrated men
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NBF office faces closure for failing to pay outstanding taxes
K-P Excise Department issues notices to pay pending property dues; NBF officials warn of staging protests
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Notes from a Sacred Land ‘Tales of hope from Pakistan’ by Matthew Vaughan is an answer to today’s turmoil
There are passages like ‘Murree cricket match’ that are very Pakistani and at the same time very English
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‘Snuffing Out the Moon’ anxious to do too much: speakers say
Book evinces an acute knowledge of everything that goes into fictional themes
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Roald Dahl's new personalised book makes you a character in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory
Every book is personalised with the child’s name scrolled into rhymes, character plots
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'Pakistan Girl' takes aim at corrupt cops, domestic abuse
Creator of English-language comic says he hopes superhero emboldens women to fight corruption and violence
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‘Book fairs promote soft image’
Such activities will promote soft-image of country, help young doctors reattach themselves with books, say academics
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Mobile libraries may traverse the streets of Sindh
Govt includes proposal in education policy draft to improve reading material access
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Immigrants in Greece find refuge in books
Hundreds of books are there to satisfy a different sort of hunger
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Omar Shahid makes it to Longlist DSC prize for South Asian literature 2017
Pakistani authors Sarvat Hasin and Shahbano Bilgrami also make it to the list
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Hum Nay Suna Hum Nay Dekha: a tribute to the golden age of Pakistani entertainment
The book is a trip down memory lane for those familiar with Pakistani media
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A knack for reading!
There was a time when reading a good book represented a single pleasure most people looked forward to
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Kamila Shamsie, Mohsin Hamid make it to Man Booker prize longlist
Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie and Exit West by Mohsin Hamid are among the 13 novels longlisted for the £50,000 award
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Colombian garbage man builds library from discarded books
At one point, collection got so big that they had to halt the children's reading sessions they held in the house
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Books as far as the eye can see
Two-day book exhibition held at Defence Authority Sunset Club
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FDE yet to provide textbooks to public schools’ students in capital
FDE Director General says the provision of textbooks to students will be completed by the end of this week
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I will read a book from every country, vows Pakistan's 13-year-old Ann Morgan
In this year, Aisha Arif Esbhani has read 80 books
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National Book Fair: Quality books, education key for CPEC success
President says reading helps counter subversive forces
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Book details success stories of BISP beneficiaries
Women narrate tales of coming out of abject poverty with the help of social security net
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Empower your senses: Irvine Welsh’s top 10 must-read books
Here are the novels he feels everyone should read at least once in their lifetime
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Here's what the world's biggest business leaders have on their reading list
Some of the world's biggest business leaders are avid readers
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The notepad: Sarah Ahmad
Urbanist, public programmer and consultant for the inaugural Lahore Biennale’s Mapping Project
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Through book, author tries to improve Pakistan’s image
Kelsey Hoppe wants to change how the world sees and thinks about the country
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The Salam Award for Imaginative Fiction
The Salam Award for Imaginative Fiction is named after Pakistan's only Nobel Prize winner in science
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A Tokyo hotel for bookworms
Book and Bed Tokyo, variation of Japan's capsule hotels, offers guests closet-sized bunk embedded in bookshelves rows
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Coelho, local authors slam books seizure in east Libya
Security official said confiscated books contained information on Shiaism and Christianity as well as erotic material
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People and their books
In a country of nearly 200 million, Pakistan publishes only 2,500 books on average
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Pakistani authors make it to HuffPo's most anticipated books of 2017
Sabyn's Javer's 'Nobody Killed Her' and Sanam Mahers book on Qandeel Baloch featured on the list
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In Morocco's Fez, world's oldest library holds gems
Over the centuries, sultans, noblemen, princesses and wise men have contributed works to its shelves
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The notepad: Asad Mian
An ER physician and a writer/blogger/innovator whenever he’s off shares his favourite books
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Iconic Indian writer Arundhati Roy returns to fiction after two decades
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is set to be published in 2017
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The notepad: Maheen Humayun
Maheen Humayun scribbles her love for the written word on our notepad
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‘Putting pakistan right’: Book with solutions launches tomorrow
The book will be launched tomorrow (Thursday) at Karachi Gymkhana Club at 5pm
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Reflection: Book museum showcases literary heritage
Repository contains rare classical writings
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Review: Rekha - The Untold Story
Yasser Usman's book highlights the triumphs and tragedies of Rekha
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Changing times: The old and the new
Trend of purchasing books from vendors remained dominant in 1980s
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In pictures: Harry Potter returns around the world
Here we look at 25 pictures of the day the new script was unveiled
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The notepad: Natasha Japanwala
Natasha Japanwala provides reading recommendations, jots down the books that changed her life
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Neeru Iyer’s 6 must-reads
The author of 'Of bridges among us' recommends six books worth reading
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Why not budget for books?
Some may term public libraries a luxury for a country like ours. But I do not agree with these arguments
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[Pen]ultimate: Ali Madeeh Hashmi’s nine must-reads
For feedback and submission: Books@tribune.com.pk
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Biography of Shashi Kapoor released
'Shashi Kapoor - the Householder, the Star' is authored by film journalist Aseem Chhabra
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The notepad: Saman Shamsie
Saman Shamsie shares her favourite novels with us, including one written by her sister
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The notepad
The owner of the bookstore ‘The Last Word’, spoke to us about her love for books
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The lost books
In places like Urdu Bazaar Karachi, what used to be bookstalls on the street are now carts to buy stationary
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UN library's most-checked-out book in 2015 will leave you stunned
UN tweets 'Immunity of Heads of State and State Officials for International Crimes' was most-checked-out book in...
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The unbreakable journey
‘Steel Wheels’ presents Rafi’s inspiring struggle after he is diagnosed with Friedrich’s Ataxia
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Recreating a traditional animal republic
Author’s explanatory approach takes away much of the dripping sarcasm and cloaked wit