13+ min ago   (158+ words) LEADERSHIP Newspapers Zaynab Alkali: The Woman Who Gave Northern Nigerian Women A Literary Voice Alkali built a long career in academia, teaching English, African Literature and Creative Writing. She spent more than two decades at the University of Maiduguri and…...

13+ min ago   (316+ words) August 14, 2026 — 1:13pm You sit down to eat breakfast. The sun is shining. The sky is blue. You pick up your spoon. You eat scalpels. Maggots. The maggots squirm upon your tongue. You swallow them down. For years – maybe since the day…...

2+ hour, 33+ min ago   (331+ words) USA Today Author Venus Campbell Releases A New Greek Mythological Time-Travel Romance for Read a Romance Month LOS ANGELES, CA (PinionNewswire) This 2026 release falls within the same universe as Campbell’s previous sci-fi romance publication, To Desire the Stars, a Literary…...

26+ min ago   (715+ words) The young Emirati turns his fascination with black holes into an adventure set in 3045 “I’ve always been curious about black holes, so I started imagining that they could take you to a different universe or dimension,” Sultan says. That curiosity…...

2+ hour, 52+ min ago   (49+ words) Books+Publishing Christmas 2026 preview: Adult general fiction We now offer a pay-by-the-month subscription. Password: Forgot my password If you have purchased IP access, please click the button below to activate your service. Books in the media this week Books in…...

4+ hour, 56+ min ago   (283+ words) mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com Yashwant Pitkar began with a question that appeared embarrassingly easy: name India’s important monuments He put it to around 20 people His own list ran to between 3,000 and 4,000 sites, which he cut to 500, then 100, before he, illustrator…...

59+ min ago   (350+ words) Among all the praise lavished on this year’s Commonwealth Short Story Prize participants, one comment from regional judge and lawyer Sharma Taylor was particularly effusive. “Polished and confident, this is a story with a melodic voice that lingers long after…...

37+ min ago   (575+ words) Taking her cue from a Hong Kong exhibition to celebrate The Little Prince, Mariella Radaelli writes on the city’s sustained fondness for the universally beloved children’s classic, and how local artists keep finding newer ways to revisit it. ALSO READ:…...

56+ min ago   (247+ words) For the Love of Stories asks us to find interest in such common backstories of a distinguished academic life. Doniger’s work has been dedicated largely to the study of Puranic texts and has resulted in the publication of over two…...

1+ hour, 27+ min ago   (427+ words) Edward River Library is inviting children, families and the wider community to celebrate the magic of stories this Book Week, with a creative Collage Poetry Competition and a free Book Week Fun Day to be held on Friday, August 28. The…...