July 2021

Are you going to a chalet? Staying home for the long weekend? Or are you just looking for a bedtime story to keep you up to date with the latter part of our second pandemic summer? Allison Hall-Murphy, librarian and English adult novel…

AN ETERNAL SONGBy Ha JinHa Jin's new novel begins with its Chinese protagonist making the quintessentially American mistake of putting money before country. Yao Tian, ​​a prominent Peking Opera singer, catches a last-minute gig while…

Through PTI LONDON: British Indian-born author Sunjeev Sahota is one of 13 authors vying for the prestigious Booker Prize 2021 for his novel "China Room", alongside Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro and Pulitzer…

Through PTI LONDON: British author of Indian origin Sunjeev Sahota is one of 13 authors short of the prestigious Booker Prize 2021 for his novel "China Room", alongside Nobel Prize winner Kazuo Ishiguro and…

Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro and Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Powers are among 13 authors short of the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction. Briton Ishiguro, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2017, is on the shortlist announced…

A new documentary on Anthony Bourdain has sparked debate over his use of artificial intelligence to put together quotes voiced by the late celebrity chef and breathe life into his voice.Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain, directed by…

Necessary fictionsDebi Cornwall(Books Radius, 2020) US troops appear likely to be withdrawn from Afghanistan before the September 11 deadline set earlier this year by President Biden, ending a…

Although Fleming's operations were at times successful, much of his charm and good taste were remembered, qualities which at times seemed rather heinous in the midst of war. (During a field visit to France, he complained that cognac was…

If Adam Serwer is right and the cruelty was the point for Trump's Republican Party from 2016 to 2020, and then after 2020, it's possible the lie has become the point. Incubating, amplifying and polishing lies is now the…

CANNES, France - The thing that comes up regularly about the Velvet Underground is Brian Eno's joke that the band didn't sell many records, but everyone who made one created a band. You won't hear that line in Todd Haynes' tale "The Velvet…

Kids will always find clever ways to get out of school, and the last trick is to simulate a positive Covid-19 lateral flow test (LFT) using soft drinks. So how do fruit juices, cola and sneaky kids fool the tests, and is there a way to…