Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: The Writer Who Rebelled Against Language
With the passing of Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o in May 2025, the literary world bid farewell...
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Book Pricing in the Arab World
Pricing books in the Arab world is a nuanced endeavor shaped by far more than printing costs...
Will the printed book disappear from the Arab world?
The Arab publishing industry is facing a growing crisis driven by the sharp surge in paper prices...
Malaysian Author Gaining Global Recognition
The Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng has carved out a distinguished place for himself in global...
How Gibran Gave the East a Voice from the Heart of New York
On April 10, 1931, Gibran Khalil Gibran passed away at the age of 48. Though his life was brief,...
Haruki Murakami Named Cultural Personality of the Year by the Sheikh Zayed Book Award
A new milestone has been added to the distinguished literary journey of Japanese author Haruki...
Women in Virginia Woolf’s Literature: A Journey of Self-Discovery
English writer Virginia Woolf is one of the most prominent modernist authors of the twentieth...
Bloomsbury Faces Risks Amid Blockbuster Reliance
For Bloomsbury, success has long been tied to its ability to capitalize on authors who capture the...
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Entrepreneurship is Reshaping the Future of the Publishing Industry
The world’s publishing industry is significantly changing because of entrepreneurial...
Libraries and social media Transforming the Reading Culture in Kurdistan
Digital reading is rapidly expanding in Kurdistan, fueled by the growing demand for e-books and...
Mothers and Motherhood In Literature
To celebrate Mother’s day this month we have put together some of our best fictional mothers....
Ramadan in Literature: A Reflection of Spirituality and Culture
Ramadan, the holiest month in Islam, has always been a powerful backdrop in literature. Writers...
The Story Behind Gaza I Spy: An Interview with Sunono’s Founder
A powerful book of images of Gaza’s children has been published by Scottish independent children’s...
Artificial Intelligence as an Author: Can Machines Be Creative?
Published with the attentive genius of an editor, and skilled at generating clever lines, AI has...
Jules Verne: A Novelist Who Inspired Scientists and Inventors
February 8 commemorates the death in 1905 of Jules Verne, French writer and forerunner of science...
Literary Translation and Copyright: Do Authors Get Their Fair Share?
Bridging cultures and making stories flow around the world, literary translation is not just the...
Books to look forward to in 2025
Source Code by Bill Gates The Microsoft founder has written a memoir about his early years, from...
How did Jaipur Rugs become a matter of literature?
The tale of the Jaipur Rugs, founded in 1978 by Nand Kishore Chaudhary in India, has left the...