Omani literature takes the spotlight at the 2026 Sharjah International Book Fair, where the Sultanate is Guest of Honour at the 45th edition, with a growing record of publication across languages and markets. Since Jokha Alharthi’s Celestial Bodies, translated by Marilyn Booth, won the International Booker Prize in 2019, further translations of her work have […]
After more than two decades of bringing international business books to Vietnamese readers, Alpha Books founder Nguyen Canh Binh is looking to take his country’s entrepreneurial stories abroad. The English edition of his memoir, Born in 1972 – Lust for Life of the Contrarian, released on Amazon in 2026, marks an initial step in a […]
The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2026 has been awarded to the Canadian author Anne Carson“for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature”. Carson, 76, is celebrated for works that often cross the boundaries between poetry, fiction and scholarship. She responded to […]
After more than two decades of bringing international business books to Vietnamese readers, Alpha Books founder Nguyen Canh Binh is looking to take his country’s entrepreneurial stories abroad. The English edition of his memoir, Born in 1972 - Lust for Life of the...
The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2026 has been awarded to the Canadian author Anne Carson“for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature”. Carson, 76, is celebrated for...
The Caine Prize for African Writing has released a statement following accusations made in the Atlantic that winner Simbarashe Kundizeza may have used AI. “On Tuesday 6 October in London, Simbarashe Steyn Kundizeza was announced as the 2026 Caine Prize winner. ...
