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Books 5 years ago

Stephen King to publish new crime novel in March

The American horror master has announced that his latest crime novel, Later, will arrive in bookstores across the world in March 2021.

Books 5 years ago

'The Great Gatsby' prequel to be published in January 2021

The much-anticipated 'prequel' to F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" will be published on January 5, 2021, just a few days after the classic novel enters the public domain in the United States.

Books 5 years ago

New novel from ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ author set for movie adaptation

The latest novel from “Crazy Rich Asians” author Kevin Kwan has been picked up for feature film presentation, with “Sex and Vanity” going to Sony Pictures just over a week after hitting store shelves.

Books 5 years ago

‘A Yellow House’ opens window to the lives of Indonesian domestic workers in Singapore

Many Indonesian maids often are locked inside working extra-long hours without even being fed. Some of them experience sexual abuse. Those portrayals of Indonesian domestic workers along with Asian domestic workers are neatly narrated in Karien van Ditzhuijzen’s A Yellow House.

Books 5 years ago

A World Redrawn: Novelist says Syrians will remain unheard

The novel coronavirus pandemic briefly gave Syrians a sense of belonging to the rest of the world after years of isolating war, Syrian author Khaled Khalifa said.

Books 5 years ago

Reading app Kwikku in search of budding comic artists, writers

Kwikku used to serve as a local social media platform, but it is now modifying its goal: to provide reading material for teens and young adults.

Entertainment 5 years ago

Netflix to adapt new, as-yet untranslated Elena Ferrante novel

Netflix announced Tuesday it will adapt the new novel from Italian writer Elena Ferrante, "The Lying Life of Adults", into a television series.

Books 5 years ago

'Twilight' prequel book coming, written from vampire Edward's perspective

Author Stephenie Meyer thrilled fans of her best-selling "Twilight" novels on Monday by announcing she will release a prequel that explores the characters' love story from the perspective of vampire Edward Cullen.

Entertainment 5 years ago

‘Vinterviken 2021’: Netflix announces a contemporary adaptation of the Swedish novel

Twenty-four years after it was first adapted, the novel Vinterviken by Swedish author Mats Wahl will be reinterpreted in a new film. Netflix has just announced a green light for a contemporary take on the novel, which was already brought to the big screen in 1996.

Books 5 years ago

From Christie to Chandler and beyond – five detective novels to investigate during lockdown

A good detective story, whether it takes place within an English country house or travels across international borders, reminds readers of this fundamental truth.

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Stephen King to publish new crime novel in March

'The Great Gatsby' prequel to be published in January 2021

New novel from ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ author set for movie adaptation

‘A Yellow House’ opens window to the lives of Indonesian domestic workers in Singapore

A World Redrawn: Novelist says Syrians will remain unheard

Reading app Kwikku in search of budding comic artists, writers

Netflix to adapt new, as-yet untranslated Elena Ferrante novel

'Twilight' prequel book coming, written from vampire Edward's perspective

‘Vinterviken 2021’: Netflix announces a contemporary adaptation of the Swedish novel

From Christie to Chandler and beyond – five detective novels to investigate during lockdown

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