Jun 28, 2022, at 05:37 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Author Prasun Roy has touched upon the role of Indian revolutionary Rash Behari Bose in the country's struggle against the British Raj while speaking about his book A Samurai Dream of Azad Hind: Rash Behari Bose recently in Kolkata.
Jun 27, 2022, at 04:23 am
London: Writer JK Rowling on Sunday thanked her fans who boarded the Hogwarts Express since 1997 as her debut novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone turned 25, marking a major landmark in the paradigm of English fantasy writing.
Jun 09, 2022, at 12:04 am
Mumbai: Author and entrepreneur Nidhi Vadhera wanted to do something that would be beneficial for the society.
May 31, 2022, at 10:59 pm
Award-winning children's book author and poet Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan on May 26 discussed the interesting elements that makes her latest book 'Parvati the Elephant's Very Important Day' a companion for life during a Prabha Khaitan Foundation event titled Muskaan, presented by Shree Cement. The event was moderated by Damayanti Mukherjee, Principal of Modern High School for Girls, Kolkata.
Srijit Mukherji, other contemporary Bengali filmmakers talk about their journeys in a new book
May 30, 2022, at 11:09 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Srijit Mukherji and his contemporaries will be sharing their own experiences in the world of filmmaking in a young writer's maiden book.
Geetanjali Shree's Tomb of Sand becomes first book in Indian language to win Booker Prize
May 27, 2022, at 05:49 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Author Geetanjali Shree's Tomb of Sand has become the first book in the Indian language to win the International Booker Prize, media reports said.
Little magazines in Instagram era, a tete-a-tete with independent writer Subhankar Das
May 23, 2022, at 05:45 pm
Welcome to the world of little magazines, mimeo editors, outlaw poets, chapbooks and experimental writing. IBNS caught up with Subhankar Das, an independent writer, literary activist, poet, blogger, publisher and film producer, to answer some of the questions pertaining to the future of little magazines and small publications in the era of Instagram.
My mother felt it was criminal to not live up to our full potential: Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan
May 11, 2022, at 10:05 pm
Why do you want to write a book about me? Why not one on your famous brother?” – was Lily Tharoor’s first reaction when she learnt of her daughter Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan’s intention to write about her life.
May 09, 2022, at 06:24 pm
Kolkata: The French love to criticise a lot and can be really mean at times but they care that people take it in the right spirit, said French cartoonist and comic book artist Julien Berjeaut during his visit to the city.
Do you know what mommy did when she was a little girl? New book crowd-sources their stories
May 08, 2022, at 05:15 am
Is there any woman who, as a teenager (or maybe even as a grown up), did not have to hear how unlike they were from their mothers when they (mothers) were at that age.
Apr 20, 2022, at 02:51 am
Kolkata/IBNS: A former journalist and public relations professional, for Kolkata-based writer Supriya Newar the seamless vignettes of life in the megapolis never ceases to inspire her creative works.
Supriya Newar’s Kolkata Classics-A Book Of Verse launched in Kolkata
Apr 15, 2022, at 05:02 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Starmark, in association with Readomania, hosted the launch of Supriya Newar’s Kolkata Classics- A Book of Verse.
French textile artist and author Isabelle Moulin launches her book Impressions Indiennes in Kolkata
Apr 13, 2022, at 03:14 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Celebrated French textile artist and author Isabelle Moulin launched Impressions Indiennes, her latest book dedicated to Indo-French relations through the prism of silk at the Oxford Bookstore in Kolkata last week.
Sonnet Mondal's new book of poems An Afternoon in My Mind launched
Apr 09, 2022, at 06:39 pm
Poet Sonnet Mondal’s new book of poems titled An Afternoon in My Mind has recently been launched.
Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee speaks about his cookbook in Kolkata
Mar 23, 2022, at 06:25 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee on Tuesday signed a few copies of his book Cooking to Save Your Life at South City Starmark here.
Author Aruna Arya Gupta's book The Heart Has Its Answers launched in Kolkata
Mar 12, 2022, at 07:55 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Author Aruna Arya Gupta's book The Heart Has Its Answers was launched in presence of eminent personalities here last week.
Mar 11, 2022, at 04:29 pm
"Unvanquished: The fight beyond Justice" tells ten real life stories of the struggles of women of diverse ages and backgrounds.
Book lovers' enthusiasm over Russian literature in Kolkata book fair unperturbed by Ukraine war
Mar 07, 2022, at 12:14 am
Kolkata/IBNS: It is often said literature, films, music are beyond boundaries of war, hatred or acrimony and the Russian pavilion in the 45th International Kolkata Book Fair is a witness to it.
French author Patrick Deville talks about Plague and Cholera amid COVID-19 pandemic
Feb 26, 2022, at 06:39 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has still kept the world on edge, French author Patrick Deville on a winter evening in Kolkata threw light upon his 2012 book Plague and Cholera, which is based on the life of bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin.
Kitaab Festival in Delhi draws booklovers
Feb 23, 2022, at 06:42 pm
Prabha Khaitan Foundation organised a week-long Kitaab Festival in Delhi presented by Shree Cement, from 13 to 17 December, where English, Hindi and Urdu literatures were celebrated in the company of a niche audience. Eleven books were launched in these 5 days at the India International Centre in New Delhi.
Feb 08, 2022, at 09:07 pm
Human beings are more good than bad, says Iranian American writer-actor-lawyer Abbas Kazerooni speaking at the 'The Universe Writes' initiative of Prabha Khaitan Foundation in association with Shree Cement and Siyahi. Souvik Ghosh reports
Author-academician Mahul Brahma wins Sahityakosh Samman Award
Feb 08, 2022, at 03:04 am
Kolkata: Author and academician Prof. Mahul Brahma has won the literary award 'Sahityakosh Samman' for his latest book 'The Mythic Value of Luxury'.
Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival 2022 wraps up
Jan 25, 2022, at 11:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The 13th edition of the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival, held virtually amid COVID-19 pandemic, was wrapped up on Sunday.
JK: Srinagar girl pens down book
Jan 23, 2022, at 04:18 am
Srinagar: Fearless Flower, a book by a student Sabreena Yaseen of Natipora was released during an event here.
New book chronicles how a small-town Bihar woman empowered her lot to rise above hurdles 50 yrs ago
Jan 21, 2022, at 10:36 pm
About 50 years ago, a small-town woman from West Champaran district in Bihar, advised women of her state to be part of the solution, whatever the problem, and urged them not to sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles.
Cartoonist Narayan Debnath, credited for several Bengali comics, no more
Jan 18, 2022, at 05:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Cartoonist Narayan Debnath, who has created several Bengali comics, passed away on Tuesday.
Book publishing platform Notion Press expands its services to Bengali language
Dec 29, 2021, at 12:24 am
Chennai/IBNS: Book publishing platform, Notion Press, Tuesday announced its entry into Bengali with a target to publish 10,000 books every year exclusively in the language.
Dec 22, 2021, at 06:05 pm
At the launch of his book A Bird From Afar at the Kitaab Books Festival organised by the Prabha Khaitan Foundation and presented by Shree Cement, writer and Times of India Executive Editor Anshul Chaturvedi talks about the mystique of Subhas Chandra Bose on whom his latest work is based. IBNS correspondent Shashi Sunny was present at the conversation between the writer and Suhel Seth and Nila Madhab
Seventh edition of Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob to commence tomorrow
Dec 10, 2021, at 12:14 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The seventh edition of India’s first Bengali literary festival, Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob (ABSU), curated by Oxford Bookstores, is all set to commence with a curated mix of virtual and physical sessions on Friday.
Dec 04, 2021, at 08:39 pm
Vidhie Mukerjea, the daughter of INX Media co-founders Peter and Indrani Mukerjea, suffered an immense emotional turbulence back in 2015 when her parents were arrested in connection with the sensational Sheena Bora murder case. Vidhie, now in her 20s, came out describing her experience in a book, titled 'Devil's Daughter'. As the book was published, IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh interacts with Vidhie, who was at Starmark Kolkata recently, on the book, her experience and more