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Perumal Murugan wins JCB Prize for Literature, to get ₹25 lakh cash prize
Perumal Murugan wins the coveted JCB Prize for Literature for his novel, Fire Bird, an English translation of his Tamil novel Aalanda Patchi. The award carries ₹25 lakh cash prize. The translator is Janani Kannan and the work published by Penguin.
Children’s books, Assam’s complex history, talking to Carlo Rovelli and more Arupjyoti Saikia’s voluminous work, The Quest for Modern Assam: A History (1942-2000), Penguin, provides the most definitive account of Assam during the tumultuous years of World War II. Next week, we will have the winner of the JCB Fiction Prize. The Booker Prize will be announced next Sunday (November 26)
Actor Kalki Koechlin on balancing motherhood and career Kalki welcomed her daughter Sappho in 2020, where she chose water birth. A year later, she came out with a book called The Elephant In The Womb (Penguin) The actor was recently in Udhagamandalam for a panel discussion on motherhood.
The week's bestselling books, Oct. 22 - Los Angeles Times Hardcover fiction: Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (Harper: $30) Historical fiction: The Fraud by Zadie Smith (Penguin: $29) Nonfiction: Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life by Arnold Schwarzenegger (TarcherPerigee: $19)
Suspected Poems: Gulzar Saheb's powerful political critique through poetry Many people may not be aware that Gulzar Saheb has written many subtle but extremely powerful poems on politics. A collection of such poems has been published by Penguin, under the interesting title of Suspected Poems. Gulzar himself has written extensively and consistently on nature.
MUST READS Babel by R. F. Kuang (Harper Voyager £9.99, 560 pp) We All Want Impossible Things by Catherine Newman (Penguin £8.99)
The Guardian view on European fiction in translation: still too little, too late | Editorial When the French novelist JMG Le Clézio took the medal seven years earlier, there was no such luck: his novels were nowhere to be found. It took a year after the win for Penguin to scramble two of his works into print in the UK as modern classics.
Steve Jones interview: ‘George Clooney said to me, “You’re a big guy”’ Broadcaster Steve Jones, 46, is best known as the lead anchor for Formula 1 coverage on Channel 4. His debut novel Call Time, a sci-fi tale about a man who can telephone his younger self, was published by Penguin on 11 May.
Why debut novelist Taylor-Dior Rumble wanted to write a black British romcom Taylor-Dior Rumble's debut The Situationship is the first romantic comedy released by Stormzy’s Merky Books imprint at Penguin. Rumble wanted to write a story that explored black love, undefined romance, womanhood, and how full our lives really are.
FTSE 100 has been shrinking for years - is it about to make a dazzling comeback? FTSE 100 is shrinking faster than Lurpak butter, Whiskas cat food pouches and Penguin biscuit multi-packs. A decade ago, UK shares made up nine percent of global stock market indices. Today, that has been reduced to just four percent.
Ex-Woolworths executive Grant O'Brien 'humbled' to be named inaugural head of Tasmania's AFL team Grant O'Brien has been named as the inaugural head of Tasmania's AFL team. The former Penguin premiership footballer was unveiled as the chairman of the 19th AFL club at his childhood football club on Friday morning. He's looking forward to the challenge of preparing a Tasmanian team to enter the league by 2028.
ALISON BOSHOFF: Murder Club money-spinner nets Richard Osman with an advance of £10 million Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club books have turned into a sales juggernaut. Set in a middle-class retirement village and featuring a gang of detectives. Osman has signed a deal with Penguin imprint Viking to write two more books.
Jacinda Ardern signs book deals, writing about leadership - but not politics Former Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern has started writing a book. She has signed publishing deals with Penguin in Australia and New Zealand, Macmillan in the UK and Crown in the US. She said she was initially reluctant to write about her time as prime minister, but was ‘convinced’ to publish a book about her leadership style.
New Zealand's Ardern gets international book deal Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will write a book about leadership. The project has been picked up by publishing houses Penguin, Macmillan and Crown. She retired from politics in January, saying she no longer had "enough in the tank"
New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern Secures International Book Deal Ex-New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will write a book about leadership. The project has been picked up by publishing houses Penguin, Macmillan and Crown. There is currently no set release date for the book, which will be published worldwide.
Dame Jacinda Ardern confirms book deal, former Prime Minister expected to receive $1 million-plus advance Former Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern has confirmed she is writing a book. It is unlikely to be a tell-all political expose. She has signed with Penguin for the New Zealand and Australian book rights. The deal is believed to be worth more than $1 million.
The Legend of Gabriel García Márquez's Last Unpublished Novel Turns Out To Be True There was always speculation around an unpublished book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez since 1999. Penguin announced that the late Nobel Laureate’s unseen work titled En Agosto Nos Vemos, (We’ll See Each Other in August) will soon be published. The book will be translated from the Spanish by Anne McLean.
Nancy Mitford novel The Pursuit of Love to be reissued with new ‘trigger warning’ Nancy Mitford’s 1945 novel The Pursuit of Love has been reissued by Penguin. A cautionary note has been inserted into the book's opening pages. It states that the novel features “expressions and depictions of prejudices that were commonplace in British society” when it was written 80 years ago.
Nancy Mitford's Pursuit of Love is slapped with a 'trigger warning' for 'depictions of prejudices' The Pursuit Of Love was penned by the English author in 1945. She went onto write two sequels, Love in a Cold Climate in 1949 and Don't Tell Alfred in 1960. The original novel has been reissued by Penguin.
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