Literature

George Clooney makes TV return two decades after ER

Clooney will direct and star in the six-episode series, based on US author Joseph Heller’s darkly comedic 1961 novel 'Catch-22'.

Amazon announces Lord of the Rings TV series

Amazon closed the deal with an upfront payment of around $200 million and acquired the TV rights for 'Lord of the Rings.'

American author George Saunders wins 2017 Man Booker Prize

Saunders' first novel "Lincoln in the Bardo" is about former US president Abraham Lincoln and the death of his 11-year-old son, Willie, at the dawn of the American Civil War. He is the second American writer to win Britain's prestigious prize.

Emmys 2017: All the winners

The Handmaid's Tale, Saturday Night Live and Veep were the big winners at this year's Emmys, but the on stage appearance of former White House press secretary Sean Spicer stole the show.

Pulitzer-winning poet John Ashbery dies at 90

His 1975 “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror” made history when he became the lone writer to earn three major awards in that year for it.

“Democracy cannot survive without a democratic imagination”

Azar Nafisi, the renowned Iranian-American author, is most famous for her book “Reading Lolita in Tehran”. She reflects on similarities between Iran and the United States and on the importance of culture and education in a healthy democracy.

J K Rowling's Harry Potter turns 20

The story of the seven novels revolves around a young wizard and his friends. The books were adapted into eight movies and translated into as many as 79 languages ​​in 200 countries and have sold more than 450 million copies worldwide.

Welcome to the world of K

K is a character in Franz Kafka's novel "The Castle" who gets trapped in an endless labyrinth of bureaucracy. Tightened US visa rules seem to be straight out of K's nightmare.

Ten years on, Jaipur Litfest is still a powerhouse

The Jaipur Literature Festival is one of the few places where you can challenge the greatest minds on earth, and get away with it.

Tintin fans are excited over release of colour version of first comic

'Tintin in the Land of the Soviets' sees the Belgian reporter escaping from a train in Berlin after a bomb explodes and being chased by Soviet soldiers.

British critic and author John Berger dies aged 90

The Booker-prize winning author was ill for about a year and died at his home in a Paris suburb.

Legendary playwright Edward Albee dies at 88

The three time Pulitzer-winning writer of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" died at his home in Montauk, New York.