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Review | Me, Margarita — Capturing the lives of Georgian women via a uniquely Tbilisian voice

Review | Me, Margarita — Capturing the lives of Georgian women via a uniquely Tbilisian voice

The Caucasus is changing — so are we. The future of journalism in the region is grim. Independent voices are under threat — and we’re responding by building a newsroom powered by our readers. Join our community and help push back against the...

Review: Data Engineering for Cybersecurity

Review: Data Engineering for Cybersecurity

Data Engineering for Cybersecurity sets out to bridge a gap many security teams encounter: knowing what to do with the flood of logs, events, and telemetry they collect. About the author James Bonifield has a decade of experience analyzing...

Book tells MEMO story of sharing

Book tells MEMO story of sharing

For more than 20 years, a dedicated group of volunteers have made it their mission to send life-saving medical equipment to countries all over the world, and now that story is being shared in a new book detailing their dedication and success....

Durham Book Festival unveils 2025 line-up

Durham Book Festival unveils 2025 line-up

Featuring Pat Barker, Ann Cleeves and Jonathan Coe… Durham Book Festival has announced its 2025 programme, bringing together a wide range of writers and cultural figures for the annual three-day event in October. Running from 10–12 October, the...

Greg Iles, Acclaimed Author of the 'Natchez Burning' Trilogy, Dies at 65

Greg Iles, Acclaimed Author of the 'Natchez Burning' Trilogy, Dies at 65

Greg Iles, Acclaimed Author of the 'Natchez Burning' Trilogy, Dies at 65 (Picture Credit - Wikipedia) Greg Iles, the celebrated Mississippi-based author of the 'Natchez Burning' trilogy and several other bestsellers, has passed away at the age of...

Mayo author launches special book telling story of the curragh

Mayo author launches special book telling story of the curragh

Published: Mon 18 Aug 2025, 8:00 AM MAYO Books Press has published The Curraghs and Naomhóga of Ireland, by Dr. Breandán Mac Conamhna, which was launched in the Erris Coast Hotel, Geesala, on Friday night. The book, launched by James Cahill,...

Decolonizing Language by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o review – final words of literary giant

Decolonizing Language by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o review – final words of literary giant

On 17 July 1979, the great Kenyan novelist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o gave a speech in Nairobi in which he questioned the logic of an African literature in European languages. He had recently been released from prison, where he had been held after his...

Ophthalmic Changes in the Offspring of Pregnant Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus or Diabetes Mellitus – A Systematic Review

Ophthalmic Changes in the Offspring of Pregnant Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus or Diabetes Mellitus – A Systematic Review

Introduction Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as first occurred or recognized glucose intolerance during pregnancy, in spite of the requirement for insulin therapy, degree of the metabolic disorder, or duration of the condition after...

Is Sally Rooney A Terrorist? Quick Facts On Author Willing To Give BBC Shares In Support Of Protest Against 'Genocide' In Palestine

Is Sally Rooney A Terrorist? Quick Facts On Author Willing To Give BBC Shares In Support Of Protest Against 'Genocide' In Palestine

Acclaimed Irish author Sally Rooney has reignited political controversy after confirming she will use her BBC adaptation royalties and UK book sales proceeds to support Palestine Action, a group banned under UK terrorism laws. Rooney made the...

From Republican to Reich: Trump's authoritarianism continues to rise

From Republican to Reich: Trump's authoritarianism continues to rise

The more Trump tightens his hold, the more America begins to resemble the authoritarian regimes we were once taught to fear, writes Dr Norm Sanders. EVERY MORNING, school children all over America put their hands over their hearts, face the...

Letter to Bendigo Writers Festival flagged concern over Palestinian author

Letter to Bendigo Writers Festival flagged concern over Palestinian author

Nearly 60 per cent of participants at Bendigo Writers Festival withdrew from the event after the code of conduct – which covered the La Trobe Presents component of the festival – was issued, according to figures released by Bendigo City Council on...

Latest novel in thrilling Lincolnshire-based crime series set to be published

Latest novel in thrilling Lincolnshire-based crime series set to be published

A bestselling crime author is set to release the fifth book in his gripping series based in Lincolnshire. Secrets from the Grave, the latest story in Jack Cartwright’s Deadly Wolds series will go on sale on August 21. Jack CartwrightSet once again...

Al-Thawra General Hospital Authority in Hodeidah Treated More Than 785,000 Cases in 1446 AH

Al-Thawra General Hospital Authority in Hodeidah Treated More Than 785,000 Cases in 1446 AH

Al-Thawra General Hospital Authority in Hodeidah Treated More Than 785,000 Cases in 1446 AH Hodeidah - Saba: During the past year 1446 AH, the Al-Thawra General Hospital Authority in Hodeidah Governorate provided comprehensive medical, diagnostic,...

Business News | Veteran Author Vivek Singhal Marks India's 79th Independence Day with the Release of His Latest Book, 'Dominion and Dharma'

Business News | Veteran Author Vivek Singhal Marks India's 79th Independence Day with the Release of His Latest Book, 'Dominion and Dharma'

VMPL New Delhi [India], August 18: Strategic thinker and civilizational mentor Vivek Singhal unveiled his new book, Dominion and Dharma: Reframing Capitalism Through Conquest, Consciousness, and Civilizational Memory, today. The book was released...

The one book of the Bible written specifically to unbelievers

The one book of the Bible written specifically to unbelievers

By Robin Schumacher, Exclusive Columnist Monday, August 18, 2025 Unsplash/Logan FisherIn one way, since we all start out life separated from God, every book in the Bible is written to unbelievers because that’s what we are. Scripture says our...

Harold Mikal Smart publishes book of poems

Harold Mikal Smart publishes book of poems

Features Laurel V Williams 33 Minutes Ago Former primary school prinicpal Harold Mikal Smart with a cope of his latest book, Colours ­- A collection of poems. - Photos by Lincoln Holder Harold Mikal Smart, 75, of Vistabella, San Fernando, has...

Letter to Bendigo Writers Festival flagged ‘concern’ over Palestinian writer

Letter to Bendigo Writers Festival flagged ‘concern’ over Palestinian writer

Nearly 60 per cent of participants at Bendigo Writers Festival withdrew from the event after the code of conduct – which covered the La Trobe Presents component of the festival – was issued, according to figures released by Bendigo City Council on...

Assam: Jyotinagar road in Dibrugarh renamed after writer Nirupama Phukan

Assam: Jyotinagar road in Dibrugarh renamed after writer Nirupama Phukan

DIBRUGARH: The Jyotinagar road in Dibrugarh has been renamed as Nirupama Phukan road by the Dibrugarh Municipal Corporation (DMC). Noted writer, social worker, and tea planter Devi Prasad Bagrodia inaugurated the Nirupama Phukan road on Sunday....

New book on Tasmanian Aboriginal history begins with 'land bridge'

New book on Tasmanian Aboriginal history begins with 'land bridge'

Lucie Cutting For people who have just tuned in, this is author and historian Shane Breen and we're talking about his new book, First Tasmanians. Where do you start? How far back have you gone? Shayne Breen It goes back a long way because in the...

Pakistan promotes cultural and literary ties at Southern China Book Fair

Pakistan promotes cultural and literary ties at Southern China Book Fair

BEIJING - Pakistan’s Consul General in Guangzhou, China, Sardar Muhammad, attended the 2025 Southern China Book Fair to promote cultural ties and literary exchange, Gwadar Pro reported quoting a statement from the Consulate General. The fair,...

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