September 11, 2019Margaret Atwood released the much-anticipated sequel to her award-winning 1985 novel The Handmaid's Tale on Sept 10, with The Testaments set to become a similar smash.
A terrifying, misogynistic dystopia set in the US north-east in the near-future, The Handmaid's Tale has been turned into a major television series and become a...
September 9, 2019Book launch: The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
Where: Lit Books, Petaling Jaya
When: Sept 10, 8pm (entrance fee RM15)
In 1985, the literary world saw the publication of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, which gripped and shocked readers everywhere. The book returned to bestseller lists in 2017 when a TV series based on it...
September 8, 2019She knew it was blasphemous. If her writings were discovered, it would be deemed treasonous. After all, as an Egyptian priestess, it was expected of Hen-taui to follow the religious rituals as ordained by the gods.
But she knew, in spite of all the tradition passed down in the priesthood over centuries, there was something amiss....
September 5, 2019Copies of Margaret Atwood's long-awaited sequel to The Handmaid's Tale were mistakenly sent to readers early, the publisher said this week, sending fans of the Canadian author into a frenzy and angering independent booksellers.
Penguin Random House had instructed retailers to keep The Testaments strictly under wraps until its...
September 4, 2019Margaret Atwood, Lucy Ellmann, Bernardine Evaristo, Chigozie Obioma, Salman Rushdie and Elif Shafak have been announced as the six authors shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize for Fiction.
September 3, 2019Learning to deal with the panic attacks Prof Steven C. Hayes experienced when he was a young man led to the creation of a new approach to treating mental health issues.
September 3, 2019In his latest book, 'How To Pivot Toward What Matters', Prof Steven C. Hayes offers lessons on how to stop running from, and start dealing with, psychological suffering.
September 1, 2019For seven years, June HL Wong's column 'So Aunty, So What' has been a progressive voice about life for and as a Malaysian. Now, her articles have been compiled into a 400-plus page anthology, her first book titled 'So Aunty, So What? And Some More'.
August 30, 2019Dr Seuss is hitting the road this fall in north America with a large interactive exhibit that will immerse visitors in some of the most iconic books by the beloved children's writer.
August 29, 2019A group of vintage book vendors are banding up to present a treasure trove of rare books at Amcorp Mall's 'Book Street' this National Day weekend.
August 22, 2019Having been around for 39 years, Taskmaster’s track record speaks volumes about the effectiveness of his approach, especially since the list of heroes and villains he has trained or crossed paths with is like a Who’s Who of the Marvel universe.
August 18, 2019In his latest contemporary fiction novel, 'We, The Survivors', Malaysian author Tash Aw explores how differences in social status divide a nation.
August 17, 2019Tash Aw's latest novel, 'We, The Survivors', is a novel of considerable strengths, dealing with important issues that are as universal as they are local, with a strong protagonist in Ah Hock, the man who relates his life story and how he came to commit a murder.
August 12, 2019How Oyinkan Braithwaite, author of 'My Sister, The Serial Killer', came to write the wickedly funny thriller that has been long-listed for the Booker Prize.
August 10, 2019From Indian dhal and sweet nonya treats to meals for omnivores looking to become more herbivorous, there's plenty to inspire creativity in the kitchen in the books featured in the August edition of Cooking The Books.
August 6, 2019Man Booker Prize-winner Marlon James and Korean-American novelist Min Jin Lee are among the literary stars headlining this year's Singapore Writers Festival.
August 4, 2019Kate Atkinson writes a tight plot and despite its leisurely pace, her latest Jackson Brodie novel, 'Big Sky', is never less than a gripping, clever read.
August 3, 2019Four years ago, Booked Out columnist Sharmilla Ganesan set out to read her way through the titles in '1001 Books To Read Before You Die'. With this column she bids farewell to the adventure with a bit of help from Ursula K. Le Guin, an author she re-visits to find a new favourite.
July 25, 2019New novels by two previous Booker Prize winners are on the 2019 longlist: 'The Testaments', Margaret Atwood's highly-anticipated sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale', and 'Quichotte' by Salman Rushdie.
July 21, 2019Time to put together some delicious words: The third edition of the Fay Khoo Award for Food and Drink Writing is now open for submission. The deadline's Sept 15, so get cracking!
July 20, 2019Moka Mocha Ink, an indie publisher, is creating an impressive niche for itself in the local publishing scene and contemporary theatre community.
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