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			<title><![CDATA[A man of letters often dragged into politics]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 12 Nov 2019 11:44:00 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[SHARJAH: On 27 November 1885, Alfred Nobel, a Swedish chemist and the inventor of the highly explosive substance known as dynamite, dedicated the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes, to be awarded each year after his death, in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature,...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Margaret Atwood and Bernardine Evaristo joint winners of Booker Prize]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 15 Oct 2019 02:42:39 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[LONDON: Judges tore up the rule book on Monday, awarding the prestigious Booker Prize for Fiction jointly to Canadian author Margaret Atwood for "The Testaments" and Anglo-Nigerian author Bernardine Evaristo for "Girl, Woman, Other".Atwood becomes only the second female author to win the award...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Omar Shahid Hamid's next novel to be helmed by a female protagonist]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 25 Apr 2019 11:17:00 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Acclaimed cop-turned-author Omar Shahid Hamid 's next novel 'The Fix' is all set to place a female protagonist at the centrefold.Revealing the jacket cover of the book, Hamid on Wednesday took to Twitter to share that the novel will launch soon. The synopsis of Hamid's 'The Fix' is described as: ...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[´Hunchback of Notre-Dame´ tops bestseller lists after fire]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 16 Apr 2019 18:15:54 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[PARIS:  Victor Hugo&acute;s "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" shot to the top of the Amazon bestseller list Tuesday as firefighters damped down the embers of the blaze which ravaged the ancient cathedral.The original French version of the gothic novel, "Notre-Dame de Paris", became the fastest selling...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pakistani book Sheeba and Private Detectives deemed favourite by UK Secretary of State]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/441760-pakistani-book-deemed-favourite-by-uk-secretary-of-state]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 09 Mar 2019 14:17:00 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[UK Secretary of State Penny Mordaunt has said that her favourite book is a Pakistani comic based book titled Sheeba and the Private Detectives created by the country's pioneering comic book content creator in the edutainment industry, the AzCorp Entertainment.Mordaunt expressed admiration for the...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kamila Shamsie honoured with London Hellenic Prize, cash reward of £10,000 for Home Fire]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 28 Nov 2018 13:40:00 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[British-Pakistani writer Kamila Shamsie is on a winning row for her latest offering &lsquo;Home Fire&rsquo; that has recently bagged the coveted London Hellenic Prize, 2017 along with cash reward worth &pound;10,000 in an official ceremony held on Tuesday.Kamila&rsquo;s seventh novel, Home Fire is...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Nobel literature body expands jury after scandal]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 19 Nov 2018 23:13:18 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Stockholm: The Swedish Academy, which has awarded the Nobel Literature Prize since 1901, said Monday it would expand its prize jury to include outsiders for the first time following a scandal that forced it to postpone this year&acute;s award.The venerable institution has been in crisis mode since...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kamila Shamsie, Mohsin Hamid nominated for DSC prize for South Asian Literature]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/394155-kamila-shamsie-mohsin-hamid-nominated-for-dsc-prize-for-south-asian-literature]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 15 Nov 2018 14:57:00 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Eminent Pakistani authors Kamila Shamsie and Mohsin Hamid have bagged nominations for the prestigious DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. Their books Home Fire and Exit West respectively have been shortlisted to compete against four other writers who have been selected for the award.Kamila and...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hawking´s final book offers brief answers to big questions]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/381550-hawkings-final-book-offers-brief-answers-to-big-questions]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 16 Oct 2018 09:28:46 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[LONDON: Stephen Hawking&acute;s final work, which tackles issues from the existence of God to the potential for time travel, was launched on Monday by his children, who helped complete the book after the British astrophysics giant&acute;s death.Hawking was forever being asked the same things and...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Pakistani writer Kamila Shamsie wins UK's Women's Prize for Fiction 2018]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/326867-pakistani-writer-kamila-shamsie-wins-uks-womens-prize-for-fiction]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 07 Jun 2018 10:30:39 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Author of renowned book &lsquo;Salt and Saffron&rsquo;, Karachi-born Kamila Shamsie  recently bagged this year's   Women&rsquo;s Prize for Fiction for her 2017 book &lsquo;Home Fire&rsquo;.According to BBC, it was the third time that the British-Pakistani writer was nominated for...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Novelist Mazhar Kaleem of 'Imran Series' fame passes away ]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 26 May 2018 11:49:27 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[MULTAN: Pakistan's famed Urdu novelist Mazhar Kaleem, chiefly known for his spy novels 'Imran Series', passed away today  after a prolonged illness.Kaleem has successfully written over 500 books under the &lsquo;Imran Series&rsquo;, both belonging to mystery long and short novels as well as short...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[´Game of Thrones´ author announces new book]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 26 Apr 2018 12:32:50 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[NEW YORK: American author George R.R. Martin Wednesday announced a new book to be released in November -- but fans may be disappointed to learn it&acute;s not the highly-anticipated sixth installment of the hit "Game of Thrones" saga."Fire and Blood" is set several centuries before "Game of...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Brigitte Bardot, announcing book, slams Macron on animal rights]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/260953-brigitte-bardot-announcing-book-slams-macron-on-animal-rights]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 27 Dec 2017 00:55:03 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[PARIS: French screen icon Brigitte Bardot will next month publish a book on her decades-long campaign for animal rights, she told AFP on Tuesday, taking a swipe at President Emmanuel Macron on the issue.The 83-year-old star of "And God Created Woman" said the book, titled "Larmes de Combat" , will...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Novel on Hitler´s rise wins France´s top book award]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/242356-Novel-on-Hitlers-rise-wins-Frances-top-book-award]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 06 Nov 2017 19:12:00 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[PARIS: Two novels about the Nazis took France&acute;s biggest literary prizes on Monday, with Eric Vuillard&acute;s story of how German industry and finance backed Adolf Hitler winning the top Prix Goncourt.
"L&acute;ordre du jour"  had been among the favourites for the Goncourt prize -- the most...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[A meetup for Harris Khalique's Crimson Papers reveals its significance]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/240281-A-meetup-for-Harris-Khaliques-Crimson-Papers-reveals-its-significance]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 28 Oct 2017 02:43:00 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[KARACHI: Oxford University Press has held a special talk on the recently launched book &ldquo;Crimson Papers&rdquo;, written by a renowned Pakistani poet and civil rights activist Harris Khalique.
&ldquo;Crimson Papers&rdquo; is an elegantly crafted book that mainly reflects political,...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[George Saunders wins the Man Booker prize for 'Lincoln in the Bardo']]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 19 Oct 2017 19:35:00 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[WASHINGTON: American author George Saunders has won the Man Booker prize for his novel &lsquo;Lincoln in the Bardo&rsquo; - becoming the second US author to take home the &pound;50,000 fiction award.
The book tells the story of Abraham Lincoln's grief after the death of his young son, and his...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Leonard Cohen poems to be published in final book]]></title>
			<link><![CDATA[https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/235259-Leonard-Cohen-poems-to-be-published-in-final-book]]></link>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 07 Oct 2017 11:56:00 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[NEW YORK: The final poems of Leonard Cohen, completed days before the legendary songwriter died, will be published in an anthology next year, his estate announced late Friday.
Entitled "The Flame," the volume will include Cohen&acute;s unpublished poems as well as his prose pieces and...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Paul Auster tops shortlist for Man Booker prize]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 13 Sep 2017 16:03:00 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[LONDON: US author Paul Auster tops the shortlist for Britain&acute;s prestigious Man Booker Prize published Wednesday, one of six books that organisers said "collectively push against the borders of convention".
The 70-year-old, nominated for "4321", is up against two other Americans -- short...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Two new Harry Potter books to be released in October]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 20 Jul 2017 10:58:00 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[LONDON: The Hogwarts universe is set to expand by an additional two new Harry Potter books, published in conjunction with a British Library event, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the magical series.
The library exhibition titled, "A History of Magic," featuring the two books will be...]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[Mohammed Hanif's new novel 'Red Birds' to be out next year]]></title>
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			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 11 Jul 2017 10:36:00 +0500]]></pubDate>
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                				<![CDATA[Noted Pakistani novelist Mohammed Hanif is coming out with a new novel titled Red Birds. It is scheduled to hit stands in September 2018.
Red Birds comes five years after his last book "The Baloch Who Is Not Missing And Others Who Are ". It will tell &ldquo;deep and important truths about our...]]>
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