Internationally acclaimed Zambia-born South African author, Wilbur Smith has passed away. He was 88. The global bestselling author has authored 49 novels and sold over 140 million copies worldwide in more than 30 languages. He rose to fame in 1964 with his debut novel “When…
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The 2021 FM Global Resilience Index 2021.
The 2021 FM Global Resilience Index is the only tool that compiles economic, supply chain and risk quality data on nearly 130 countries to evaluate resilience around the world. This publicly available resource is designed to help you develop a detailed story about the risks…
A woman won a million-euro Spanish Literary Prize.
Renowned female Spanish crime author, Cameron Mola, won the one million euros worth 2021 Premio Planeta literary prize. Three middle-aged men rose to the podium to collect the coveted award on Friday (15th) for the currently unreleased novel “The Beast”. Jorge DÃaz, AgustÃn …
Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth by Wole Soyinka released.
A novel titled “Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth” authored by Wole Soyinka has been released. Wole Soyinka is Africa’s first Nobel laureate in Literature. He wrote his last novel ”Season of Anomy” in 1973. He returns with a new novel after nearly 50 …
Jhumpa Lahiri to launch her new book ‘Translating Myself and Others’.
The next book from Jhumpa Lahiri , the Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer, will highlight her work as a translator. Princeton University Press announced that Lahiri's 'Translating Myself and Others' will come out next spring. Lahiri has lived off and on in Rom…
Sri Lankan novelist Anuk Arudpragasam shortlisted for Booker Prize 2021.
Sri Lankan novelist Anuk Arudpragasam’s “A Passage North” has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2021. The shortlist for the prestigious literary prize awarded each year for the best novel written in English and published in the UK or Ireland was announced on Tuesday (Sep…
British Author Susanna Clarke wins for 'truly original' comeback.
British author Susanna Clarke has won the 2021 Women's Prize for Fiction for her second novel Piranesi. The fantasy work is the long-awaited follow-up to her acclaimed 2004 debut Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. Piranesi, a mystery about a man living alone in a labyrinthi…
NASA Perseverance Mars Rover to Acquire First Sample.
NASA is making final preparations for its Perseverance Mars rover to collect its first-ever sample of Martian rock, which future planned missions will transport to Earth. The six-wheeled geologist is searching for a scientifically interesting target in a part of Jezero Crat…
UN and IOC launch stamps.
The United Nations and International Olympic Committee have initiated a new move to acknowledge the role of sports for peace. They have launched a series of stamps for the same. The United Nations Postal Administration or UNPA worked in partnership with the International Oly…
Sri Lanka’s first online book library for children.
Anyone who missed visiting libraries and bookstores, and have found it a challenge to keep your little one engaged and occupied at home, Wooks.lk offers a simple yet effective solution. Wooks.lk was born out of the desire and need to offer interactive children’s books in a …
Kanya D’Almeida becomes first Sri Lankan to win Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
Kanya D’Almeida has been declared the overall winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize, for a "captivating" tale set in a Sri Lankan "sanctuary for the forsaken". D’Almeida, from Colombo, Sri Lanka, was named the winner by actress Dona Croll in an onl…
Greece recovers Picasso, Mondrian paintings stolen in 2012.
Greece has recovered works of art by Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian, stolen from its National Gallery in 2012. Thieves broke into the gallery and snatched Picasso’s 1939 painting “Woman’s Head”, donated by the Spanish artist in 1949, and Dutch painter Mondrian’s “Mill” date…
French non-fiction author Emmanuel Carrere wins top Spanish award.
French author Emmanuel Carrere, popular for his non-fiction books in a high literary vein, has been granted this year’s Spanish Princess of Asturias Literature Award. The award is one of the eight prestigious prizes by the foundation named after the heir to the Spanish thro…
Pritzker Prize Laureate Gottfried Bohm passed away.
German architect Gottfried Böhm, designer of the brutalist Church of the Pilgrimage, has passed away aged 101. Böhm, who was the eighth winner of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize, was widely known for his concrete churches that were largely built in Germany. The co…
Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga wins PEN Pinter prize 2021.
Tsitsi Dangarembga, the Booker-shortlisted Zimbabwean writer who was arrested last year in Harare while protesting against corruption, has been awarded the PEN Pinter prize, praised for her “ability to capture and communicate vital truths even amidst times of upheaval”. Dan…
Meghan Markle releases first children's book 'The Bench'.
The first children's book by Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, is a multicultural tribute to fatherhood. "The Bench," a picture story published Tuesday 08 June 2021 by Random House Children's Books, celebrates the bond between Meghan's husband Prince Harry…
BAFTA TV Awards 2021 winners announced.
The winners of the BAFTA TV Awards 2021 were announced. The ceremony itself, filmed at London’s Television Centre and hosted by Richard Ayoade, was a hybrid event that kept in line with COVID-19 protocols by allowing a number of nominees from the main performance categorie…
Nitin Rakesh and Jerry Wind win International Business Book of the Year Award 2021
Nitin Rakesh and Jerry Wind won the International Business Book of the Year Award 2021. The authors made history this week by winning the prestigious International Business Book of the Year Award for 2021 for their recently launched book “Transformation in Times of Crisis”,…
David Diop becomes the first French Winner for International Booker Prize.
French novelist and academic David Diop has become the first French writer to win the International Booker Prize for Fiction. His second novel, "At Night All Blood is Black", was inspired by his Senegalese great-grandfather's silence about his experiences in Wo…
Dr. Abeykoon wins the South-East Asia Region WHO World No Tobacco Day 2021 award.
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In recognition of his extraordinary contribution to combatting harmful tobacco use, Dr Palitha Abeykoon, Former Chairman of National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol in Sri Lanka, International Pubilc Health Expert, and WHO Director-General Special Envoy for COVID-19 Prepar…
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