The Emirati writer’s fiction explores the rapid changes in her home country in recent decades, with factual research as a foundation.
Releasing a Book Into the Pandemic: ‘A Time of Anti-Science’
Developing ‘global governance around combating anti-science,’ writes Peter Hotez in his new book, is key to ‘Preventing the Next Pandemic.’
Books to Film: Two Bestselling Thrillers by Spanish Author Javier Castillo Head to TV
‘My novels are in the best possible hands,’ says Javier Castillo, a bestselling thriller now being published in 40 markets.
Coronavirus Worklife: Spanish Author Javier Castillo Meets 60,000 Fans Online During COVID-19 Lockdown
The Snow Girl by bestselling author Javier Castillo came out two days before Spain’s coronavirus lockdown. So his publisher Suma took his 30-city book tour online—where thousands of fans were waiting.
Margaret Heffernan on These ‘Uncharted’ Days and Our Addiction to Prediction
The last thing we expected was a coronavirus pandemic—as Margaret Heffernan’s new book ‘Uncharted’ could have told us.
Kazakhstan’s Rollan Seisenbayev on Ecological Disaster: ‘I Heard My Heartbeat’
‘The Aral Sea did not dry up by itself. It was killed,’ says Rollan Seisenbayev, whose ‘The Dead Wander in the Desert’ is longlisted by PEN America.
Environment and Climate on ‘Beyond the Book’: India’s Smog Crisis
Siddharth Singh, the author of ‘The Great Smog of India,’ speaks with Copyright Clearance Center’s ‘Beyond the Book’ podcast about the and dangers of New Delhi’s smog.
Egypt’s Muhammad Abdelnabi Wins France’s Arab Literature Prize
Saying he ‘wanted to write a story without it being shocking,’ Abdelnabi talks about his book based on an actual case of anti-gay police action in Cairo.
Yang Hongying: One of China’s Bestselling Children’s Book Authors
One of Yang Hongying’s most successful series now is 12 years old and has sold more than 70 million copies. Her total unit sales exceed 160 million units.
Croatian Publisher Fraktura Releases Igor Štiks’ Latest Novel, ‘W’
Igor Štiks’ works have been translated into 15 languages. Fraktura publisher Seid Serdarević has high hopes for this new mystery and political reflection.