Book Reviews News

Irish author on writing stories about loss and how to deal with it

Cecelia Ahern, who is currently in Dubai for Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, talks about the power of writing about loss

Book Review: Atwood explores grief in ‘Old Babes in the Wood'

This collection is an ode to grief that purists would love

Book Review: A reporter at a dying paper solves a serial murder

In Howard Owen's crime novel

Book Review: India's Partition in deeply human debut novel

Aanchal Malhotra’s debut novel

Book Review: A New Cold War: Henry Kissinger and the Rise of China

Insightful commentaries on geopolitical dynamics that shapes our world today

Why Sara Galadari writes powerful female protagonists

The Emirati author explains the driving force behind her novels including her latest, dark fantasy 'The Elemental', out now.

My first book: A Dubai expat's 20-year journey

Long-time British expat Ken Maw on what inspired him to go back to 'KV66 - Siptah's Legacy' after two decades, and finally finish it.

Books: Author Trisha Das on her new book 'The Misters Kuru - A Return To Mahabharata'

She talks about her fascination with the ancient Indian epic and why she wanted to create ‘fan-fiction’ based on it.

Dubai author Andrew Neil MacLeod celebrates debut novel

Written during #StayHome measures, The Fall of the House of Thomas Weir is the first in trilogy

Dubai: Why not join a book club?

Author Divyata Rajaram and TV presenter, author and editor Sarah Hedley Hymers talk to us about the joys of reading and why it’s great to connect with fellow bibliophiles.