The George Town Literary Festival (GTLF) took home The International Excellence Awards 2018: The Literary Festival Award at The London Book Fair 2018. The results were announced during the International Excellence Awards ceremony on the opening night… Read More
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Jane Austen and British Airways special
To mark the 200th death anniversary of British novelist Jane Austen come July 18, 2017, British Airways has specially selected four iconic places in the UK for travellers to explore the world of Austen. Here’s… Read More
Watered-down Hidden Figures of the space race
HAVING read Margot Lee Shetterly’s book of the same title before seeing Hidden Figures on the big screen, I found the movie offers a simpler portrayal of the African-American women mathematicians’ roles in the great… Read More
A Long Way Home and the Oscars 2017
A LONG Way Home went from documentary to book to film, but I found Saroo Brierly’s story well worth a sit-down. The book is engrossing. Written almost like reportage, I followed Saroo (really Sheru as… Read More