Enjoy a glass of Pimm’s with authors, booksellers and readers in the courtyard at Hungerford Bookshop’s convivial Summer Soirée

EVERY Summer Hungerford Bookshop hosts a convivial gathering of authors, booksellers and readers in the courtyard behind the bookshop. Kate Lord Brown © Lucy WilliamsAt this year’s Summer Soirée, on the evening of August 7, from 6.30pm-8.30pm,...

Kotak expects microfinance book to stabilise in H2, commercial vehicle risk under active watch

Ashok Vaswani, MD & CEO, Kotak Mahindra Bank Private lender Kotak Mahindra Bank's Managing Director & CEO Ashok Vaswani is optimistic for the lender’s microfinance (MFI) portfolio in the second half of FY26, stating that credit costs have peaked...

Book Review: Ashwin Sanghi’s ‘The Ayodhya Alliance’ Makes You Curious About India’s Science

Last Updated:July 27, 2025, 12:20 IST In The Ayodhya Alliance, you find the writing style a little different. It has his deep research and convincing power bridging fiction and history The Ayodhya Alliance is the latest offering by Ashwin Sanghi.I...

Wendy Doniger on the many lives of myths: Southasia Review of Books podcast #29

In The Cave of Echoes, Wendy Doniger writes that, “it is impossible to define myth, but it is cowardly not to try.” For her, the best way to approach myth is not by defining it, but to look at it in action, which is precisely what she has set out...

Review: “Fantastic Four: First Steps” Brings Marvel’s First Family Back in Style

Pedro Pascal leads a visually stunning and emotionally rich reboot in “Fantastic Four: First Steps” that finally delivers the film these legendary characters deserve. Writer Chris “Boogie” Brown breaks down the movie that could mark the return to...

Author's fantasy novel inspired by bedtime stories, Cree grandmother

Challenging what is considered middle grade fiction, Cheryl Skory Suma's Habitan is a fantasy novel rich with Canadian settings, Indigenous values, and a throwback to the paperbacks of C. S. Lewis If you grew up on the stories of C. S. Lewis and...

Nine of the best books being published this August

What We Left Unsaid, by Winnie M Li 19 August, Simon & Schuster On an unexpected road trip, three estranged siblings uncover a startling family secret and larger truths about being Asian American in a post-COVID world. The Chu siblings haven’t...

Haven for book lovers celebrates grand opening

More than 1,000 eager bibliophiles visited downtown St. Augustine’s Midnight Moon Books and Boutique for its grand opening weekend on July 12 and 13. Owners Alison Bender and Melissa Hunt have built a cozy and intimate space packed with current...

New Medieval Books: Huon d’Auvergne

Huon d’Auvergne: An Edition and Translation of the Fourteenth-Century Chanson de geste in Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett MS 78 D 8 Edited by Leslie Zarker Morgan Translated by Shira Schwam-Baird D. S. Brewer ISBN: 978-1-84384-728-1 This book presents...

Book review: Jump into the second installment of this crime fiction series

One of these remote viewers, a young man designated as “Q” had been out committing bizarre ritualistic murders, killing families-the media has taken to describing him as “the Tableau Killer.” Throughout that first book he was being pursued by an...

The Homecoming Book: Hilaire Belloc’s “The Four Men”

All natural loves, even love of the land, must suffer death and burial in the raw world and the winter of this life. But Hilaire Belloc, who “received the sacrament of that wide and silent beauty” of his native Sussex at night, was confident that...

[Book Review] Here Are Your Gods: Faithful Discipleship in Idolatrous Times

Some books are timeless. Others are for a particular time. Here Are Your Gods is both. So, it is personally challenging and deeply insightful about contemporary Western cultures. Written in Wright’s usual incisive expository style and applied to...

Book launch as a cultural event — Adichie’s novel homecoming

When the announcement of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s latest novel, Dream Count, was made, it was regarded as a major event in African literature. The internationally celebrated Nigerian writer had not published a novel in the past 12 years, and her...

Quants use AI to shush noisy order-book data

A team of academics has used a simple machine learning algorithm to filter out so-called noisy trading in stock exchange data and say they have generated more-powerful versions of signals already popular with quants. The researchers – from the...

The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 Episode 4 Release Date, Time, Where to Watch

The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 4 Episode 4 release date and time is not too far away. The previous episode showcased the Schiltwelt Castle being shaken due to a poisoned breakfast room disturbance. Atra was enraged due to the argument...

Anne Rice's 'Talamasca: The Secret Order' Trailer Reveals Release Date For Next Chapter in AMC's Horror Saga

AMC is expanding its Immortal Universe franchise with Talamasca: The Secret Order, and the network debuted a new trailer at San Diego Comic-Con 2025, confirming its Halloween-centric release date. AMC has done well with the works of author Anne...

Book Review | The Ruling Force: Raghu And Pushpa Palat's 'God's Own Empire'

The book chronicles many of Marthanda Varma’s reforms, including the standardisation of pepper, salt and tobacco prices so that trade would be fairer—regardless of whether the traders were Dutch or from other parts of India. The king took a...

Authors Steve Ryfle (L) and Ed Godziszewski pose with a copy of their book about the first 70 years of the "Godzilla" franchise

Offseason In Review: Chicago Bears

Thanks to the Bryce Young blockbuster, the Bears owned the No. 1 selection in last year’s draft. As expected, general manager Ryan Poles and Co. used that as an opportunity to move on from Justin Fields and reset at the quarterback spot. 2024...

Behind the books: How the We Read Auckland festival comes together

Since launching in 2023, Auckland Council Libraries’ We Read Auckland festival has grown into a much-loved celebration of stories and storytellers across Tāmaki Makaurau. Held each August, the festival brings together readers and writers through a...