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Fight over 'Mockingbird' sequel rights
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 06/03/2022
» In the years since Harper Lee's death in 2016, her 1960 novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, has been re-imagined in surprising new ways. It was released as a graphic novel in 2018 and adapted into a hit Broadway production by screenwriter Aaron Sorkin.
US school board bans Holocaust graphic novel 'Maus'
AFP, Published on 28/01/2022
» WASHINGTON - A school board in Tennessee has added to a surge in book bans by conservatives with an order to remove the award-winning 1986 graphic novel on the Holocaust, "Maus," from local student libraries.
Bookworms' paradise
Life, Pattramon Sukprasert, Published on 17/11/2016
» Though this year's major book fairs and festivals have already passed, other small book-related events to enliven reading culture can still be enjoyed. There are two reading events that may be of interest for bookworms in days to come.
Harper Lee hated Trump's Taj Mahal resort, letter reveals
AFP, Published on 29/03/2016
» LOS ANGELES - Harper Lee, one of America's most celebrated novelists who died in February, thought Donald Trump's infamous Taj Mahal casino was hell on Earth, a stash of her private correspondence revealed Monday.
Claire Keefe-Fox on the historical fiction she reads when she's not writing it
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 14/03/2016
» French-American author Claire Keefe-Fox was recently in town to lead a historical-fiction writing workshop at Bangkok Edge and to launch her latest and first English-language novel, Siamese Tears (published in Thai last October). Having garnered popularity for her books about a Greek adventurer turned prime counsellor to King Narai -- Constantine Phaulkon -- her latest historical outing puts readers in the shoes of a young Brit-French belle who witnesses the intriguing games of colonial powerplay between the French and British in Siam in the late 1800s. Revolving around events that led to the Paknam Incident during the Franco-Siamese War, this book is a blend of fact and fiction that comes to life thanks to the author's scrupulous research in academic books, biographies and French diplomatic archives.
Asia focus
Life, Parisa Pichitmarn, Published on 29/02/2016
» Internationally best-selling author Kevin Kwan chuckles when he describes what his movie producers come across when scouting for locations or attending posh parties in Singapore with the local film crowd.
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss
News, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 25/02/2016
» I wonder if People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) protesters must, in one way or another, take responsibility for where we are now as a country, nearly two years under the military regime. This is if you care to look at the situation, out of curiosity and an attempt at straightforward reasoning, rather than vengefulness.
'To Kill a Mockingbird' author Harper Lee dies: official
AFP, Published on 19/02/2016
» MIAMI - American novelist Harper Lee, famous for her masterpiece "To Kill a Mockingbird" and for shunning the fame it brought her, has died aged 89, officials in her hometown said Friday.
Harper Lee novel makes US bookstore history
AFP, Published on 16/07/2015
» NEW YORK - First day sales for Harper Lee's novel "Go Set a Watchman" made history for adult fiction at America's largest retail bookseller, the company announced on Wednesday.
Harper Lee book flies out of stores -- to mixed reviews
AFP, Published on 14/07/2015
» NEW YORK - Harper Lee's second novel flew out of stores Tuesday in one of the most eagerly anticipated book releases in modern publishing history and half a century after her masterpiece "To Kill a Mockingbird" hit the shelves.