Wendy Doniger, Hilary Mantel week’s top authors

October 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Amartya Sen's "The Idea of Justice" climbed eight steps to reach the number one spot in the non-fiction section of the bestseller list this week while "The Lost Symbol" by author Dan Brown continued to dominate the fiction category. The top 10 in each section are as follows: Non-fiction 1.

October 8th, 2009 BUENOS AIRES - Several acclaimed Argentine writers presented here a new work that uses the Bible as its starting point but takes creative liberties with some of the most widely read passages of that holy text. Jose Pablo Feinmann, Luisa Valenzuela and Juan Sasturain were among the authors that worked on the book, titled "Biblia" (Bible), with each author drawing on their respective views about theology in adapting Old Testament stories.

October 8th, 2009 Book: Wolf Hall; Author: Hilary Mantel; Publisher: HarperCollins-India England in the 1520s is a heartbeat away from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country will be destroyed by civil war.

October 6th, 2009 LONDON - British writer Hilary Mantel has been named the winner of the 50,000 pound Man Booker Prize for "Wolf Hall", a rip-roaring historical novel set in Tudor England. The bookies' favourite, "Wolf Hall" is set in the 1520s and charts the rise of Thomas Cromwell, the son of a blacksmith who became the powerful chief minister to King Henry VIII, helping the monarch break the English Church's ties with Rome.

October 6th, 2009 LONDON - Hilary Mantel, author of the historic novel Wolf Hall, Tuesday received the prestigious Man Booker Prize for fiction. The 50,000-pound ($80,000) prize was awarded for her much-praised novel about Thomas Cromwell's rise to prominence in the Tudor court of the 1520s, the Booker prize website said.

September 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh's controversial "Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence" continues as No.1 for the fifth consecutive week in the non-fiction section while Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol" is the predictable topper in the fiction list this week. The top 10 in each section are: Non-fiction 1.

September 10th, 2009 LONDON - The Man Booker Prize has come under fire for tokenism after five books announced in a shortlist of six this week turned out to be written by Britons. The sixth, written by the South African J.M.

August 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Telling a story so as to captivate the readers is an art and to hone the skill a workshop was organised in the capital Tuesday to give valuable tips to young authors. Jaishree Mishra, the author of best-selling "Ancient Promises", gave tips to amateur authors on how to weave stories and make one's writing effective.

July 29th, 2009 LONDON - The much awaited long list for the Man Booker Prize was announced here Wednesday with heavyweights J.M. Coetzee and A.S.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Adding another gem to its kitty of Indian imprints, Penguin Books-India Monday launched its classic Hamish Hamilton imprint in the country with a collection of political essays, "Listening to Grasshoppers" by Arundhati Roy and a novel, "The Wish Maker" by Ali Sethi on contemporary Pakistan. Hamish Hamilton will also publish Vikram Seths new novel ,A Suitable Girl, in 2013, a press statement issued by Penguin-Books India Monday said.

April 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The London Book Fair to be held April 20-22 will focus on Indian publishers and authors. The British Council (India) announced Thursday that 51 authors and around 90 publishers would be a part of the fair's India Market Focus Programme.

March 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The trepidation among Mangaloreans over the pub attacks earlier this year found an echo on Sunday in the capital when a book was released on the issue, with a hope that the authorities will not remain silent if a similar event recurs in coastal Karnataka. The book "Kadala Tadiya Tallana" (trepidation of seashore), containing articles by eminent authors from South Kanara District, projecting the unique composite culture of the place which has continued for centuries, was released by Sachidananda Murthy, Resident Editor of "The Week".

March 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The trepidation among Mangaloreans over the pub attacks earlier this year found an echo on Sunday in the capital when a book was released on the issue, with a hope that the authorities will not remain silent if a similar event recurs in coastal Karnataka. The book "Kadala Tadiya Tallana" (trepidation of seashore), containing articles by eminent authors from South Kanara District, projecting the unique composite culture of the place which has continued for centuries, was released by Sachidananda Murthy, Resident Editor of "The Week".

March 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Author Ramchandra Guha, has who clinched a Rs.97 lakh deal with Penguin India for seven books, feels that the 'amount paid by the publisher is an acknowledgement of the imbalance that exists between fiction and non-fiction'. 'It is a welcome acknowledgement of the imbalance between fiction and non-fiction.

March 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Author Ramachandra Guha, who has clinched a Rs.9.7 million (Rs.97 lakh) deal with Penguin India for seven books, feels it would encourage young authors to take to writing non-fiction. 'It (the deal) is a welcome acknowledgement of the imbalance between fiction and non-fiction.