With less than a week left until the end of Bangladesh's largest month-long annual book fair, thousands of all ages are still flocking daily to see and buy new books.
Marlon James was named as the first Jamaican winner of the Man Booker prize for fiction on Tuesday (Oct 13) for his reggae- and drug-infused novel A Brief History Of Seven Killings inspired by an attempt to kill reggae star Bob Marley in 1976.
A new book and documentary film on China's war survivors were officially released on Friday, capturing the increasingly rare tales from witnesses of WWII.
The sales of the book Xi Jinping: the Governance of China, have exceeded 5.2 million around the world, Zhou Mingwei, head of China Foreign Languages Publishing Administration, said Wednesday.
Xi Jinping: the Governance of China, a book that outlines the full political ideas of the top leadership, has been published in five ethnic minority languages.
It sold 4.5 million copies globally in just half a year and has become popular with foreign leaders, diplomats and scholars. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg placed an English copy on his workstation desk and purchased more for his colleagues to read.
While the second National Book Festival 2015 is underway in this capital, book reading culture has noticeably caught up in Nepal with more and more Nepali people now reading locally-written books and other periodicals.
A book of Chinese President Xi Jinping on governance made its debut at the Frankfurt book fair on Wednesday.
The English edition of "Zhu Rongji on the Record" was launched here Monday, offering readers a chance to learn more about China's reform and opening up during his tenure of office.
The story of Australia's famous food Vegemite inventor, Cyril Callister, will be brought to screen soon after the creator's grandson sold the movie rights to his book, the local media reported on Friday.
The Chinese-English bilingual book "Expo Tributes from 100 Eminent Voices" was released at Shanghai Book City Saturday.
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