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There are signs all over the school encouraging reading. Note the humble entrance to the library on the left. - Abby Wong

Pages inspire, not screens

6 July 2014

The Book Nook columnist says what you see on a screen can limit the imagination, But words on a page unleash the mind.

The merry scene at BookFest@Malaysia 2013. This year, the crowd is expected to be more than 700,000 strong. - File pic

The books are back!

6 July 2014

The Popular BookFest returns for its ninth year and promises to wow both readers and shoppers alike.

World's first Geroge Orwell museum: Author's birth home in India is saved

5 July 2014

A dilapidated colonial bungalow where the writer was born in 1903 in Motihari, Bihar state, will become world’s first Orwell museum.

Flavours: Much ado about food

1 July 2014

Fancy winning a RM1,000 couture cupcake decorating class with Canada-based celebrity chef Rosalind Chan?

Andy Murray's greatest title 'win'

1 July 2014

Wimbledon champ Andy Murray can add guest editor for 'Beano' to his resume, and with a starring role within its pages.

Zombies, sashay away: Robert Kirkman walks the demon talk

1 July 2014

If Robert Kirkman’s zombies haven’t given people enough nightmares, his demons sure will.

Worlds Of Wonder: Transform and roll out!

1 July 2014

What a long, strange trip it’s been for the Transformers, from one publisher to another.

Magic of memory: Steven Galloway conjures Houdini in new novel

30 June 2014

Steven Galloway explores the fickle nature of memory in ‘The Confabulist’, his novel about one of the world’s greatest magicians, Harry Houdini.

Japan's manga comics drawing Fukushima out into the open

30 June 2014

Where Japan’s mainstream media fear to tread, manga artists have begun drawing the taboo subject of Fukushima out into the open.

A Cooler Lumpur weekend in KL

29 June 2014

Touted as a convergence of minds and ideas, the Cooler Lumpur Festival was an ultra-marathon of conversations.

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