March 12, 2018
by Neelima
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Politics, Children and the Time Machine @ BYOB Party at IISc in January 2018 (Part 7)

Lalita talked about a Pulitzer Prize-winning political fiction that was published sometime in the 1930s.  Advise and Consent by Allen Drury is a great read to date as it tells the tale of an American president, a topic of increased relevance … Continue reading

August 8, 2017
by Neelima
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Readers can’t Digest-Week 145 (2-Aug to 8-Aug)

1. Sam Shepard, Actor and Pulitzer-Winning Playwright, Is Dead at 73 2. Microsoft Adds Read Aloud Feature to Word 3. David Leadbeater wins the first Amazon Kindle Storyteller award for self-published archaeological thriller, The Relic Hunters 4. Sadiq Khan in £40k library funding pledge 5. … Continue reading

April 18, 2017
by Neelima
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Readers can’t Digest-Week 129 (12-April to 18-April)

1.Colson Whitehead and Hisham Matar win Pulitzer Prizes 2.X-Men illustrator faces backlash over alleged anti-Christian messages 3.The Microsoft eBookstore Launches in The United States 4.Macmillan offers Joe and Jill Biden $60 million book contract 5.Unseen Sylvia Plath letters claim domestic … Continue reading