Arts figures defend J.K. Rowling in transgender rights row LONDON (THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION) – Prominent figures in the British arts including novelist Ian McEwan and playwright Sir Tom Stoppard have signed a [...]
Adventurous start to potential pop-history epic FICTION THE JAVA ENIGMA By Erni Salleh Epigram Books/ Paperback/ 198 pages/ $26.64/ Available at bit.ly/JavaEnigma_ES 3.5 stars Author Erni Salleh’s debut novel [...]
Author Matt Haig uses fiction to talk about his experience with depression SINGAPORE – One day in September when he was 24, British author Matt Haig went to the edge of a cliff in Ibiza, [...]
JK Rowling returns award over trans comments criticism LONDON (AFP) – Harry Potter creator JK Rowling said on Friday (Aug 28) she would give back an award presented by the US [...]