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Hilary Mantel wins Costa Book of the Year
Hilary Mantel has won the Costa Book of the Year for her Man Booker-winning novel Bring Up the Bodies (Fourth Estate).
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New J.D. Salinger Book and Film Coming Within Next Year
A new J.D. Salinger film and biography are being billed as an unprecedented look into the mysterious life of the author of The Catcher In the Rye.
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Fajr Poetry Festival to kick off in Kharg Island
The opening ceremony of the 7th International Fajr Poetry Festival will be held in Kharg Island. The festival will start on February 5.
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7th Fajr Poetry Festival to launch on 5th Feb
Reza Hamidi, secretary of the 7th edition of Int'l Fajr Poetry Festival said the festival will launch on Tuesday, February 5 and will conclude on February 26.
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Conference of Yunus Emre, Saadi to be held in Iran, Turkey
The cities of Tehran, Shiraz, Ankara and Eskişehir will hold the Conference of “Yunus Emre and Saadi” in spring 2013.
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Parvin Etesami Literary Award’s submissions boost
The scientific secretary of the 5th Parvin Etesami Literary Award announced that a total of 6701 works were submitted to the award’s secretariat which- compared to the previous edition- enjoyed 26%...
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The Elephant in the Dark appears in Iran
The Elephant in the Dark, a book holding the articles of Qoli Khayat, has been released. The articles are themed on the figures of foreign and Iranian contemporary storywriters.
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2nd Int'l Book of Resistance Festival calls for submissions
The call for the 2nd International Book of Resistance Festival (Shahid Avini Literary Prize) is released. The festival is going to assess all submitted publications in 2011 and 2012 and award the...
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5-vol. series of Abdolali Dastgheib's criticisms to unveil
The unveiling ceremony of the five volume series of Abdolali Dastgheib's literary criticisms will be held simultaneous with the concluding ceremony of Book Review Festival (on Tuesday, Feb 12, 2013)...
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Details of Tabriz Literary Awards announced
Secretary of Tabriz Literary Awards spoke of the total number of submissions to the secretariat of the festival and the jurors.
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The Little Prince to arrive with a new translation
The Little Prince, a novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry which has been rendered into Persian by Zahra Tirani, will be released in Iran presently.
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Italian crime stories hit Iranian bookshelves
Stazione Centrale Ammazzare Subito by Giorgio Scerbanenco and Gioco di Societa two works by Giorgio Scerbanenco and Leonardo Sciascia have been released in Iran in a single book.
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Beckett’s novels to be converted into Persian
Iranian translator Soheil Sommi announced that most of Samuel Beckett’s novels will be translated into Persian.
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9th Book Review Festival wraps up in Iran
Iran’s 9th Book Review Festival concluded in a ceremony which was attended by Iranian Culture Minister, several officials as well as a group of literati.
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Scholar praises deceased Shahnameh researcher
Poet and researcher Ghadamali Serami believes that the late Azizollah Joveini’s greatest work was signifying important times in Shahnameh.
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Marguerite Yourcenar’s Fires hits Iranian bookshelves
Translated into Persian by Reza Rezaei, Fires (French: Feux)- a book by Belgian-born French novelist and essayist Marguerite Yourcenar- has been released in Iran.
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Brontë’s Agnes Grey in Iran
Agnes Grey is the debut novel of English author Anne Brontë which has been released in Iran with Reza Rezaei’s translation.
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Tabriz Festival to host specialized storytelling sessions
The 16th Storytelling Festival will hold four specialized storytelling sessions which will be attended by masters including Asadullah Shokrane, Ali Khanjani and Hamid Navaei Lavasani.
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Students welcome Tabriz Storytelling Festival
An expert at the Foundation for Intellectual Development of Children and Adolescents described the reception of the Storytelling Festival in Tabriz as popular among students.
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Language and Logic to be released in Iran
Fatemeh Rakei, poet and head of Iran’s Community of Poets, is having her Language and Logic published presently in Iran.
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