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'Mona's Eyes': how an obscure French art historian swept the globe

French art historian Thomas Schlesser is still adapting to life as a best-selling global author having written one of the break-out hits of the last year in "Mona's Eyes".For a man more used to university lecture...

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Rare first edition Harry Potter sells for £18,000 at auction

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Do blurbs matter in book sales?

A trio of hardcover book with blurbs that have supplanted author photos as the back cover design of choice. — The New York Times

Read these books before they hit your screens in 2025

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Books, Lost or Imaginary, Come to Life at the Grolier Club

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Manuscript and letter from Kafka sold at German auction for €286,000

Manuscript and letter from Kafka sold at German auction for €286,000

Samantha Harvey becomes first woman since 2019 to win Booker Prize

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Shelf-sharing seeks to save bookstores in Japan

Shelf-sharing seeks to save bookstores in Japan

Rare Tintin albums go under the hammer in Paris

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Original 'Little Prince' typescript to go under hammer in UAE

Literature Specialist Sammy Jay of Peter Harrington Rare Books holds a rare carbon typescript of late French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery's "Le Petit Prince", featuring extensive handwritten corrections and sketches by the author, on October 16, 2024, during the book presentation at the Peter Harrington Rare Books, a London-based rare book dealer. A mysterious black cover damaged by time protects a priceless treasure: the typescript of Antoine Saint-Exupery's "Le Petit Prince", the only one to have belonged to the writer, is being offered for sale by Peter Harrington Rare Books. Accompanied by its passport, issued by the French Ministry of Culture, the precious object will be offered for sale at the Abu Dhabi Art 2024 fair, which opens on November 20, in Abu Dhabi, with a starting price of 1.25 million dollars (or 1.14 million euros). (Photo by William EDWARDS / AFP)

In Indonesia, French poet Rimbaud's voyage still a mystery

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Tove Jansson's 'The Summer Book' debuts on big screen

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After K-pop now it is K-literature

The author Han Kang, in Gwacheon, South Korea

Booker Prize 2024 shortlist features five female authors

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Thoughts on Jokha Al Harthi’s Celestial Bodies

Shaping Uzbekistan's Literary Landscape

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