Books

From serial killers to locked-room mysteries, SWF 2026 investigates why crime fiction refuses to die

Director Georgia Oakley’s version comes over three decades after Emma Thompson’s Oscar-winning take on classic

[KYIV] Viktor Kruhlov, director of Ranok, one of Ukraine’s largest children’s publishers, struggled to hold back tears as he watched pile after pile of his books turn to ash.

After decades of leading organisations, writing offers a different kind of clarity

The Serpent in the Grove by Jamir Nazir is among five regional winners selected from around 7,800 submissions

His Strange book series is the city’s top-selling fiction phenomenon of 2025, and his new release is carrying the momentum

Literary and cultural denizens of the US capital gather to eulogise the newspaper’s scuppered supplement

The famed author, who brought Japanese literature into the global mainstream, grapples with ageing and his place in the world of letters

[SINGAPORE] As a young backbencher Member of Parliament, K Shanmugam had raised concerns about Singapore’s laws on detention without trial.