Books

Hong Kong book fair bars ‘pro-democracy’ publishers

Three independent publishers were allegedly rejected for books on 2019 protests Three independent publishers were allegedly barred from the Hong Kong book fair for printing pro-democracy books on the 2019 protests.…

28 July 2022 · 4 min read

Books

What was the Jewish ‘literary mafia’?

In the postwar years, there were so many Jews in the American publishing industry that some writers began coining a phrase to describe them: “The literary mafia.” This mafia, they…

27 July 2022 · 14 min read

International

Syria and Ukraine break diplomatic relations

Syria became only the second country to do so, after Russia Syria has announced that it is severing diplomatic relations with Ukraine as a reciprocal measure, reported AFP. Kyiv took…

20 July 2022 · 3 min read