Jun 17, 2013
From the Emirati fashion designer Rabia Z to the group of Palestinian rappers who will MC under a motorway flyover, this year's festival in London boasts a diversity of artists.
Read Article Shubbak festival shines light on Arab creativity
Jun 16, 2013
When British novelist William Sutcliffe went to the West Bank, he was profoundly affected by what he saw. The result is The Wall, a new political fable with just as much relevance for children as adults. He explains his coming of age adventure story to Ben East.
Read Article Novelist William Sutcliffe on his new book The Wall
Jun 15, 2013
A woman's search for a childhood friend whose death may have been a hoax is the framework for a deft, ingenious debut novel from Elliott Holt Read Article Book Review: Debut novel set in post-Soviet Russia is intriguing mystery
Jun 15, 2013
Linda Stratmann’s biography provides a nuanced portrait of a man often known only as the antagonist who destroyed Oscar Wilde’s life, writes Matthew Price Read Article Book review: Marquess of Queensberry had a method to his meanness
Jun 15, 2013
In Nazli Ghassemi's novel Desert Mojito, an Iranian-American female poet explores life in dazzling Dubai
Read Article Book Review: Dubai novel is just glitter
Jun 15, 2013
Adam LeBor offers a glimpse inside the secretive organisation that helped prop up the Nazis, but fails to reveal much about the degree to which it continues to shape global finance, writes Fran Hawthorne
Read Article Book Review: Too big to be seen
Jun 15, 2013
In Anton Disclafani's The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls, debutantes await the perfect suitor at a Depression-era camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Read Article Book Review: Teen drama at Yonahlossee Riding Camp
Jun 15, 2013
In A Tourist in the Arab Spring, Tom Chesshyre goes on the road with the aim of better understanding the regional wave of discontent in this compelling travelogue.
Read Article Book Review: Arab Spring 'tourist' follows the random road to revolt
Jun 10, 2013
Will Smith, who can usually be relied upon to spin box office gold, is facing a massive critical flop with his latest film, After Earth. Here's a look at the books to read to get yourself up to speed on previous monumental Hollywood flops. Read Article Required reading: Hollywood's flops
Jun 10, 2013
Nazli Ghassemi's book could have been called Sun, Sea, Sand and Sex and the City. Read Article Nazli Ghassemi's new book Desert Mojito presents Dubai life in a heady cocktail
