 | How grownups are tuning into podcasts and audiobooks for bedtime storiesIt takes their mind off the pandemic anxiety and helps them drift off to sleep. |
 | 19-year-old Jharkhand girl pens book on home isolation, available on Amazon and FlipkartRecalling the isolation days, Mansi said that she thought of writing her experiences in a diary as she could not express her emotions to anybody at that time. |
 | Stay home, stay well-read: Pandemic drives book sales in twin citiesBeing forced into avoiding outdoor activities seems to have pushed many people to take up the habit of reading. |
 | Handbooks on how to counter traffickingGovernor Biswabhusan Harichandan launched ‘Handbooks on Countering Human Trafficking’ brought out by Prajwala, at a programme held in Raj Bhavan on Thursday. |
 | Parents demand use of NCERT books in schoolsThe SME department had asked the Directorate of Elementary Education to ensure that all schools affiliated to it prescribe NCERT books. |
 | Locked down but not out: Bookstores that lived through the COVID-19 pandemicIconic brick and mortar bookstores across India have overcome a difficult year and have shown that perseverance always wins the day. |
 | A treasure trove for book lovers in CoimbatoreThe library, a three-storey building, is built in an area of approximately 6,000 square feet. |
 | Penning prises for people’s proseVeterans in the Tamizh literary world step up to recommend the best reads from among new-generation authors and novelists, all creating history in their own stride |
 | Uttarakhand govt to transfer money to students for booksEarlier, the government used to distribute books to the eight lakh students studying in the government schools, from class 1-12. |
 | Looking at the world, from one language to anotherAt The Morning Standard, we curate the best of the upcoming translated titles that attempt to look at the world through a myriad of renditions. |
 | Old and almost-forgotten Tamil textbooks to get new lease of life and be sold onlineTamil textbooks which slipped out of common usage after the 1960s and 1970s, will soon be available online - even on popular e-commerce websites. |
 | The touch of knowledgeThis 92-year-old writes and abridges books for Braille in Kannada, distributes them for free |
 | Of myths and monsters: JK Rowling's new book 'The Ickabog' has it allA satirical fairytale, this story of a bogeyman may not have witches and wizards, but boasts magical writing |
 | Neighbourhood youngsters turn Bibliopreneurs in Kerala post pandemicAksharapura allows anyone to choose, read and return a book of choice to the shelf in 14 days, though it can be re-issued for the slow reader. |
 | From Kolkata to Kilinochchi via Kannur: Books that kept me company during the pandemicWhile I gained many insights from books this year, reading was not a priority as 2020 dawned. But then quarantine and a lack of wi-fi was set to change all that. |
