When libraries in Virginia, USA closed due to COVID-19, one middle school librarian couldn’t get her mind off how she could keep kids reading – and she successfully pitched her solution to a tech company: deliver books by drone!
The 60-year anniversary of the famous comic book series, Asterix the Gaul, comes not only with the release of a 38th album, but also with a character unlike any other the series has ever developed: a rebellious teenage heroine named Adrenaline.
Jokha Alharthi, the first female Omani whose literary work has been translated into English, is also being praised as the first author writing in Arabic to be awarded with the Man Booker International Prize.