The 45th annual awards will recognize outstanding literary achievements in 13 categories, with winners to be announced on ...

Andrew Garfield, Percival Everett and Attica Locke are among the finalists for the 45th Los Angeles Times Book Prizes.

Pico Iyer recalled how he was left with just a toothbrush after his home burned down in what was then one of California's ...

At the Ideas of India Summit 2025, Pico Iyer spoke about the importance of silence in spiritual practices, comparing the ...

The Ideas of India has been known for featuring a wide range of speakers from across different sectors and areas, including ...

Jérôme Sueur’s “Natural History of Silence” and Pico Iyer’s “Aflame” explore the quiet (and the sounds) that sustain us ...

Learning from Silence,” a memoir about losing his family's Santa Barbara home and everything he owned in a 1990 wildfire.

Pico Iyer sat in his family home in Santa Barbara, California, when suddenly, he was surrounded by walls of flames five stories high. Thirty-four years after that conflagration turned his life ...