‘Not fully knowing a language opened me up to its inherent poetry’: Writer-translator Onaiza Drabu

Onaiza Drabu, Dawn.com

· Jun 25, 2020 · 06:30 pm

The absurdity of literary festivals (in the third world) in time of the pandemic and after

Ahsan Akbar

· Jun 24, 2020 · 07:30 am

A pandemic wipes out most of the male population in a recent novel from South Africa

Nedine Moonsamy, The Conversation

· Jun 23, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964-2020) immortalised the Civil War, Spain’s favourite modern Gothic tale

Xavier Aldana Reyes, The Conversation

· Jun 20, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Kolkata’s commercial theatre was built on literature, but was looked down on by the intelligentsia

Saikat Majumdar

· Jun 20, 2020 · 03:30 pm

Father’s Day: What Ernest Hemingway felt about fatherhood, in his fiction and in his life

Verna Kale, The Conversation

· Jun 19, 2020 · 05:30 pm

While the pandemic forces publishers to slow down, this literary journal is relaunching itself

Kanishka Gupta

· Jun 18, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Art and drama on a 19th-century Bengal scandal reveal the gender and sexual politics of the time

Olivia Majumdar

· Jun 16, 2020 · 08:30 am

Why fan fiction about Charles Dickens’ life is just as much a part of his literary legacy

Lucy Whitehead, The Conversation

· Jun 15, 2020 · 05:30 pm

For the Rainbow Lit Fest with LGBTQ+ themes, Covid-19 is a speed-breaker, not a permanent barrier

Sharif D Rangnekar

· Jun 09, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Goodbye Asif Farrukhi (1959-2020): Writer, translator, editor, and lover of fine literature

Saif Mahmood

· Jun 04, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Why is the Covid-19 pandemic being compared to war? Western literature from the 1800s has answers

Julia M Wright, The Conversation

· May 18, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Why moving online is both possible and difficult for children’s literature festivals

Venkatesh M Swamy

· May 17, 2020 · 08:30 am

How science fiction can offer solace and build resilience in these strange times

Esther Jones, The Conversation

· May 15, 2020 · 05:30 pm

How to not be mentally distressed during the lockdown: Read Virginia Woolf’s essay ‘On Being Ill’

Ipshita Mitra

· May 09, 2020 · 12:30 pm

Samit Basu’s new novel looks at how reality is shaped and what humans can do about it

Diyasree Chattopadhyay

· May 09, 2020 · 08:30 am

As writers document the pandemic through poetry, here is a chance to understand this form

Andrew McMillan, The Conversation

· May 08, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Lockdown reading: Eight novels from Africa offer reflections on disease, death and isolation

Isabel Hofmeyr, The Conversation Aretha Phiri, The Conversation Grace Musila, The Conversation Manosa Nthunya, The Conversation Nedine Moonsamy, The Conversation Sam Naidu, The Conversation Sarah Nuttall, The Conversation Susan Kiguli, The Conversation Tom Odhiambo, The Conversation

· May 07, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Litfests after Covid-19: How physical distancing and travel restrictions will affect literary events

Malavika Banerjee

· May 03, 2020 · 08:30 am

A writer from Peshawar imagines a visit to the city by Orhan Pamuk

Aurangzaib Khan, Dawn.com

· May 02, 2020 · 05:30 pm