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

Will India’s literary prizes outlive the pandemic? The DSC Prize’s Surina Narula has an answer

Surina Narula

· May 02, 2020 · 08:30 am

New to graphic novels? Start with these five classics that has had millions hooked over the decades

David Brauner, The Conversation

· Apr 24, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Dancer Leela Samson to chair jury for India’s richest literary award, the JCB Prize for Literature

Scroll Staff

· Apr 23, 2020 · 03:10 pm

‘Small Days and Nights’: Tishani Doshi’s novel is shortlisted for the £10,000 RSL Ondaatje Prize

Tishani Doshi

· Apr 22, 2020 · 03:30 pm

Can dystopian fiction the ‘Hunger Games’ and ‘Divergent’ series shape real-world political attitudes

Calvert Jones, Aeon Celia Paris, Aeon

· Apr 21, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Ian McEwan’s nod to Franz Kafka: A cockroach finds itself transformed into the UK prime minister

Rabeea Saleem, Dawn.com

· Apr 18, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Will the post-pandemic world be a feminist one? The story ‘Sultana’s Dream’ may provide a template

Lopa Ghosh

· Apr 18, 2020 · 12:30 pm

How a book club helped Britons deal with World War II (and what we can learn from it)

Nicola Wilson, The Conversation

· Apr 15, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Nature’s rhythm and rhyme: Remembering William Wordsworth 250 years since his birth

Sally Bushell, The Conversation

· Apr 13, 2020 · 05:30 pm