Censorship in national book fair: A cause for concern?
Government funded organisation bars publisher from month-long book fair that commemorates the International Mother Language Day over "political obscenity".
Japanese monk elucidates Buddhism through manga
Monk Hiroaki Mitsuzawa said he was inspired by his thought of Buddhist teachings offering a way for people facing difficulties to begin moving forward.
Cambodian Author Thon Thavry: Never give up on your dreams or life goals
Her book is a true story about a young woman who overcomes her struggles with society and becomes an inspiration to many.
Book Review: Learning about Chinese Indonesians from Tjong
The novel traverses several tumultuous historical events of China and depicts the Indonesian National Revolution and the Cultural Revolution.
Leading writers to gather at Seoul International Writers’ Festival
Poet Kim Hye-soon, the first Asian woman to win the Griffin Poetry Prize, and Pulitzer-winning poet Forrest Gander will deliver the opening keynote speech of the event.
Indonesia’s booksellers struggle amid pandemic, digitalisation
Unlike the clothing, jewellery and food stores that are jam-packed with crowds and bustling with transactions, customers rarely venture to the kiosks selling books.
Khmer Rouge survivor pens poignant book
For the author, the agonising thought of the millions who died – including his parents and his younger brother – was the most challenging part of writing the memoir.
Bangladeshi-born Fahmida in Pulitzer prize winning team
The team were awarded the prize for "using graphic reportage and the comics medium to tell a powerful yet intimate story of the Chinese oppression of the Uyghurs”.
How I feel about Virginia Woolf being part-Bengali
“To me, the links between Woolf and Bangla and Bengal–linguistically, philosophically, and poetically, came through by closely reading certain portions of her works”, the…
Non Fiction: What Cricket tells us about Pakistan
In tracing how media has brought cricket to the larger masses, the author of the book, ‘Nation, Identity and Politics’ is of the view that cricket is a collective cultural…