‘Cambodia’s Hidden Scars’ final book highlights healing after atrocities
The series provides an in-depth analysis of the idea that human rights violations, armed conflict, and war cause psychological and psychiatric outcomes, using the Kingdom’s…
Birth of a Braille book
With more than 17 million visually impaired individuals in China, Braille books serve as a crucial pathway for the community to receive education, acquire skills and understand…
German-Vietnamese writer releases new children’s book
The book, entitled "Hip Hop and the Master Singer," is the third work in Isabelle Müller's series about a little flea called Hip Hop.
‘Systemic Silencing’: A look back at Indonesian survivors of enforced prostitution
Written by Katharine E. McGregor, the book focuses on a subset of lower-class women from the countryside, mostly in Java, who played a significant role during the period of…
Beyond Nilkhet: Dhaka’s second-hand book markets
Dhaka is home to book markets where your desire to buy books meets affordability—if you know how to strike a deal.
Saadat Hasan died, but Manto lives on
As we celebrate his birth anniversary every year on 11 May, we remember the writer who inked society as it was, on paper, in all its humanity and inhumanity.
Nepali writer Krishna Bajgai discusses writing journey, role as president of a Nepali literary organisation in UK
For 24 years, I’ve called Europe home. Even during my time in Nepal, I wrote and shared literature. While I’m known as a diasporic writer, not all my works fall under that…
Beijingers unwind in ‘hush hour’ as community libraries spread
By 2021, more than 90 percent of the city's population had easy access to community libraries at 6,830 locations.
Mang Nanie’s house of books
Hernando "Nanie" Guanlao turned his two-story home located on the outskirts of the Philippines’ main financial district into a public library where anyone can borrow books for…
‘Comfort Women of the Empire’ author found not guilty of defamation in retrial
Park Yu-ha, professor emeritus at Sejong University in South Korea, was accused of damaging the reputation of former so-called comfort women with her academic book.