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February 24, 2023
Arts & Culture/Books

Montreal-based British author reflects on socio-political changes in Asia

Journalist Mark Abley recently launched a travel memoir looking back at his trip from Istanbul to Kathmandu in the 70s.

November 4, 2021
Arts & Culture/Books/Top Stories

“Mexican Gothic” — a mix of the sensual and the repulsive

New York Times bestselling author, Silvia Moreno-Garcia's fifth novel, "Mexican Gothic," does a horrifyingly delicious job of intertwining sensuality with the macabre,

August 31, 2021
Arts & Culture/Books

Victory Colony, 1950 Gives a Voice to Forgotten Refugees

A novel steeped in history and a deep sense of place, Victory Colony, 1950 is a story about resilience and self-empowerment, two

A woman rowing a boat known as "Shikara" in Srinagar, Kashmir, where the novel "Life in the Clock Tower Valley" is set.
July 14, 2021
Arts & Culture/Books

‘Life in the Clock Tower Valley’ Offers Intimate View of Life in Kashmir

The India-based journalist Shakoor Rather's debut novel, "Life in the Clock Tower Valley," delivers a unique look into Kashmir, where normal, day-to-day

Photo of Souvankham Thammavongsa, author of "How to Pronounce Knife"
May 22, 2021
Arts & Culture/Books/Top Stories

‘I Don’t Write From the Margins’: Author Souvankham Thammavongsa

Souvankham Thammavongsa, author of the Giller Prize–winning short story collection "How to Pronounce Knife," creates immigrant characters who defy expectations. “They don’t

Photo of Francesca Ekwuyasi, author of "Butter Honey Pig Bread"
May 5, 2021
Arts & Culture/Books

‘Butter Honey Pig Bread’: A Sumptuous Story of Love, Food and Forgiveness

"Butter Honey Pig Bread," a debut novel by Francesca Ekwuyasi, is a cosmopolitan story of a multi-generational family that mixes the ancient

Photo of Nilofar Shidmehr
March 2, 2021
Arts & Culture/Books/Top Stories

Nilofar Shidmehr: A Writer Giving Voice to Iranian Female Experience

Nilofar Shidmehr's collection of short stories, Divided Loyalties, provides a vivid look into the political and cultural events that have shaped Iranian

Priyamvada Gopal, Insurgent Empire: Anticolonial Resistance and British Dissent.
September 24, 2019
Books

The Globalization of Freedom Fights

When Britain was toiling against its Egyptian possessions Blunt was sent there to gauge public opinion

August 12, 2019
Books

Is This Our Land? Review of ‘An Immigrant’s Manifesto’

A new form of global class structure has evolved in which white parents in the developed world hire nannies from Cameroon or

May 1, 2019
Books

Jagmeet Singh Courageously Tells Life Story In New Book

I have respect and admiration for Jagmeet Singh, the leader of the New Democratic Party. I appreciate that he presented the story

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