Kawaguchi’s magical café serves as more than a setting—it becomes a metaphor for the human condition, where we are forever bound by our choices whilst yearning for impossible opportunities to revisit significant moments. His gentle approach to magical realism offers healing rather than alienation, affirming connection’s transformative power.
Literary agencies are indeed gaining momentum. In essence, it is the same as actors/sportspersons having managers, we’re in the author’s corner to help navigate the complexities of the business, support and build on their vision for their books and writing careers. We’re here to help broaden their reach, and open doors to see their writing reach new audiences.
On the 07th of September from 4.00pm to 5.00pm (GMT+530), The Asian masterclass will introduce you a new author among its shortlist for The Asian Prize for Fiction.
The inaugural session of The Asian MasterClass is scheduled for August 31st, 2024, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM GMT+530. In this session, the author of The Witch in the Peepul Tree, shortlisted for The Asian Prize for Fiction, will explore the topic ‘Where do stories come from?’
The Asian Prizes announced the longlist of The Asian Prize for Short Story 2024 edition on the 31st day of July 2024, at The Asian House of Literature, Sri Lanka. The Prize was one of the two prizes given for unpublished work (The Asian Prize for Short Sotry, The Asian Prize for Poetry) by The Asian Group of Literature.
Slaughter’s deft handling of this turbulent period in American history, combined with her trademark suspenseful storytelling, results in a novel that is as thought-provoking as it is thrilling.
The Asian Prize for Short Story is an International Prize curated by The Asian Prizes, a subsidiary of The Asian Group of Literature. ‘We had submissions from all over the world, from […]
The novel ‘Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew’ written by Shehan Karunatilaka in 2010, is a remarkable piece of work that challenges the standard narrative structures and genres that are present in the literary world.
The Asian Group of Literature has immense pleasure in announcing that the first edition of The Asian Prize for Short Story is now open for submissions. The submissions will be closed on 08th March, and the long list will be announced on 30th June, followed by the shortlist on 15th September. The winner will be announced on 15th December.
Goodreads Lanka recognises South Asia’s unique scenario, in which there is a remarkable majority of printed books per population, despite the troubling issues encountered by authors in terms of low pay, numerous copyright infringements, and a lack of investment from publishers.
There is a concentrated, well-coordinated pushback against the American cultural influence by the entirety of the global south and some of the central and eastern European states. Those pushbacks come in both cultural and religious sense
Kenyan writer Idza Luhumyo has won the 2022 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story ‘Five Years Next Sunday’. The announced was made by Okey Ndibe, Chair of the 2022 AKO Caine Prize Judging Panel, at an award ceremony in London’s Victoria and Albert Museum.
.E. Sibi-Okumu is a playwright from Kenya. The socio-political evolution of his country is a constant inspiration for him. Almost all his plays involve music and dance. He also writes prose and poetry and is a regular columnist. He is a *Chevalier des Palmes Académiques.
In June of 1943 the Bíró brothers, László and György, became owners of US Patent 2,390,636 – better known around the world as the ball point pen. The Hungarian inventors’ new pen, […]
By Pramudith D Rupasinghe Jessica Mudditt is a Sydney-based journalist whose articles have been published by The Economist, BBC, CNN, GQ and Marie Claire. She was accredited as a newspaper journalist in […]
By Pramudith D Rupasinghe “I have always been fascinated by the Ancient Aliens theory. And, being a victim of child abuse during my entire childhood and adolescence, I struggled with finding solutions to the emotional pain […]
By Andrew Carmichael. Farzana Mitu is a popular and a decorated writer based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. She started to write in 2011, first with poetry, and later entered into “Novel Writing”. In […]
By Isha Alexandri. She is a historian, an academic and an author who has contributed to diverse genre in the industry. Currently she is affiliated to the Department of Western Classical Culture […]
Today’s Author interview is dedicated to a poet, novelist, playwright and critic from the East African country, Kenya. In 2001, he published his first novel, When the Whirlwind Passes, online. It is regarded asAfrica’s first purely ‘digital novel’. He has since published three more books: The Moon is Made of Green Cheese (2008), Kiss Commander Promise (2011), and Africa on My Mind (2013). His books are available on Lulu.com and via World reader apps/devices.
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