The highlight of November was the eagerly awaited announcement of the Super Shortlist for The Asian Prize of Fiction, delivered by The Asian Committee on November 13, 2024. Out of six outstanding works of seamlessly woven prose that delve into unexplored themes and relevant social issues, three authors made it to the final list: Indian author Arefa Tehsin, Nepali-Indian author Smriti Ravindra, and American fiction writer V.V. Ganeshananthan.
Bodhini Samaratunga is an accomplished emerging writer from Sri Lanka who is now based in Sweden. Her writing is firmly centred on social change, powered by her extensive experience as a medical professional working with marginalised populations. Bodhini is a strong advocate for purposeful writing, asserting that it transcends mere leisure.
There’s a different writing style, engaging and free flowing, though not introspective at all. Vihaan leaves no trail of his secretive affairs but he didn’t mean that…he’s in the shadow of someone other, unsure of himself, desperate for love, and finding it with Sheela, an older woman from the Khatri house. So treacherous that it cannot be rendered beautifully.
Laura van den Berg’s State of Paradise is a captivating and enigmatic novel that deftly merges the mundane with the extraordinary. Set in the aftermath of a peculiar pandemic, this narrative follows a woman navigating her life as a ghostwriter while dealing with the repercussions of a devastating storm in her native Florida.
A fresh and vibrant voice has emerged in the world of literature, as Ms. Prutuslyn Sackie prepares to launch her debut book Teenage Musings on Friday, September 13, 2024.
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 The Prize was one of the two prizes given for unpublished work (The Asian Prize for Short Sotry, The Asian Prize for Poetry) by The Asian Group of Literature.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.
Urmi Sanghavi Mehta’s “Fatal Love: A Love Undone” is a captivating blend of crime and romance that explores the complexities of human emotions. This novel promises an emotional rollercoaster brimming with suspense and unexpected twists.
Rumaan Alam’s novel Leave the World Behind is a captivating and thought-provoking exploration of the human condition in the face of impending crisis.
Claire Messud’s novel This Strange Eventful History is a captivating exploration of three generations of the Cassar family, spanning seven decades and continents.
Devri is a perfectly crafted literature masterpiece. From all points of view, this is indeed a great effort by the debut writer to deliver stories with charm and gullible credibility. Each story has a platform to stage characters, to rise the tempo of climax, and brining the ultimate message for the audience. Simple writing makes it a lovely book to savour for lifetime.
VV Ganeshananthan’s Brotherless Night has won Women’s Prize for fiction 2024. Sarted in 1995, the $30,000 worth Women’s prize for fiction, currently in its 29th year, claims to be the most significant […]
Global literature is nowadays a crazy Darwinian pool, with new talents emerging with wings, old talents sharpening their talons and genes of genres mixing and blurring the lines! The Asian Prize for […]
They say you should write the book you want to read. I wrote Brotherless Night because I wanted to read a book set in Jaffna during this time period—one focused on civilian lives, particularly those of Tamil women, students, teachers, and political dissidents.
“Death and the Seaside” by Alison Moore is a haunting and multilayered novel that defies easy categorization. In this review, I’ll delve into the book’s ominous atmosphere, its exploration of mortality, and the strikingly ambitious narrative.
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 Koh Ker Conspiracy: An Archaeological Thriller’ by Caleb Andrew, explores the intanigible balance between historical authenticity and the telling of adventure stories. A simple noodle store serves as the setting for the beginning of the novel, which takes place in the bustling streets of Phnom Penh.
The Casa África launches the tenth edition of Purorrelato, its micro-story contest that aims to promote literary creation that encourages us to feel and think about Africa and to continue showing different realities that approach us to the continent, away from the stereotypes that have marked it for so long.
The grand prize winner of The Smokey is automatically nominated for The Best Small Fictions, The Pushcart, Best of the Net, and any other prize we deem appropriate. The grand prize winner will be paid $2500.
My mother and Naina treated me like an emperor; there was no scolding or reprimand. My mother often remarked that I should have been born in a mansion, but instead, I ended up being born in that slum. Education was nowhere to be seen in her family – only one brother among my mother’s eleven siblings received an education.
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