Four star review for THE REPUBLIC OF MEMORY from @sfxmagazine.bsky.social
"An admirably ambitious novel that repays slow reading... "
Mahmud El Sayed
Follow-up from the previous Best 100 Novels list, now with readers' input. Still a scarcity of Global South writers, though some make the cut, mostly men (Rushdie, Vikram Seth, Bolaño, Arundhati Roy, etc.)
Follow-up from the previous Best 100 Novels list, now with readers' input. Still a scarcity of Global South writers, though some make the cut, mostly men (Rushdie, Vikram Seth, Bolaño, Arundhati Roy, etc.)
We are shocked and saddened to hear of the death at just 56 of our brilliant author Marjane Satrapi.
Marjane was a shining light in the world of human rights, a brilliant artist, film-maker and writer. She was a force for good who will be much missed.
After authors and critics chose their top 100 novels, we asked for your favourites. From Uruguay to the Isle of Skye, 3,000 readers cast their votes. Here are the titles that made your list – topped b...
After authors and critics chose their top 100 novels, we asked for your favourites. From Uruguay to the Isle of Skye, 3,000 readers cast their votes. Here are the titles that made your list – topped b...
The next Stories of Taiwan Reading Club is this Saturday afternoon! We will be reading The Butcher’s Wife by Li Ang
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Our summer special issue is now available to read for our digital subscribers and those with access to Taylor & Francis!
Wasafiri 126: Impossible Returns — The Spain Issue comprises work by racialised Spanish writers and artists.
Happy reading!
BOOK LAUNCH: NOTES FROM A LOST COUNTRY
Join us at the Arab British Centre to celebrate @sinanantoon.bsky.social latest novel. Link in bio!
Seven Stories Press UK
Remembering Dambudzo Marechera on his posthumous 74th Birthday.
Zimbabwean author, winner of 1979 Guardian Fiction Prize for The House of Hunger, first African author to win it. His legacy and writing endures and remains a strong influence for critical thinking.
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From Najwa Bin Shatwan’s ‘Tree of Soap’
Libyan writer Najwa Binshatwan’s latest novel, شجرة الصابون (Tree of Soap, Dar Arab 2026) unfolds with her signature sarcastic-surrealism. In this world, the State encourages citizens to…
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Marjane Satrapi I salute you
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IMPOSSIBLE RETURNS: THE SPAIN ISSUE. Volume 41, Issue 2 of Wasafiri
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Libyan writer Najwa Binshatwan’s latest novel, شجرة الصابون (Tree of Soap, Dar Arab 2026) unfolds with her signature sarcastic-surrealism. In this world, the State encourages citizens to express themselves, ensures their participation, and provides them everything necessary to practice democracy. Nothing is forced, exactly; it’s just that absence is unwelcome and silence requires explanation.
