Blogs in October 2024

Amanat: Women’s Writing from Kazakhstan 5th October 2024

A man is arrested for a single typo, a woman gets on buses at random, and two friends reunite in a changed world…. Diverse in form, scope and style, Amanat brings together the voices of thirteen female Kazakhstani writers,...

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Egypt + 100 14th August 2024

Egypt + 100 poses a question to ten contemporary Egyptian authors: what might your country look like in the year 2111 – exactly a century after the (ultimately unsuccessful) Tahrir Square revolution? Might Egypt still be in the grips...

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Stories From the Center of the World 10th July 2024

Stories from the Center of the World gathers new writing from the greater Middle East (or SWANA), a vast region that stretches from Southwest Asia, through the Middle East and Turkey, and across Northern Africa. The 25 authors included...

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All The Bears Sing 29th May 2024

Harold Macy’s newest book, a collection of short stories depicting life in British Columbia, resonates with the land and the people who inhabit it. Whether he’s chronicling the death song of a Douglas fir, the brassy orchestra of trumpeter...

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For Such a Time as This 16th May 2024

These are the people who sustain us through good times and bad. Meet Niah and her friends. They’re young, they’re smart, they’re part of a tight friendship group determined to make the most of every day. And their lives...

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