Elizabeth Johnson on the literary scene in Ghana, who’s building it, and the value of publishing on the continent.
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The Words We Choose III: The 2022 International Booker Prize Shortlisted Translators in Conversation
The shortlisted translators of the 2022 International Booker Prize in conversation with Ellah P. Wakatama.
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Just Sayin’
Malorie Blackman’s PEN Pinter Prize 2022 speech
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An Endangered Species in Uganda
Stella Nyanzi on dissident writers and free expression in Uganda.
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Salman the Wordsmith
By Zadie Smith.
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An Irresistible Contradiction: An Interview with Idza Luhumyo
Idza Luhumyo, winner of the 2022 AKO Caine Prize, discusses short stories, agency, and power.
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Books, Books, Books
Julian Barnes on collecting books, reading books, and annotating books.
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I Am a Writer Because My Will to Understand People Is Greater Than My Need to Judge Them: Pajtim Statovci in Conversation with Octavia Bright
Pajtim Statovci talks to Octavia Bright about tricky protagonists, Albanian mythology and multilingualism
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The Freedom and Right to Share Our Stories: Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai on Decolonising Literature
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai on decolonising literature about Việt Nam by writing in the language of the coloniser.
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On Translation
Astrid Alben on language, childhood, photographs and translation.
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I Want to Be Commissioned to Review Love Island
June Bellebono on the pigeonholing of identities, being commissioned on topics other than that which you embody, and Love Island.
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I Do Not Want You to Escape the Real World
Yara Rodrigues Fowler on material as a part of reading, the making of zines, and writing there are more things.
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Osman Kavala and the Life of the Mind
Thomas de Waal on sending Osman Kavala books to read in Silivri Prison.
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When a Country’s Soul Succumbs: Laws, Migration and Culture
The 2022 StAnza Lecture by Mona Arshi.
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From Ajdabiya to Rome
Najwa Bin Shatwan on her geographic and writerly journey. Translated by Sawad Hussain.
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Something Different Altogether: A Conversation with Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan
Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan on Islamophobia, storytelling, and the politics of existing.
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My Crime, Being Born Illegal: Shen Yang in Conversation with Nicky Harman
Shen Yang speaks to Nicky Harman about the One Child policy, “excess-birth daughters”, and her memoir, More Than One Child.
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Delhi’s Educational Underbelly
Anandi Mishra on Mukherjee Nagar and her journey to writing.
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In All Its Forms: A Conversation with Ayanna Lloyd Banwo
Ayanna Lloyd Banwo on ghost stories, love stories, Trinidad, and grief.
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Something Shadowless, Like You: Nedim Türfent Writes Back to Ai Weiwei from Prison
Kurdish poet and journalist Nedim Türfent responds to Ai Weiwei’s postcard.
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My Character, My Pseudonym, and Me
Fatima Daas on names. Translated by Lara Vergnaud.
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