The winner in the Poetry Contest, judged by Ana Božičević, author of New Life (Wave Books, 2023), was William Moretti for his ...

A magical flower that cures blindness. A brave prince. A blind king – and a fantastical adventure. The 18th-century Dastan-e-Gul-e Bakavali is an over-the-top tale of Prince Tajulmulk who sets off on ...

Anime and manga are some of Japan’s biggest contributions to overseas popular culture, but the light novel, a work of prose fiction with some manga-style Illustrations, has become a fast-growing ...

Literature is, variously: a refuge from reality, an encounter with an era, an expression of a singular sensibility and a sheer delight. But it is also a business, as Dan Sinykin, an English professor ...

New Delhi: “Easy reading is damn hard writing,” said Nathaniel Hawthorne. His observation explains why some novels feel effortless to read while quietly sharpening language skills. Writing that ...