In her nearly 30-year career in publishing, Anjali Singh has worn many hats. Before joining Ayesha Pande Literary as an agent in 2015, Singh was the editorial director at Other Press, and prior to that had worked as an editor at Simon & Schuster, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and Vintage Books. And before all that, she…

Recently, there have been a bunch of adaptations of classic science fiction and fantasy books from previous decades. Frank Herbert’s Dune (1965), Octavia Butler’s Kindred (1979), Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire (1985) and Neil Gaiman’s Sandman (1989) were all formative books (and comics) I read as a young genre enthusiast and it’s fun to…

The Mindanao Book Fair, slated for March 13 to 15, 2024, at Ateneo de Davao University’s Arrupe Hall, is poised to be a landmark event for book lovers, writers, and anyone with a passion for literature. This eagerly awaited gathering aims to promote literacy, celebrate the rich literary heritage of Mindanao, and provide a vibrant…

An anonymous literary agent has said that half of publishing houses in the UK will not take books that have Jewish content or are by Jewish authors. The agent was speaking to Stephen Games, founder of the independent publisher EnvelopeBooks, who revealed their conversation to The Telegraph. Games said: “A very well-known literary agent of great repute and associated…

A film based on a significant literary work hasn’t taken home an Academy Award  in over 10 years. But the occurrence rate for Oscar nominations bestowed upon literary adaptations has remained constant since the very first ceremony. Adam Morgan crunched the numbers at the Chicago Review of Books back in 2017 and found that among…

Globally acclaimed professor of African history, Toyin Falola, recently chaired a panel discussion featuring leading African writers and scholars, focusing on the remarkable literary contributions made in 2023 across various genres such as poetry, drama, prose narrative, and children’s literature. The event, part of the Toyin Falola Interview Series, highlighted the theme “2023 Outstanding African…

Globally recognized professor of African history, Toyin Falola, led eminent African writers and scholars in celebrating the output of African literature in 2023, with works in poetry, drama, prose narrative and children literature. The renowned scholar chaired a penal of literary writers at the last edition of the Toyin Falola Interview Series with the theme…

Long before he wrote Booker-winning novels and Oscar-nominated screenplays, the Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro wrote bad songs. In his own words, these unheard lyrics were “mostly ghastly” but they enabled him to find his voice. He worked through the gauche and the pretentious before alighting on the simpler first-person style that would define his fiction: “understated,…

1 Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall Amazon Prime Buy Today’s cadre of politically palatable feminists are coming up short on issues that should require their urgency, as Kendall so clear-sightedly points out in her bestselling book. Through a series of essays that touch on everything from reproductive…

Including children’s books about disabilities in our classroom libraries is as essential as any other type of diversity representation. It’s also important to have books that incidentally feature disabled people in the stories and illustrations; in the same way we need books about Black joy and stories about LGBTQ+ kids and adults in our “Family…