6 Books to add to your summer reading list
As summer rolls around and our lifestyle changes to adjust to the heat, so do a lot of our books! So here are a few books that might make a good addition to this year’s summer reading list.
3d ago
Uncovering history through storytelling
In conversation with Reem Bassiouney on the Sheikh Zayed Book Award, 'Al Halwani', and bridging the cultural gap
6d ago
PublishHer Excellence Awards winners announced at Bologna Children’s Book Fair
Mitia Osman, CEO and publisher of Mayurpankhi and the executive director at Agamee Prakashani, won the Emerging Leader Award
1w ago
Sheikh Zayed Book Award announces winners for the 18th edition
The winners were announced on 4 April, 2024, with the ceremony being hosted by Sheikh Sultan bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, chairman of the SZBA Board of Trustees
2w ago
To read as an academic: The transformative journey of a reader turned student
I became curious as to how the experience of reading might change for someone who studied it for a living, and how the lens of a literature student might differ from that of a creative writing one
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Manga on Bangabandhu wins bronze medal at 17th Japan International Manga Award
On 5 March 2024, at the 17th Japan International Manga Awards, a manga portraying the life and struggle of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman received a bronze medaeruml, making it the first Bangladeshi manga to be featured in and to have won such a prestigious award
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A discussion on truth, dares, and death with Nadia Kabir Barb
It was an intimate gathering of book lovers who had come together to listen to and participate in a discussion regarding a variety of topics, starting from her writing process to concepts of death explored in her stories, all stemming from deeply personal events in her life
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Anubad Sahitya Puraskar 2024: Celebrating the achievements of translators
Speakers talked about the losses and the gains of the meaning of text after having undergone translation, about the responsibility and the power that a translator holds in taking an author’s words and transforming it for a different reader base.
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August 5, 2021
For the Love of the (Unpopular) Game
How do these players and athletes fuel their passions and dreams?
July 29, 2021
Dorothy in Wonderland
For wounded soldiers rarely feel, Of throbbing hearts and broken skin.
July 15, 2021
Of You, I Know Not
A poem by Syeda Erum Noor.
May 27, 2021
Six feet under hell itself
Rituals from when time was young, Filling our daughters’ lungs with sand,
May 20, 2021
Your Name
Your name rolls right off my tongue Like it belonged there before I knew you.
February 11, 2021
To All the Fashion Non-Fans
For those who find that they never truly know what to wear.
January 21, 2021
7 Stages of Online Shopping
Picture this: It’s 2 AM and you come across a bag you’ve always wanted.
December 10, 2020
The Creative Process
I wanted to know how an idea was born, and how it ended up being prepared for an audience.
November 12, 2020
Why Writers Write
As Anne Frank wrote in her diary, "I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn."
November 5, 2020
Solitude and Company
The emptiness in all its glorious necromancy Falls prey to silence and its sole command.
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