Philippa Gregory revisits the Tudor court through Jane Boleyn, a woman who survived longer than most in King Henry VIII’s...
Published 05 Apr, 2026 09:23am
Adrian H. Husain’s latest collection of sonnets explore memory, time and the fragmented nature of recollection
Published 05 Apr, 2026 09:18am
A debut Urdu short story collection explores empathy and inequality
Published 05 Apr, 2026 09:07am
Lt Gen (retd) Talat Masood’s memoirs are a military man’s recollections about his own idealism and professional
Published 29 Mar, 2026 07:18am
A debut novel tells the tale of a complex friendship between two young women while also exploring themes such as narcissism
Published 29 Mar, 2026 07:18am
Through a series of dialogues with scholars, a recent Urdu book examines language, identity and culture across South Asia
Published 29 Mar, 2026 07:17am
The poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock was written by T.S. Eliot in 1915. Despite the poet’s young age — ...
Published 29 Mar, 2026 07:16am
The Zeenat Haroon Rashid Writing Prize for Women calls for women writers to submit for its 2026 competition. The...
Published 29 Mar, 2026 07:15am
A powerful debut novel merges suspense with emotional depth and captures the dangerous allure of acceptance in an age
Published 19 Mar, 2026 07:06am
Former Senator Farhatullah Babar’s book of memoirs aims to set the record straight by putting the spotlight on the low-key
Published 19 Mar, 2026 07:06am
A meticulously researched book offers a corrective to decades of selective memory, political appropriation and historical
Published 19 Mar, 2026 07:06am
Arif Waqar was my true teacher at the BBC. Besides teaching me how not to fluff up on the microphone and what should
Published 19 Mar, 2026 07:06am
Mohammed Hanif’s deeply satirical new novel, set in the days following former prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s
Published 15 Mar, 2026 07:17am
Actor Charlie Sheen may not have become the superstar many expected, but he remains part of a strong Hollywood lineage
Published 15 Mar, 2026 07:17am
A timely collection of essays by prominent Islamic scholars argues that arguments for religious freedom
Published 15 Mar, 2026 07:17am
Every Sunday, he would sit with the matrimonial advertisements in daily Jang, and mark potential candidates
Published 15 Mar, 2026 07:17am
Farhatullah Babar’s reflective, insider account of Benazir Bhutto’s life and politics corrects the twin caricatures that dominate
Published 08 Mar, 2026 10:41am
A debut novel has a strong idea spanning two plot lines and two time periods but desperately needed a strong editor as well
Published 08 Mar, 2026 10:27am
A coffee table book on Pakistan’s beloved sport brings together the printed and visual artefacts of the country’s cricketing...
Published 08 Mar, 2026 10:18am
In one of his most complex and deceptively crafted verses, Mirza Ghalib says that the poet’s pen vibrates with the frequency of...
Published 08 Mar, 2026 10:14am
Nadeem F. Paracha’s latest book explores contemporary populism by comparing three modern-day populist uprisings in the global...
Published 01 Mar, 2026 09:28am
The winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize 2025 is a debut novel by a Palestinian author about the complexities that lie at the heart of
Published 01 Mar, 2026 09:24am
The popularity of Jaun Elia’s deceptively simple verse, which has become all the rage with the youth, often obscures the depth...
Published 01 Mar, 2026 09:21am
Farhatullah Babar is known to us as a veteran politician, a legislator and a human rights defender. He is currently...
Published 01 Mar, 2026 09:15am
I grew up with Urdu poetry, learning to recite verses from ghazals as soon as I could talk. Words held only visual meanings for me
Published 22 Feb, 2026 06:45am
A former journalist’s book on Princess Diana’s infamous 1995 Panorama interview with Martin Bashir expects readers to consider...
Published 22 Feb, 2026 06:45am
An elegantly structured novel, told through through the eyes of a young lad, is the first part of four interconnected novels...
Published 22 Feb, 2026 06:45am
The 14th Lahore Literary Festival put its focus on history and in diversifying away from English but was impacted by scheduling
Published 22 Feb, 2026 06:45am
A book by a former chief economist at the State Bank of Pakistan critiques international aid and its deleterious impact on...
Published 15 Feb, 2026 07:41am
The 17th Karachi Literature Festival was fuelled by an unswerving, if wildly optimistic, belief in the transformative power of the
Published 15 Feb, 2026 07:38am
Ayesha Muzaffar’s latest offering strings together three novellas that will undoubtedly delight fans of the horror genre
Published 15 Feb, 2026 07:33am
There are many ways to go about writing one’s first novel, and here I would like to share how I went about writing...
Published 15 Feb, 2026 07:21am
A recent book argues Pakistan can leverage its strategic location and become an engine of trade and global growth, but seems...
Published 08 Feb, 2026 09:41am
Set in Swat during the rise of militant violence in the region in the mid-2000s, a debut novel wrestles with themes of patriarchy
Published 08 Feb, 2026 09:36am
From Kurram Valley to the World Bank’s corridors, a Pakistani internationalist retraces a global journey marked by discipline,...
Published 08 Feb, 2026 09:32am
In the recently published Urdu book of stories titled Tamasha-i-Ahl-i-Karam [The Circus of the Benevolent] by Dr...
Published 08 Feb, 2026 08:43am
Daniyal Mueenuddin’s much-anticipated first novel does not retreat from the terrain that made his reputation; it expands it.
Published 01 Feb, 2026 08:47am
Actor Michael J. Fox recounts how he managed playing Family Ties’ Alex P. Keaton by day and Back to the Future’s Marty McFly by...
Published 01 Feb, 2026 08:42am
A restrained first novel invites the reader to reflect on history, engage with an often-overlooked city, and witness a woman’s...
Published 01 Feb, 2026 08:38am
This year marks the centenary of Virginia Woolf’s essay ‘On Being Ill’, which still shapes how we read sickness
Published 01 Feb, 2026 08:31am
An Urdu book free of complex theoretical jargon and clearly intended for students combines conceptual discussions about the idea
Published 25 Jan, 2026 09:39am
Mustansar Hussain Tarar returns to Paris after half a century and uses the city as a canvas to explore art, history, exile
Updated 02 Feb, 2026 03:40pm
Maha Khan Phillips (nee Maha Khan) is a Karachi-born fiction writer and an award-winning financial journalist. She...
Published 18 Jan, 2026 06:44am
The American poet Cornelius Eady has co-founded the Cave Canem Foundation, a non-profit organisation that serves...
Published 18 Jan, 2026 06:44am
A whimsical novel brings together an Indian prince from more than 2,000 years ago and a young woman from contemporary Karachi
Published 11 Jan, 2026 10:55am
A well-researched, first-ever critical look at the origins of the Gakkhars of Potohar and Jhelum region demolishes some well
Published 11 Jan, 2026 10:54am
A collection of 17 insightful Urdu short stories combines a matter-of-fact, almost journalistic clarity with underlying warmth
Published 11 Jan, 2026 10:52am
In the contemporary world of letters, infiltrated by brand and persona marketing, being a master of more than one...
Published 11 Jan, 2026 10:50am
A well-researched book by a well-known French scholar argues that Indian PM Narendra Modi used his rule in the state of Gujarat
Updated 04 Jan, 2026 09:12pm
A hundred years ago, the poet Nasir Kazmi was born in Ambala on December 8, 1925; his contemporary, the fiction...
Updated 04 Jan, 2026 07:22am
In 1956, Walter Lang directed The King and I, a film from Hollywood set in 19th century Siam (Thailand), which was...
Published 28 Dec, 2025 05:06am
Former foreign secretary Shamshad Ahmed Khan’s memoirs are a chronicle, an apologia and a meditation — an effort to capture
Published 21 Dec, 2025 07:03am
A book by a philosopher advances neo-Socratic ethics as a guide for navigating life’s complexities, arguing that constant
Updated 21 Dec, 2025 07:22am
‘It’s wanting to know that makes us matter’ — iconic playwright Tom Stoppard, who passed away November 29, made us all philosopher
Updated 15 Dec, 2025 03:35pm
A compilation of declassified reports by three British governors of Sindh between 1937 and 1947 offers a treasure trove
Updated 15 Dec, 2025 03:40pm
Most poets tend to repeat what has been felt and said in terms of content, be it experience or habitat. It takes immense confidenc
Updated 07 Dec, 2025 07:44am
Ghazi sahib’s fictional prose is remarkably creative, engaging and captivating, allowing it to still resonate with readers.
Updated 25 Nov, 2025 05:30pm
Writers Fatima Ijaz and Taha Kehar’s email correspondence with each other about a range of topics evokes a time long before email
Published 23 Nov, 2025 05:54am
Celebrated author and activist Arundhati Roy attempts to come to grips with her complex relationship with her mother after her...
Published 16 Nov, 2025 07:41am
A sophomore novel about an ambitious and ruthless young woman trying to rise above poverty and confusing values captures womanhood
Published 16 Nov, 2025 07:38am
A masterful translation of French novelist Honore de Balzac’s 1831 novel A Woman of Thirty opens up a new world of literature for
Published 09 Nov, 2025 08:29am
November 9 is Iqbal Day every year. But there is still debate about Allama Iqbal’s actual date and year of birth.
Updated 09 Nov, 2025 10:37am
During one of my story-building workshops in a public school in Larkana, in which I was tasked to help Grade 9 and 10 girls write
Published 09 Nov, 2025 08:20am
Professor Audrey Truschke’s high-level introduction to the long history of the Indian Subcontinent is not just a lucid reference
Published 02 Nov, 2025 09:38am
Symbols, mystery and thrills — Dan Brown’s latest novel has two academics and lovers encountering all kinds of trouble as they run
Published 02 Nov, 2025 09:29am
The life story of a well-known psychiatrist provides insight into the healthcare and education system of Pakistan as well as its
Updated 02 Nov, 2025 07:19pm
A door creaks shut, unexpectedly; a footstep is heard on the stair; a face seen at the window. The haunted house is ...
Published 02 Nov, 2025 09:14am
A landmark comparative study of the poetry of Meer Anees places him not merely as a regional poet of lamentation but as a member
Published 26 Oct, 2025 08:35am
Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s posthumously published, unfinished novella, despite its shortcomings, carries his deep understanding of
Published 26 Oct, 2025 08:28am
A woman dealing with bipolar disorder pens a book that is part autobiography and part a discourse on the state of mental health
Published 26 Oct, 2025 08:20am
In Lahore, during the first Test of the current Pakistan-South Africa cricket series, spinner Noman Ali from ...
Published 26 Oct, 2025 08:08am
The grand tales of Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai, who won the Nobel prize for literature 2025, speak to our alienated...
Published 19 Oct, 2025 10:08am
The English translations of three stories from A.R. Khatoon’s Kahaniyan, preserve the tradition of telling fantastical bedtime...
Published 19 Oct, 2025 10:01am
Alamgir Hashmi’s 12th collection of verse consists of diverse, lyrical English poems that combine elegance and subtlety with...
Published 19 Oct, 2025 09:55am
