‘What Remains After A Fire’ by Kanza Javed offers unadorned tales that feel genuine and intimately familiar, dwelling upon the small dilemmas of ordinary people. Manisha Gangahar reviews in #SpectrumTheTribune tribuneindia.com/news/book-revi… HarperCollins Kanza Javed کنزا جاويد

‘Real, restrained, and resonant! Kanza Javed کنزا جاويد’s What Remains After A Fire offers unadorned tales that feel genuine and intimately familiar, dwelling upon the small dilemmas of ordinary people,’ writes Manisha Gangarhar for The Tribune. Read more: tribuneindia.com/news/book-revi…

What Remains After a Fire by Kanza Javed (2025) A collection of short stories, this book is praised for its emotionally honest and often painful portrayals of Pakistani women both in Pakistan and abroad—confronting grief, love, displacement and societal restrictions. #BookReview

Here's what readers had to say! #READWithHarperCollins #WhatRemainsAfterAFire #Praise

Feeling very grateful to see these early responses to 'What Remains After a Fire.' Thank you to the readers, reviewers, and booksellers who’ve taken the time to read, reflect, and share their thoughts.

In this conversation with THE WEEK, author Kanza Javed کنزا جاويد reflects on the craft and heart of What Remains After a Fire, her powerful new short-story collection — an unflinching, searing portrait of women bound by their search for love and acceptance in a world governed by men:

If 2025 had a reading pattern, it looked like this: finish, recommend, think about it, read again. Some stories simply refused to fade once the last page was turned. They stayed in conversations, resurfaced in memory, and found their way back into readers' hands. Here is our

Kanza Javed's book, What Remains After a Fire, reveals the ruins of a soul in the aftermath of a major event, writes Rishita Misra. #book #review Uddalak Mukherjee Kanza Javed کنزا جاويد HarperCollins telegraphindia.com/books/after-th…

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Huge congratulations to Kanza Javed کنزا جاويد longlisted for the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2026! So proud to see What Remains After a Fire recognised among such exciting voices—here’s to powerful writing and well-deserved celebration. #READWithHarperCollins #LongList #Writing

Congratulations to Kanza Javed (Kanza Javed کنزا جاويد) and all at W. W. Norton UK for being longlisted for 'What Remains After a Fire.' #SUDTP26

Honored!!

Here's what the critics/reviewers have said about Kanza Javed's (Kanza Javed کنزا جاويد) debut short story collection, 'What Remains After a Fire' (W. W. Norton UK) 📚 #SUDTP26

A thoughtful, compelling discussion you won't want to miss: youtu.be/9aS4Ojv-kOA?si… Authors Kanza Javed کنزا جاويد and Aanchal Malhotra on Javed’s acclaimed short story collection, #WhatRemainsAfterAFire. #READWithHarperCollins

Yesterday at Readings ...kanza launching her short story collection . Proud that she was the first author in Residence at the Shireen kunj Creative Writing Retreat 2 years ago .That was an ambitious experiment for me but Kanza supported me.

Thanks to W. W. Norton & Company for my copy of short story collection What Remains After A Fire by Kanza Javed, longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize 2026. Look out for my review as part of the longlist celebration blog tour! dylanthomprize #SUDTP26 #DylanThomasPrize #books

This International Women’s Day, we bring you a stellar collection of books that celebrate women’s voices and journeys of resilience. From narratives of courage to moving accounts of love and identity, these compelling books across genres honour the many stories women carry and