Wow! Amazing list of mysteries about translators from Molly Odintz and CrimeReads! Very excited to read these (@harrietcrawley1, Ann Leckie ☕, Rebecca F. Kuang, and more) and have already read and also highly recommend ayesha manazir siddiqi's THE CENTRE! crimereads.com/mysteries-abou…

We all knew he wasn’t actually secular, when his primary interventions were targeting Islam as cultural and demographic threat, in the public sphere for much of my formative years. I’m glad he has named his actual politics - I don’t think it’s a shift, but rather a clarification.

The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has expressed shock at the magnitude of the massacre committed by the Israeli occupation forces against Al-Shifa Hospital and its surroundings in Gaza City over a two-week period.

Initial estimates suggest that over 1,500 Palestinians, including…

❤️ This vote on two historic motions at The Society of Authors is a huge opportunity to show solidarity for Palestine and support for fossil fuels divestment within the books industry. Please share as widely as you can - all support is appreciated! ❤️

wrote about the very stupid conversation over free speech and why we should not fall for it nymag.com/intelligencer/…

The Writers Lab 2024 is officially OPEN for submissions!

Supported by Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman, The Writers Lab is the only program in the world devoted exclusively to script and career development for women and nonbinary writers 40+

We look forward to reading your work!

there’s a baby in that car seat. a baby holding a baby. all alone.

Host: people worry that once Gazans leave Gaza Netanyahu won't let them back in

Jared: maybe, but what's left of the place?- Anyway, lemme tell you about how valuable Gaza's waterfront property could be

theguardian.com/us-news/2024/m…

I love the Spanish cover for the centre, and it’s so wonderful to see the illustrator’s journey in this way. Was especially pleased when bird turned into billee !

We are asking all Book Workers for a Free Palestine supporters to share and repost these graphics in solidarity using the hashtags #LBFVigil , #LBF24 and #ceasefirenow .

After not touring for seven years, I put together 'Culture War,' a rough hour of new material that I performed over a week in London. Here's the video I used to start the show each night.
I'll be releasing clips and outtakes soon. Not a full comedy album - more like a mixtape of…

I found the book version. THE CENTRE (by ayesha manazir siddiqi) and it's basically about racial capitalism

The New York Times wrote a Haiku to avoid saying Israel massacres Palestinians that they’re deliberately starving in Gaza.

flour massacre

try to wrap your head around that phrase

it is genuinely one of the most horrific things I’ve ever read

#winner of #EnglishPENTranslates Ma is Scared by Anjali Kajal, translated by Kavita Bhanot coming to bookstores in February 24!

This haunts me, she and the two RC men that tried to rescue her haunt me. Just every day the IDF are so brazen with their war crimes and no political power is holding them accountable.

Caste and desire are inextricably interlinked, in literature as in life. dhiren borisa and Akhil Katyal's critique of Lihaf, a seminal South Asian queer story, is a must read. queerbeat.org/stories/caste-…

It is beyond comprehension that these are emails that I am sending to 'liberal arts' organisations right now... if ur too scared to 'break precedents' in THESE TIMES then in reality nothing could ever move you. What is even the POINT of art if we simply sit by in days like these?

‘Found dead’; ‘came to the end of their lives’; ‘died’; ‘a bullet found it’s way into the young lady’; ‘refugee camp exploded’…the linguistic gymnastics of western media desperately trying to avoid implicating Israel has been a most heinous crime.