Only a fraction of the world’s stories have survived. What might we be missing? When the great library at Alexandria went up in flames, it is said that the books took six months to burn. We can’t know if this is true. Exactly how the library met its end, and whether it even existed, have …
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On 19 May, 2022 Monsoonletters curated a pop-up poetry performance at WOW Bangladesh, Sylhet Chapter in collaboration with British Council Bangladesh, Mongol Deep Foundation and CCD Bangladesh The poem performed at the main stage at Sylhet Stadium was the result of a day long workshop, centered on the struggles of women, evoking the revolutionary spirit …
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On 12 March, 2022, Monsoonletters performed a pop-up poetry performance, based on the themes of women’s empowerment and liberation at WOW Bangladesh, Khulna Chapter, held at Khulna University. We express our gratitude to all the poets who worked to make this performance a reality. Additionally, we also thank our partners British Council Bangladesh, CCD Bangladesh …
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Independence Award, Ekushey Padak-winning writer and long-time friend of Monsoonletters Selina Hossain has been appointed as the president of Bangla Academy for a three-year term. The public administration ministry issued a gazette notification to the effect on Thursday. The eminent writer has authored 41 novels, 36 juvenile books, 15 short stories and 13 essays. Selina …
Dazzling debuts, a word-of-mouth hit, plus this year’s bestsellers from Sally Rooney, Jonathan Franzen, Kazuo Ishiguro and more The most anticipated, discussed and accessorised novel of the year was Sally Rooney’s Beautiful World, Where Are You (Faber), launched on a tide of tote bags and bucket hats. It’s a book about the accommodations of adulthood, …
His lyrical novels about exile and loss enjoy critical acclaim but modest sales. Now he’s Zanzibar’s second most famous son – and £840,000 richer. The writer talks about racism on British buses, Priti Patel, and why books have to entertain Abdulrazak Gurnah seems preternaturally calm for someone who has suddenly found themselves in the full …
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Phd-r Galpo is a latest autobiography book written by Dr. Md. Nazrul Islam, popularly known as Asif Nazrul. Dr. Nazrul is a famous academician, renowned for his bold critique of Bangladeshi politics. Asif Nazrul wrote more than ten novels and non-fiction books: among them Nishiddha Kayekjan (Forbidden Few), Udhao (Lost), Asamptir Galpa (Tale of Incompletion), Bekar Diner Prem (Love …
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Kazuo Ishiguro returns with a novel about an artificial friend, Zadie Smith brings the Wife of Bath bang up to date, Bill Gates takes on the climate crisis … a literary calendar for the year ahead January 4 Winners of five Costa category awards announced. 8 The Father released – Florian Zeller directs an adaptation …
In 1943, Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin drew a series of sketches on the man-made famine that had spread throughout Bengal, killing hundreds of thousands of people. Done in Chinese ink and brush on cheap packing paper, the series, famously known as Famine Sketches, were haunting images of cruelty and depravity of the merchants of death, and …
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Where are the men?’ I asked her. ‘In their proper places, where they ought to be… We shut our men indoors.’ Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain’s seminal science fiction short story ‘Sultana’s Dream’ depicted a feminist utopia, and was one of the first fictional works in India to do so. However, it never really received the fame and recognition that …
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