YA Dystopian & Sci‑Fi

2+ min ago   (366+ words) Lucy Schiller’s “Aging Out” was conceived to highlight the problems facing elderly Americans dealing with a health care system that often seems to be working against them. This is a harrowing topic that rarely receives the attention it deserves. Later…...

4+ min ago   (608+ words) Maye Musk has enjoyed successful careers as a dietitian and model, though many people primarily know her as Elon Musk’s mother. Her new memoir, “Timeless: The Art of Reinvention and Resilience at Any Age,” is designed to shine the spotlight…...

42+ min ago   (719+ words) Mayo man Mark Mellett has launched his thought-provoking book, Blue Heart', at the Wild Atlantic Words Festival in Castlebar. Mellett, who served as chief of staff of the Irish Defence Forces and head of the Irish Naval Service during his…...

6+ hour, 46+ min ago   (470+ words) Editor’s note: This column was published originally on Oct. 23, 2023. “So, what are you reading these days?” Every so often, a friend will ask that simple question. Simple and dangerous. Like a dragon deep within its cave, I have to smile…...

1+ mon, 2+ hour ago   (191+ words) Translated sensitively from Urdu by Saira Mujtaba, these stories by Sameena Nazir bring together women shaped by the quiet violence of patriarchy Sameena Nazir does not present the women in her stories as idealised rebels but as ordinary women carrying…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (276+ words) In this landmark anthology of Kashmiri literature, a literary culture is ascendant, imbued not as a monument but as a living thing The Big Book of Kashmiri Literature features both published and unpublished writers from Kashmir and about 30 translators. Why…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (733+ words) This book of creative non-fiction reminds us that travel finally means the strange distance between who we were when we left and who we become while returning The focus here is on what happens after a movement: what the street…...

6+ hour, 16+ min ago   (544+ words) The title, 'Allah Miyan’s Workshop', suggests a space where anything is possible and all loose ends can be tied up in order to make sense of life This is not a novel of childhood. This is a narrative that portrays…...

5+ hour, 56+ min ago   (101+ words) “Last Night at the Telegraph Club,” by Malinda Lo. “Sold,” by Patricia McCormick. Banned Books Week ran from Oct. 4-10 this year with the theme “Let Books Be. Protect the Freedom to Read.” The American Library Association launched this annual campaign…...

17+ min ago   (307+ words) An Egyptian publisher is challenging the barriers keeping Arabic literature out of international bookstores, promoting a new digital platform at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany to introduce foreign publishers to hundreds of Arabic titles and encourage translation deals. Sherif…...