science fiction

Sri Lankan speculative fiction lifts off

An extraordinary burst of anglophone SF writing from Sri Lanka looks afresh at home and the universe(s)

| Jul 10, 2023

What Southasia read in 2022

Book recommendations from a year of reading by Southasian writers, poets, translators and journalists

| Jan 06, 2023

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