Biswanath 8UK Est. 2015
The right to live offline, to self-define, to choose, to a healthy planet … as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 70, leading authors reimagine it for today
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A story about two families in Sheffield – one white English; the other from Bangladesh – meanders through the decades
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More than a million were killed and many millions more displaced by Indian partition. Authors consider its bloody legacy and the crises now facing their countries
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Luxurious offers from international events are tempting – but as authors and campaigners explain, they come with heavy ethical baggage
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This warm-hearted family saga from the Great British Bake Off star will surely sell like hot cakes – but I wish celebrities wouldn’t dominate the bookshelves
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Peter Frase’s roaming, thoughtful work of ‘social science fiction’ sketches out a frightening future of rich v poor
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The 1913 Nobel prize for literature was awarded to the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore. His work, like Dylan’s, recreates tradition and crosses genres
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Atwood praises the ‘huge personal courage’ of the Bangladeshi publisher, who survived a machete attack by Islamic extremists and still won’t be silenced
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When Kate Clanchy began teaching the children of refugees, she sought out those silenced by trauma and loss. Their weekly sessions released a torrent of untold stories
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This teasing love story from one of Granta’s best young novelists has some superlative writing but struggles to pull its narrative threads together
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