Newspaper - Books & Authors - October 12, 2026

NON-FICTION: THE LONG REACH OF THE APARTHEID STATE

An important and timely new book details how the Zionist state and its allied American pressure groups have shaped US policy, aid

Published 11 Oct, 2026 07:38am

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NON-FICTION: THE TRANSFORMING WIFE

A sheltered young woman expects a predictable life after marriage but instead finds herself travelling the world, discovering

Published 11 Oct, 2026 07:38am

NON-FICTION: A SOCIETY'S DOCTOR

A book on the late Dr Haroon Ahmed attempts to connect his wide-ranging work as a psychiatrist, researcher, institution-builder

Published 11 Oct, 2026 07:38am

ESSAY: BOOK FANS AND SCREEN ADAPTATIONS

Fandom is increasingly becoming an essential part of how book-to-film adaptations are marketed

Published 11 Oct, 2026 07:38am

COLUMN: LEARNING LANGUAGE

I am in Pakistan working on my Urdu. Here, I’ve been inspired by Rebecca F. Kuang’s Taipei Story. This is the...

Published 04 Oct, 2026 06:20am

NON-FICTION: JOURNEY THROUGH MEMORY

Forgotten towns and vanished histories turn a new Mustansar Hussain Tarar travelogue into something much more than sightseei

Published 04 Oct, 2026 06:20am

NON-FICTION: PAKISTAN’S POWER GAMES

A recent book by an academic looks at the factors that play a part in the rise to power of Pakistan’s politicians,

Published 04 Oct, 2026 06:20am

FICTION: NO PLACE TO CALL HOME

An Afghan man is repeatedly buffeted between Pakistan and Afghanistan in a slim novel, finding neither country an uncomplicated

Published 04 Oct, 2026 06:20am

COLUMN: HISTORY AND MEMORIES

Writing history is supposed to be based on critical evidence and rational inquiry while recollecting memory is seen...

Published 27 Sep, 2026 07:26am

NON-FICTION: THE ART OF LIVING

At 100, actor and entertainer Dick Van Dyke reflects on eight decades in show business, personal loss and the lessons that have

Published 27 Sep, 2026 07:26am

ESSAY: THE NOVEL IN THE AGE OF AI

With artificial intelligence able to churn out words instantaneously, even imitating and combining the stylistic and technical

Published 27 Sep, 2026 07:26am

FICTION: MURDER AND EMPATHY

Richard Osman’s latest slow-burn thriller continues his trademark balance of humour and morbid mystery, tapping into something

Published 27 Sep, 2026 07:26am

COLUMN: WRITING AND PUBLISHING

This was supposed to be a continuation of my previous column on Naqlain Aur Hikayatain [Anecdotes, Tales and...

Published 20 Sep, 2026 05:49am

NON-FICTION: THE FIRST FEMALE PUNJABI POET

An English translation brings the poetry of the mystic Peero Preman to a wider audience, revealing a fearless voice

Published 20 Sep, 2026 05:49am

FICTION: MEMORY AND FAREWELLS

Celebrated author Julian Barnes bids farewell to his readers with a genre-bending novel about memory, love, ageing

Published 20 Sep, 2026 05:49am

NON-FICTION: THE ALLAMA AND THE BABA

What connects a 17th-century Pashto Sufi poet with a 20th-century Urdu philosopher-poet? A new, immensely researched book

Published 20 Sep, 2026 05:49am

ESSAY: READING DOLLY PARTON

It was sad but strangely fitting that Dolly Parton should have died during the UK’s National Year of Reading, ...

Published 13 Sep, 2026 07:01am

FICTION: THE GHOSTS OF TIME

Love, loss, displacement and vanished worlds collide in a collection of six Urdu stories that travel across time, cities

Updated 13 Sep, 2026 08:55am

FICTION: THE OUTSIDER’S PARIS

Amit Chaudhuri’s latest novel is a quiet, intimate portrait of Paris seen through the eyes of an outsider, where overlooked

Updated 13 Sep, 2026 08:56am

INTERVIEW: ‘IT’S EITHER WRITE ABOUT IT OR SHOUT AT PEOPLE OUT OF THE WINDOW’

Celebrated British sci-fi and fantasy author Adrian Tchaikovsky’s work often deals with themes of artificial intelligence

Updated 13 Sep, 2026 08:57am

COLUMN: LUCKNOW’S LOST LOVE LANES

In 1999, Amaresh Misra published Lucknow: Fire of Grace — The Story of its Renaissance, Revolution and Aftermath....

Published 06 Sep, 2026 04:24am

NON-FICTION: THE UNIVERSE OF ASGHAR QADIR

The first volume of the autobiography of a renowned Pakistani physicist and mathematician covers the first 40 years

Published 06 Sep, 2026 04:24am

FICTION: THE MANY LIVES OF ZAREENA AND ABID

Five writers, two recurring names and five distinct narrative worlds make for an intriguing storytelling experiment — but the idea

Published 06 Sep, 2026 04:24am

NON-FICTION: THE LANGUAGE OF SUFISM

An translation of a 1951 book provides a valuable English guide to the vocabulary of Sufism, exploring its mystical concepts

Published 06 Sep, 2026 04:24am

COLUMN: THE BAZAARI POET — II

Although the 18th century witnessed the crippling of the mighty Mughal empire, it was also the wonderful age of...

Updated 30 Aug, 2026 08:09am

NON-FICTION: THE STORY OF ICE BORG

Legendary tennis player Björn Borg opens up for the first time about his life in a memoir that is honest, reflective and intimate

Updated 30 Aug, 2026 08:08am

NON-FICTION: MAKING AND UNMAKING PAKISTAN

The memoirs of a powerful former civil servant take the reader on a journey through Pakistan’s turbulent political history,

Updated 30 Aug, 2026 08:08am

FICTION: SILENCE AND ITS DISCONTENTS

A moving novel by an acclaimed American author grapples with how politics affect our daily well-being and the dual-edged

Updated 30 Aug, 2026 08:07am

COLUMN: CLASSICAL MICRO-FICTION — I

A greater deal of learning, intellectual vigour and stamina goes into editing classical texts than a reader would...

Published 23 Aug, 2026 07:09am

NON-FICTION: A GALAXY OF CULTURAL ICONS

The third volume of litterateur Asghar Nadeem Syed’s pen portraits focuses on famous television personalities from the 1970s,

Published 23 Aug, 2026 07:09am

NON-FICTION: MAPPING FUTURE INVESTMENT

An insightful book by a development economist and geospatial mapping expert attempts to identify clusters of rural and urban

Published 23 Aug, 2026 07:09am

FICTION: FLICKERING LIGHTS

A collection of 15 short stories is a mixed bag, reflecting the author’s preoccupations with philosophies across

Published 23 Aug, 2026 07:09am

COLUMN: READING HABITS

These pages are called Books&Authors (B&A) to showcase new books through their reviews. B&A presents an...

Published 16 Aug, 2026 04:22am

FICTION: THE WEIGHT OF BELONGING

A debut collection of incisive short stories by a Pakistani-Canadian author focuses on women negotiating identity, relationships

Published 16 Aug, 2026 04:22am

NON-FICTION: HOW ‘THIRD WORLD’ FEMINISM WAS BUILT

A recent book documents how women in the Global South utilised knowledge production and built transnational networks to challenge

Published 16 Aug, 2026 04:22am