This Is Not an Arthur Koestler Novel – This Is Turkey
Can Bahadır Yüce writes on Turkey's response to coronavirus, and calls for the release of at-risk political prisoners
Essays
Articles
Zoonotic
South African writer Henrietta Rose-Innes writes on lockdown in Cape Town, and spider bites.
Plague Diary: A Week
Three days from a week of Portuguese writer Gonçalo M. Tavares's coronavirus diary.
How to Quarantine a Revolution
Lebanese writer and actress Dima Mikhayel Matta writes on quarantine, revolution, and being queer in Beirut.
Who Gets to Write What?
Ananda Devi writes on Mauritius and London, the purpose of fiction, and appearing to tread dark territories.
Free Music
Iranian musician Mehdi Rajabian writes on his time in Evin Prison, and music as a form of resistance in the Middle East.
Translating Ulysses for Iran
Iranian-Canadian novelist and translator Akram Pedramnia writes on translating James Joyce into Persian, evading the censors, and imperial co-option of resistance.
With Care
Indonesian writer and artist Khairani Barokka writes on ableism in literature and translation.
What We Have to Build Next
Tanaka Mhishi discusses appearing on a BBC documentary as a male survivor of rape, and what writers can do to tackle sexual harm.
Turkey’s Endless War on Books
Can Bahadır Yüce writes on self-censorship and the destruction on books in Turkey.
Queer x Kenyan x Communities
Cherrie Kandie talks about the aftermath of being shortlisted for the Caine Prize for African Writing for 'Sew My Mouth', a story about a lesbian couple in Kenya.