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We are back after our end of year break. One of us spend some time in Ireland so we thought this is the perfect opportunity to let you know our favorite independent bookshops in Dublin. 1. Books Upstairs Dublins oldest independent bookshop was opened in May 1978 located above a hairdresser and has moved a […]
more...As a staunch supporter of books reflecting the diversity of South Asian voices and experiences, I love that Gold Diggers by Sanjena Sathian is a story grounded in real life struggles bolstered by ancient magic and spirituality, history, and a nerve-jangling heist.
more...Gold is a precious material in Indian culture. It represents prosperity, fertility, good fortune – basically, all the things you want to have when starting a new life and establishing a family. For Hindus, gold is also connected to the goddess Laxshmi. As well as its spiritual richness, it has also represented a quiet power in the hands of women for centuries when practices like dowry and bride price were common.
more...I was curious to read Abdulrazak Gurnah’s latest novel – his first publication since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021. Theft follows Karim, Fauzia, and Badar, who grow up between Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam, become friends, and fall in love.
more...Dennis Mugaa’s debut collection, ‘Half Portraits Underwater,’ has quickly marked him as one of the most compelling new voices in Kenyan literature. Written over four years, the book gathers ten short stories that oscillate between the intimate and the historical, spanning Nairobi neighborhoods, Cairo, Lagos, London, and beyond. Mugaa situates his characters in liminal spaces […]
more...On Friday, November 7, the renowned Indigenous writer Drew Hayden Taylor from Turtle Island, Canada, will read from his latest novel Cold at the University of Potsdam. All are warmly invited!
more...Brotherless Night is an intimate and unforgettable story of a country and a family coming undone. It’s a novel about the early years of the civil war in Sri Lanka.
more...For several months, I kept circling around the same book in my local bookshop. Some of the keywords on the back cover of Ayanna Lloyd Banwo’s debut novel piqued my interest: Trinidad, Rastafari, cemetery, gravedigger, magical love story, family legend.
more...During the era of German colonialism, wireless telegraphy served as an instrument of colonial control. Various aspects of this history and its legacies are addressed in Lene Albrecht’s novel Weiße Flecken (White Spots), in the workbook From Windhoek to Kamina to Nauen, and in the exhibition “Signals of Power” at the Brandenburg Museum in Potsdam.
more...Herzliche Einladung zur Veranstaltung “Vertragsarbeit in der DDR – Erinnerungen und Perspektiven aus Mosambik und Angola am 30.10.25, organisiert von der Universität Potsdam, dem Potsdam Postcolonial Studies Collective und DAS MINSK – Kunsthaus in Potsdam.
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