Pakistan

Literary Encyclopedia https://www.litency.com [new entries include recent novels of Mohsin Hamid and HM Naqvi and profiles of Sairish Husain, Aamer Hussein, Ghalib, Mir and Shahid Suhrawardy].

Akhtar, Rizwan “The Books We Opened”, “An Apologia for Insouciance”, “World”, “Continence”, “Poetry”, “Trail”, “Carpe Diem” Soul Ink 2 Dragon Soul Press pp457–463.

— “Sadness”, “Love in the Times of Violence” The Marbled Sigh 3 https://themarbledsigh.com/.

— “For the Love of Corners”, “The Woman at the Window”, “Namesake” Muse India 117 (Sept–Oct) https://museindia.com/Home/ViewContentData?arttype=poems&issid=117&menuid=11217.

Alam, M Shahid The Yardstick of Life intro Guy Rotella 106pp self-pub $5.76.

Ali, Saad “A Concise Anatomy of the Esotericism between a Surajmukhi and Madhumakkhi”, “Le Souvenir: Clay Spinning Top”, “by the force of space + time” 3 Jan; “Haiku”, “Haiku”, “Hay(na)ku”, “Hay(na)ku”, “One-Liner Aphorism: ‘(Geo-sociopolitical) Paradigmatic Shift’”, “One-Liner Aphorism: ‘The Absurd Brachyura that got Clasped in the Chelae of Metaphysics’” 1 Nov; Synchronized Chaos https://synchchaos.com.

— “The Anthropology/Anatomy of Blue” 24 Jan; “Acluophobia” 18 Jun; “Le Quatuor of Life” 22 Aug; “Dream—The Aggana Suta” 15 Nov; Ekphrastic Review https://www.ekphrastic.net.

— “The Virgin Pair of Roller Skates”, “La Parfum”, “3 x Centres”; “I Remember Rather Vividly”; “Carrot Cake”; “Panda” The Mackinaw 2 (Mar) https://www.themackinaw.net/saad-ali.html.

— “Rendering Metaphysics Intelligible via Ars Poetica as a Tool: (A Response to Bertrand Russell)”, “A Toast With NESTLÉ Water” Lotus-eater 20 pp39-40.

— “Le Quatuor of Life”, “Parallel Universes – Chronicles of Electrcosm”, “The Evergreen Trees”, “portmanteau = a recipe for transmogrifying the dull-daily-drill into a bitter-sweet delicacy – like the tutti-frutti”, “A Tapestry of Nano Surreal Tales” Lothlorien Poetry Journal 27 Oct https://lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2024/10/five-poems-by-saad-ali.html.

Dharker, Imtiaz Shadow Reader 160pp Bloodaxe (Hexham) £12.99.

———“How to Cut a Pomegranate”, “Crab Apples” pp72–73; “Carving” pp102; “Living Space” pp108 Soul Feast Nourishing Poems of Hope & Light: A Companion Anthology to Soul Food eds Neil Astley, Pamela Robertson-Pearce Bloodaxe (Hexham).

Hashmi, Alamgir The Shorter Poems (1993–2023) 170pp Greenwich Exchange (London) £13.99.

Hashmi, Shadab Zeest “Qasida of the Saddlebag”, “Qasida of Oranges”, “Qasida of the Mutilated Roots”, “Qasida of the Polished Stone”, “Qasida of the Blind Well” Odyssey: Mediterranean Poetry 9 May https://www.odyssey.pm/contributors/shadab-zeest-hashmi/.

Hasnain, Javeria Sin 34pp Chestnut Review (Ithaca) e-book $4.99 Pb $9.99.

Ijaz, Fatima The Last of the Letters 24pp Bottlecap Press (Los Angeles) $10.

Irfan, Humaira A Soul’s Meditation 50pp Daastan Publishers (Islamabad) e-book Rs350 Hb Rs750.

Khwaja, Waqas “night prowlers in fellowship” Los Angeles Times 25 Mar https://losangelesreview.org/lar-2023-poetry-award-waqas-khwaja/.

— “Two Poems from No One Waits for the Train” The Markaz Review 15 Oct https://themarkaz.org/waqas-khwaja-two-poems-from-no-one-waits-for-the-train/.

Kulsoom, Ruqia (Hirayat Noor) Seven Skies Away 213pp Romail House Publications (Rawalpindi) np.

Mohyuddin, Faisal Elsewhere: An Elegy 68pp Next Page Press (San Antonio, Tx) $18.

Qaiser, Tariq Alexander Soliloquies? Existing on Earth in Verse 141pp Champa Books (Karachi) Rs3000.

Rahim, Ejaz Poems for Gaza with Manto’s Letter to Uncle Sam 137pp Phoenix Printers (Islamabad) Rs1000.

Rashid, Naima Sum of Worlds- Poems 160pp Yoda Press (New Delhi) InRs277.

Salman, Peerzada Nonplussed 65pp The Little Book Company (Karachi) e-book Rs400.

Sehgal, Haya Earth & Glimmer: Poetry & Prose 137pp Liberty (Karachi) Rs1195.

Tahir, M Athar Telling Twilight 180pp University of Punjab (Lahore) Rs1300.

Wasim, Nishat The Seductive Fragrances: Poems 74pp Self-pub.

Akhtar, Ayad McNeal fwd Jeremy Strong illustrated Pavel Popov The Atlantic 4 Dec https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/12/ayad-akhtar-mcneal-artificial-intelligence-writing/680720/.

Chishty-Mujahid, Nadya The Political Chess King 106pp Royal Book Company (Karachi) Rs995 [first pub Edwin Mellen Press, NY, 2020].

Kureishi, Hanif and Emma Rice The Buddha of Suburbia 104pp Methuen Drama (London) £14.95 Pb £9.99 e-book [stage adaptation of Kureishi’s novel by Rice].

Abro, Jani Those Trees Outlive Them: Stories from the Banks of Sindhu (River Indus) 416pp Austin Macauley Publishers (London, Cambridge, New York, Sharjah) Pb £14.99 ebook £3.50.

Aftab, Asim Shadows of Time 256pp Ilqa Publications (Lahore) Rs899.

Ahmed, Rabia The Sheila from Pakistan 250pp Ferozesons (Lahore) Rs795.

Ali-Gauhar, Feryal An Abundance of Wild Roses 320pp Canongate Books Rs2605 [first pub Radix Art, Lahore, 2020].

Bukhari, Nasir Hussain Testament of Love Fiction House (Lahore) Rs500.

Chishty-Mujahid, Nadya Timeless College Tales 140pp Liberty (Karachi) Rs1295.

— Perennial College Tales 300pp Liberty (Karachi) Rs1495.

Haider, Shazaf Fatima Woman on a Suitcase 211pp Liberty (Karachi) Rs1495 [also pub Penguin India].

Haider, Syed Afzal The Dying Sun and Other Stories 130pp Weavers Press (San Francisco) $20.

Hamid, Omar Shahid The Election 340pp Liberty (Karachi) Rs1495.

Humayun, Sufia Shattered Ecboes fwd Waseem Anwar 187pp Auraq Publications (Lahore) Rs1500.

Hussain, Sairish Hidden Fires 384pp HarperCollins (Glasgow) £16.99.

Iftikhar, Muhammad Omar Player AI 41pp Dastaan (Wah Cantt) Rs650.

Jehangir, NN Sektor 47 360pp The Book Guild (Market Harborough) £9.19.

Kehar, Taha No Funeral for Nazia 240pp Liberty (Karachi) Rs1495 [first pub Neem Tree Press, Oxford, 2023].

Khairi, Umber Akbar in Wonderland 341pp Moringa Books (Karachi) Rs2000.

Khalid, Haroon From Waris to Heer 272pp Vintage (India) InRs499.

Khan, Awais In The Shadows of Love 304pp Canelo Hera (London) £7.

Malik, Iftikhar Pearls and Shards — A Novel 375pp Lightstone (Karachi) Rs1475.

Muzaffar, Ayesha From Aunty Ayesha And The Jinns With Love: Decoding Desi Marriages 122pp Liberty (Karachi) Rs1095.

Nawaz, Muhammed Asif The Pilgrims 240pp Liberty (Karachi) Rs1195.

Rauf, Sohail Blasphear 320pp Penguin India (New Delhi) InRs399.

Taiba, Abbas Who Will Speak for the Men of Gaza 180pp Àla Books and Authors (Lahore) Rs3500.

Samuel, Julian Muskoka Guernica (Gananoque, Ontario) 200pp $14.11.

Sajid, Raazia Biryani & Tahchin 275pp Reverie (Karachi) Rs2050.

Sehbai, Sarmad The Blessed Curse 272pp Mawenzi House (Toronto) $20.66.

Shah, Bina The Fruits of Our Un-Labour Little Book Company (Karachi) e-book Rs500.

———Monsoon War 280pp Liberty (Karachi) Rs1695 [first published Delphinum, USA, 2023].

Sheikh, Moazzam San Francisco Quartet: Novella II: Unsolaced Faces We Meet in Our Dreams 129pp Weavers Press (San Francisco) $20.

———San Francisco Quartet: Novella I: A Footbridge to Hell Called Love 108pp Weavers Press (San Francisco) $18.9 [2023].

Sheikh, Nazneen I Left You Behind 264pp Mawenzi House (Toronto) $22,95.

Siddique, Osama Snuffing Out the Moon 431pp Book Corner (Jhelum) Rs2000 [first pub Penguin Random House India, 2017].

Sikander, Faheem Amidst the Dead 418pp Liberty (Karachi) Rs1795.

Sultan, Saad Sibte The Double Crescent Sword 336pp Sang-e-Meel (Lahore) Rs1400.

Yaqoob, Munazza A Lament for the Peach Orchard fwd Waseem Anwar 144pp Sareer Publications Rs1000.

A Dialogue With History: Interviews with World Leaders Zahid Hussain 625pp Lightstone (Karachi) Rs3500.

Aijazuddin, Komail “Meet The Larger-Than-Life Komail Aijazuddin, Author Of Manboobs: A Memoir Of Musicals, Visa, Hope, And Cake” Kristine Morris Foreword 30 Aug https://www.forewordreviews.com/articles/article/meet-the-larger-than-life-komail-aijazuddin-author-of-manboobs-a-memoir-of-musicals-visa-hope-and-cake/.

Elahi, Safinah Danish “‘Women Are Now More Open to Sharing Their Experiences’—Safinah Danish Elahi” Maryam Umar News International: You (Karachi) 10 Mar.

Haider, Syed Afzal “Sex, Death, and Love: A Conversation with Writer and Chicago Quarterly Review editor Syed Afzal Haider” Christine Sneed Bookish 29 Nov https://christinesneed.substack.com/p/sex-death-and-love-a-conversation.

How I Write: Writers on Their Craft Sonia Faleiro 283pp HarperCollins India (New Delhi) InRs699 [includes interviews with Pakistani writers Fatima Bhutto, Jamil Jan Kochai, Sanam Meher, Kamila Shamsie, Taymour Soomro].

Hussein, Aamer “An Interview with Aamer Hussein on Characterization” Muhammad Sheeraz Dasti Mid-American Review 17Apr https://casit.bgsu.edu/marblog/an-interview-with-aamer-hussein-on-characterization/.

Khan, Awais “A Roadmap for New Authors: Uncovering The Story with Awais Khan” Sonya Rehman Forbes 15 Dec https://www.forbes.com/sites/sonyarehman/2024/12/15/a-roadmap-for-new-authorsuncovering-the-story-with-awais-khan/.

Kureishi, Hanif “The Act of Writing Provided a Sense of Control When my Body Offered None” Muneeza Shamsie Dawn B&A (Karachi) 17 Nov p6 [see also Studies on Individual Writers: Kureishi, Hanif].

Mohsin, Sana “‘People would prefer a woman to remain unhappy rather than reclaim her agency’ A conversation with Sana Mohsin, winner of the 2023 Zeenat Haroon Rashid Writing Prize” Wajiha Hyder News International: Literati (Karachi) 23 Jun.

Rana, Anniqua “Featured Member Interview—Anniqua Rana” Women National Borders Association: WNBA San Francisco Chapter n.d. https://wnba-sfchapter.org/featured-member-interview-anniqua-rana/.

Shamsie, Muneeza “Pakistani English Writing has a Much Wider Perspective than most People Credit it For” Mariam Ali Baig Aurora (Karachi) Nov–Dec pp108–109.

Aijazuddin, FS Forgotten Images: Postcards of Pre-Pakistan, 1890–1947 232pp Liberty (Karachi) Rs12000.

Altaf, Anjum Social and Political Concerns in Pakistan and India: Critical Conversations for College Students 350pp Lightstone Publishers (Karachi) Rs2250.

Hauptmann, Harald and Luca Maria Olivieri eds Lords of the Mountains: Pre-Islamic Heritage along the Upper Indus in Pakistan 432pp Heidelberg Univ Press (Heidelberg) [online access].

Altaf, Kabir A New Explanation for the Decline of Hindustani Music in Pakistan 85pp AKS Publications (Lahore) Rs600.

Butt, Amir Lahore: Places, People, Stories 280pp AKS Publications (Lahore) Rs1500.

Kalhoro, Zulfikar Mystics, Mosques and Masons of Pothohar 136pp Emel Publications (Islamabad) Rs1600.

Lotia, Nabahat Pottery Traditions of Pakistan 307pp Le Topical Ltd (Lahore) Rs10800.

Mughal, Muhammad Rafique The Antiquities of Banbhore: An Early Islamic Port City in Southern Sindh 456pp Endowment Fund Trust (Karachi) Rs15000.

Anwar, Rehman Breaking Silences 50pp Broken Leg Publications (Pakistan) Rs2500.

Columeau, Julien “Derrida in Lahore” trans from Urdu by Sana R. Chaudhury The Paris Review 147 (Spring) https://www.theparisreview.org/fiction/8254/derrida-in-lahore-julien-columeau.

Manzar, Hasan Suffocation trans from Urdu by Asma Mansoor 372pp Pakistan Academy of Letters (Islamabad) Rs1000.

Arif, Iftikhar and Waqas Khwaja eds “Four Poems from Modern Poetry in Pakistan” The Markaz Review 15 Oct https://themarkaz.org/four-poems-from-modern-poetry-of-pakistan/

Nigah, Zehra The Story of Eve: Selected Poems trans from Urdu by Rakshanda Jalil 240pp Speaking Tiger Books (New Delhi) InRs499.

Syed, Najm Hosain Come, Awaken the Night trans from Punjabi by Naveed Alam and Asma Qadri np Department of Press & Publications, Univ of the Punjab (Lahore) Rs900.

Shere, Parvin Echoing Silence: Selected Poems trans from Urdu by Baidar Bakht 381pp Sang-e-Meel (Lahore) Rs4000.

Shagufta, Sara “The Second Cliff” trans from Urdu by Sabyn Javeri Poetry Daily 18 Jun https://poems.com/poem/the-second-cliff/.

Naheed, Kishwar Another Story of the Bad Woman trans from Urdu by Safeer Awan 224pp Sang-e-Meel (Lahore) Rs1200.

Afzal-Khan, Fawzia Travelling Feminista: A Pakistani American Woman Travels Through the World Little Book Company e-book $10.

Ahmad, Shamim My Friend Mairaj – An Intimate Biography 116pp Ushba Publishing International (Karachi) Rs1200 [on Mairaj Muhammed Khan].

Ahmed, Mahvish On My Way: A Memoir 201pp Liberty (Karachi) Rs2295.

Ahsan, Tasnim, The Path I Made — A Memoir 423pp Lightstone (Karachi) Rs1995.

Aijazuddin, Komail Manboobs: A Memoir of Musicals, Visas, Hope, and Cake 272pp Harry N Abrams (New York) $9.31.

Ali, Tariq You Can’t Please All: Memoirs: 1980–2024 815pp Verso Books (London) £35.

Ashraf, Nasim Ringside 347pp Book Corner (Jhelum) Rs1200.

Asif, Manan Ahmed Disrupted City: Walking the Pathways of Memory and History in Lahore 400pp The New Press (New York) $29.99.

Burney, Ansar, with Shehar Bano Rizvi and Tasneen Premjee Chamdia Awaaz: Echoes of Freedom and Justice 292pp Ansar Burney Trust (Karachi) Rs3750.

Damani, Nizam Mankind vs Microbes 237pp Liberty (Karachi) Rs1495 [memoir+medical history].

Faruqi, Salman Dear Mr Jinnah: 70 Years in the Life of a Pakistani Civil Servant 429pp Lightstone (Karachi) Rs5500.

Husain, Mishal, Broken Threads: My Family From Empire to Independence 336pp Fourth Estate (London) £18.99.

Husain, Mukhtar Foundations and Form: Memoirs of a Pakistani Architect 288pp Jaal Publications (Karachi) Rs3995.

Imtiaz, Saba and Tooba Masood-Khan Society Girl: A Tale Of Sex Lies and Scandal 332pp Liberty Books Rs1895 (Karachi) Rs1895 [first pub Roli Books (New Delhi)].

Kureishi, Hanif Shattered: A Memoir 328pp Hamish Hamilton (London) £18.99.

Masood-Khan, Tooba and Saba Imtiaz [see this section Imtiaz, Saba].

Moffat, Chris with Kiran Ahmed and Amen Jaffer The Time of Building and Architecture in Pakistan: Kamil Khan Mumtaz Folio Books (Lahore) [2023].

Naqi, Bushra Broken and Unbroken Dreams: A Daughter’s Memoir 297pp North Staffordshire Press (Keele University) Rs1200.

Qazi, Nilofer Afridi “Remembering Mummy Jennifer: The Irish Roots Of An Untiring Advocate For Balochistan Part I” 17 Sept; “Remembering Mummy Jennifer: The Irish Roots Of An Untiring Advocate For Balochistan- Part II” 8 Oct; Friday Times (Lahore) [on Jennifer Qazi Musa, born Bridget Wren].

Siddiqi, Kamal Game Changer: The Story of Yasmin Amarsi and the Profession of Nursing in Pakistan 110pp The Aga Khan University (Karachi).

Syed, Ali “A Beacon in Difficult Times? A Lost Conversation between Iqbal and Jinnah” News International: Literati (Karachi) 22 Dec [on Iqbal’s letters to Jinnah].

Viccaji, Lynette “Emigration: A Reflection” Plums in the Pudding: Word Press 3 Dec https://plumsinthepudding.wordpress.com.

Beyond—An Anthology of Majestic Stories From The Salam Award 203pp Reverie Publishers (Karachi) Rs2000.

Gathering: Women of Colour on Nature eds Durre Shahwar and Nasia Sarwar-Skuse 192pp 404 Ink (Edinburgh) £8.99.

Mightier — A Selection from the Zeenat Haroon Rashid Writing Prize for Women 2019–2023 ed Syra Rashid Vahidy 265pp Reverie Publishers (Karachi) Rs2400.

Milestones in Feminist Performance eds Tina Rosenberg, Fawzia Afzal-Khan and Sandra d’Urso 282pp Routledge (Abingdon and London) £124.65.

Our Stories Our Struggle: Violence & The Lives of Women Narratives & Poetry by South Asian Women eds Mitali Charkavarty and Ratnottama Sengupta 352pp Speaking Tiger Books (New Delhi) $17.99 [includes Pakistani writers].

Pakistan: Search for Stability ed Maleeha Lodhi 468pp Oxford Univ Press (Karachi) Rs1775.

Poetry in English from Pakistan: A 21^st Century Anthology 441pp eds Ilona Yusuf and Shafiq Naz Alhamra Publishing (Lahore) Rs2500.

Teaching South Asian Diasporic Literature eds Nalini Iyer and Pallavi Rastogi 320pp Modern Language Association (New York) Pb$38 [includes Pakistan].

Towards Peoples’ Histories in Pakistan: (In)Audible Voices: Forgotten Pasts eds Asad Ali and Kamran Asdar Ali 276pp Ilqa Publications (Lahore) Rs1999 [first pub Bloomsbury, London, 2023].

“Animals as Intentional Political Agents and God’s Warriors in Sign-Themed Quranic Narratives” Aroosa Kanwal and Asma Mansoor Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology 28(2) pp125–142.

“Childhood Trauma and Abelism in Partition Fiction” Nukbah Taj Langah and Sobia Khan Articulating Childhood Trauma: In Context of War, Sexual Abuse and Disability ed Kumayuni Kumar Routledge India (New Delhi) pp50–63.

“Goethe, Iqbal, And A Mysterious Ode To Silence” Shadab Zeest Hashmi 3 Quarks Daily 21 Jul https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2024/07/goethe-iqbal-and-a-mysterious-ode-to-silence.html.

Hybrid Tapestries: The Development of Pakistani Literature in English Muneeza Shamsie 648pp Oxford Univ Press (Karachi) Rs1950 Pb [first published 2017 Hb].

“‘Mobility at Large’: Anglophone Travel Writing as a Medium of Transcultural Communication in a Global Context” Nadia Butt The Many Worlds of Anglophone Literature eds Hanna Teichler, Magdalena Pfalzgraf, and Silvia Anastasijevic Bloomsbury (London) pp209–231.

“Not Knowing that You Don’t Know: Performing Arts and Literature in the Age of Anger and Post-Truth” Sibel Bayram and Muhammed Safeer Awan Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities in the Post-Truth Era eds V Dogan Gunay, Mural Kalelioglu and Sibel Bayram Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Cambridge) pp25–38.

Rehumanizing Muslim Subjectivities: Postcolonial Geographies, Postcolonial Ethics Aroosa Kanwal xii+182pp Routledge (Abingdon and New York) £145.00.

Shakespeare through Islamic Worlds Ambreen Dadabhoy 264pp Routledge (Abingdon and New York) Hb£77.59; Pb/ebook £20.79.

“Siraiki Language Speakers in London: A Case Study” Nukhbah Taj Langah South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 47(2) pp414–433.

Alam, M Shahid “The Gentle Angst of Shahid Alam” Mehr Afshan Farooqi Dawn B&A (Karachi) 2 June p7 [column on The Yardstick of Life].

———“Exploring The Yardstick of Life” Kevin Gallagher 14 Apr Islamicity https://www.islamicity.org/101340/exploring-the-yardstick-of-life-reviewed-by-kevin-gallagher/.

Alam, Nigar “Secret and Lies” Sarwat Yasmeen Azeem Dawn B&A (Karachi) 5 Feb p6 [review of Under the Tamarind Tree].

Ali-Gauhar, Feryal “An Abundance Of Wild Roses is a Complex Depiction of Pakistan’s North” Meezan Zehra Khwaja Friday Times (Lahore) 15 May.

———“Hurtling Towards Self Destruction” Sahar Shehryar Dawn B&A (Karachi) 26 May p6 [review of An Abundance of Wild Roses].

Chishty-Mujahid, Nadya “Campus chronicles” Taha Kehar News International: Literati (Karachi) 24 March.

———“Coming of Age” Kamila Rahim Habib Dawn B&A (Karachi) 16 Jun p6. [reviews of Timeless College Tales].

——— “Campus Checkmate” Rehana Alam Dawn B&A (Karachi) 28 Jul p6 [review of The Political Chess King].

Dharker, Imtiaz “Shadows and Light” Muneeza Shamsie Dawn B&A (Karachi) 22 Sept p7.

———“Shadow Reader by Imtiaz Dharker” Yogesh Patel World Literature Today Nov https://worldliteraturetoday.org/2024/november/shadow-reader-imtiaz-dharker. [reviews of Shadow Reader].

Elahi, Safinah Daanish “Tracing the Footprints of Trauma” Taha Kehar News International: Literati 17 Mar [review of The Idle Stance of the Tippler Pigeon].

Faiz, Faiz Ahmed “Of Faiz and Films” Siraj Khan Friday Times (Lahore) 30 Sept.

Ghalib, Mirza Asadullah Khan The Handbook of Mirza Ghalib’s Poetry and Poetics: Commentaries and Contemporary Concerns Tariq Rahman 785pp Springer (London) £249.99 Hb ebook £237.99.

Haider, Shazaf Fatima “A Passionate Revolt” Taha Kehar News International: Literati 8 Dec.

———“Woman on a Suitcase: A Delightful Book that Enchants and Tickles the Funny Bone” Mariam Tahir Friday Times (Lahore) 31 Dec.

——— “Woman on the Verge” Rumana Husain Dawn B&A (Karachi) 29 Dec p6. [reviews of A Woman on a Suitcase].

Hamid, Mohsin “(Un) Palatable Encounters: Meloncholic Appetites in Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist” Dhanashree Thorat The Journal of Postcolonial Writing 60(1) (Feb) pp43–55.

———“Fear of Refugee and Disaster: Monstrosity, Risky Body, and Moral Panic in Exit West” Sk Sagir Ali Writing Disaster in South Asian Literature and Culture: The Limits of Empathy and Cosmopolitan Imagination eds Sk Sagir Ali and Swayamdipta Das Lexington Books (Lanham, MD).

——— “Existential Anxiety and Spatial Reconstruction in Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West” Baturay Erdal, Litera: Journal of Language, Literature and Culture Studies 34.1 DOI: 10.26650/LITERA2023-1393327.

———“Reflection of Immigrants’ Identity Crises in Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire vs. Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West: A Gender-Based Thematic Exploration” Muhammad Aqeel, Muhammad Saboor Hussain, Shehroze Mukhtar and Ali Rehman, Journal of Policy Research 10(2) June pp422–428 [see also this section - Shamsie, Kamila]

——— “The Refugee as the New Nomad: Reading Helon Habila’s Travellers (2019) and Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West (2017) Literature of Mobility” Nadia Butt Anglistik: International Journal of English Studies 53 (1). Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag (Winter) pp71–89.

Hamid, Omar Shahid “Authenticity in Translation” Rizwana Naqvi Dawn B&A (Karachi) 11 Feb [review of Qaidi, the Urdu translation of The Prisoner].

Hashmi, Alamgir “London Grip Poetry Review: Alessio Zanelli and Alamgir Hashmi” John Lucas London Grip 26 Mar https://londongrip.co.uk/2024/03/london-grip-poetry-review-alessio-zanelli-alamgir-hashmi/ [review of Shorter Poems].

Hussain, Sairish “The Pain of Silences” Nyla Daud Dawn B&A (Karachi) 7 Jul p6 [review of Hidden Fires].

Hussein, Aamer “A Chronicle of Joys Losses and Hopefulness” Nishi Pulugurtha The Statesman. (Kolkata) 14 Mar [review of What is Saved].

——— “Review: What is Saved by Aamer Hussein” Areeb.Ahmad Hindustan Times (New Delhi) 30 May https://www.hindustantimes.com/books/review-what-is-saved-by-aamer-hussein-101717074161653.html.

——— “Aamer Hussein’s What Is Saved Shows How Home and Life Are Reimagined Through Memories” Jonaki Ray The Wire 27 April https://thewire.in/books/aamer-husseins-what-is-saved-shows-how-home-and-life-are-reimagined-through-memories.

Iftikhar, Muhammad Omar “Robot to the Rescue?” Shahzad Hasan Dawn B&A (Karachi) 30 Jun p6 [Review of Player AI].

Ijaz, Fatima “The Residue of Conversations” Taha Kehar Dawn B&A (Karachi) 6 Oct p6 [review of The Last of the Letters].

Kehar, Taha “Exorcising Demons” Nadya Chishty-Mujahid Dawn B&A (Karachi) 20 Oct [review of No Funeral for Nazia].

Khairi, Umber “Puppets on a Wire” Sarwat Yasmeen Azeem Dawn B&A (Karachi) 15 Dec p1 [review of Akbar in Wonderland].

Khalique, Harris “A Haunting Refraction of Proxy Wars: A Review of Harris Khalique’s No Fortunes to Tell” Seher Hashmi Tint Journal 13 May https://tintjournal.com/review/a-haunting-refraction-of-proxy-wars-a-review-of-harris-khaliques-no-fortunes-to-tell.

Khan, Awais “Exploring Male Chauvanism and Gender Based Violence in Someone Like Her: A Psychoanalytic Feminist Critique” Azhar Shah and Rafiq Nawab International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences 9(6) pp134–143.

Khan, Sorayya “Representation of Disability, Memory, and Conflict; Through Sorayya Khan’s Noor (2003)” Ann Susan Abraham Articulating Childhood Trauma: In Context of War, Sexual Abuse and Disability ed Kumayuni Kumar, Routledge India.

Khan, Uzma Aslam “Towards a Post-Colonial Eco-Cosmopolitanism: Reviving the Sense of Place in Uzma Aslam Khan’s Thinner Than Skin” Nabonita Rakshit, Rakshmi Gaur and Rahul K Gairola, South Asian Review 45(4) pp427–442.

Kureishi, Hanif “Life After Life Changed” Muneeza Shamsie Dawn B&A (Karachi) 17 Nov p6 [review of Shattered+interview - see also Interviews, Kureishi, Hanif].

Naqvi, Tahira The History Teacher of Lahore by Tahira Naqvi” Somdatta Mandal Borderless 21 Feb https://borderlessjournal.com/2024/02/21/the-history-teacher-of-lahore-by-tahira-naqvi/.

——— “On Reading Tahira Naqvi’s History Teacher of Lahore” Fawzia Afzal-Khan Friday Times (Lahore) 18 May.

——— “De-historicizing History: An Unpardonable Sin” Waseem Anwar Aleph Review 23 Aug (Online) [reviews of The History Teacher of Lahore].

Nawaz, Muhammad Asif “The Invisible Ghosts of History” Nadya Chishty Mujahid Dawn B&A (Karachi) 30 Sept p6 [review of The Pilgrims].

Pirbhai, Mariam “Isolated Incident” Shazia Sadaf Journal of Postcolonial Writing, 60(1) pp118–119 [review].

Rohilla, Ali “Roots and Branches” Sara Danial Dawn B&A (Karachi) 7 Apr p6.

——— “Echoes of Tradition and Turmoil” Rizwana Naqvi Express Tribune: T-Magazine 22 Apr https://tribune.com.pk/story/2463351/echoes-of-tradition-and-turmoil. [reviews of The Whispering Chinar].

Salman, Peerzada “Honestly Excavations” Fatima Ijaz Dawn B&A (Karachi) 10 Mar p6.

———“The Colloquial Poem” Afshan Shafi News International: Literati (Karachi) 19 May [reviews of Non Plussed].

Sehbai, Sarmad “Sarmad Sehbai in English” Harris Khalique Dawn B&A (Karachi) 15 Dec p7 [column on The Blessed Curse].

Shah, Bina “Infection rebellion in Bina Shah’s Before She Sleeps” Claire Chambers and Freya Lowden Fractured Narratives and Pandemic Identities: COVID-19, the (Post) Apocalyptic, the Dystopic and the Postcolonial eds Om Prakash Dwivedi and Aleks Wansbrough Routledge (Abingdon and New York) pp37–52.

Shamsie, Kamila “Exploring Women’s Portrayal in Kamila Shamsie’s Broken Verses” Saiqa Danish Siddiq Khan, Ehsan Ullah Danish and Syed Muzamal Abbas Shah Competitive Research Journal Archive 2(4) pp268–272.

——— “Home and Belonging in Kamila Shamsie’s Home Fire: A Study of the Pakistani Diaspora” Asim Karim and Sohaib Ahmed Kureishi Migration Letters 21 pp909–918.

——— “’Reflection of Immigrants’ Identity Crises in Kamila Shamsie Home Fire vs. Mohsin Hamid Exit West” [see this section - Hamid, Mohsin].

Sheikh, Nazneen “Nazneen Sheikh’s I Left You Behind Encapsulates the Complexities of Being Alive” Mashael Shah Dawn Images 21 Nov (online).

Tahir, Athar “Sonnet is the Vehicle” Wajahat Ali Dawn B&A (Karachi) 6 Oct p7.

——— “Sonnets for the Modern Mind” Qurat ul Ain Khalil News International: Literati 15 Dec [reviews of Telling Twilight].

Wasim, Nishat “A Myriad of Memories” Qurat Ul Ain Khalil News International: Literati (Karachi) 5 May [review of Listen to the Wind].

——— “The Soul in Verse” Qurat Ul Ain Khalil Dawn B&A (Karachi) 22 Dec p1 [review of The Seductive Fragrances].

Ahmed, Syed Jaffar Pakistan: Historical Legacies, Contemporary Issues: Second Edition introd IA Rehman 280pp Legacy Books (Karachi) Rs1595 [essays].

Amir, Javed From Lahore to Washington (via Brussels) 214pp Imprint Publishing (Islamabad) np.

Chawla, Muhammad Iqbal Mountbatten, Cabinet Mission And Provincial Boundaries: Insight And Controversies 227pp Vanguard Books (Lahore) Rs3495.

Halepota, Maqbool A Sindhis in Global Context: Past, Present, Future, and Origins (2600 BCE to…) 444pp Halo Publishing International (San Antonio, Tx) $44.95.

Hashmi, Ghazanfar A Nation Imprisoned in Myths fwd Sada Cumber 184pp AKS Publications (Lahore) Rs2000.

Hussain, Ishrat Development Pathways: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh. 1947–2022. 448pp Liberty Books, Rs 3,495. [First pub. 2023].

Hussainpur, Ijlal Language and Society in Gilgit-Baltistan: Shifting Patterns of Politeness in Burushaski and Shina 174pp Oxford Univ Press (Karachi) Rs995.

Javed Jabbar Shade and Light: Selected Writings 2013–2023 on M. A. Jinnah, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and International Issues 496pp Paramount (Karachi) Rs2995 [essays].

——— Streams: Selected Writings by Javed Jabbar 216pp Paramount (Karachi) Rs1495 [essays].

Kamran, Tahir, Chequered Past, Uncertain Future: The History of Pakistan 565pp Reaktion Books (London) £30.

Khan, Ahmad and Eligar Sadeh Sabre-Rattling in Space: A South Asian Perspective 261pp Springer (Singapore) e-book £109.99; Hb £104.99.

Panhwar, MH Chronological Dictionary of Sindh: From Pre-History to 1539 AD 578pp Endowment Fund Trust (Karachi) Rs3500.

Paracha, Nadeem Farooq Of Reason, Romance And Ruin:A Conceptual History Of The ’Pakistan Ideology 112pp Vanguard (Lahore) Rs2495.

——— Imran Khan — Myth of the Pakistani Middle-Class 225pp Vanguard Books (Lahore) Rs1795 [2023].

Siddiqui, Khurram Security of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): Counterinsurgency in Balochistan 224pp Routledge (Abingdon and New York) £108 Hb.

Tariq, Adnan Lahore @ Partition — Violence, Cross-Migration, and Regeneration 1947–1961 256pp Vanguard Books (Lahore) Rs2995.

The Bridge Anthology: Volume III eds (Pakistan) Aaisha Umt Ur Rashid and (Nigeria) Aishat Umar Fiction House (Lahore) info@bridge-the-nations https://www.bridge-the-nations.com/Home/Index [e-magazine and print].

Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific 51 (Nov) Special Issue: Gender, Sexuality, and Islam in Muslim Women’s English Literature guest eds Muhammad Safdar and Moussa Pourya Asl http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue51_contents.html.

Journal of Postcolonial Writing 60 (6): Special Focus: Memory, Materiality and Forgetting in the Postcolonial South Asian Diaspora guest ed Avishek Parui https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjpw20/60/6.

Pakistani Literature 30 guest ed Asma Mansoor 212pp Pakistan Academy of Letters Pitras Bukhari Road, Sector H-8/1, Islamabad Rs500 www.pal.gov.pk.

South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 47.4 Special Issue Writing Muslim Women in South Asia guest eds Shameem Black, Priya Chacko, Jason Cons, Ali Usman Qasmi Print and Online https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/csas20/47/4?nav=tocList.

South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 47.6 Special Section: Pakistan-Bangladesh 1947–1971 guest eds Yaqoob Bangash and Faisal Devji Print and Online https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/csas20/47/6?nav=tocList.

South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/csas20.

The Bridge https://bridge-the-nations.com [free e-magazine].

Salam Award for Imaginative Fiction http://www.thesalamaward.com/.

Zeenat Haroon Writing Prize for Women http://www.zhrwritingprize.com.