Literature

A successful two-day event in Pakistan's cultural capital leads to speculation that literary festivals just might be the country's "new soft power."

A literature festival becomes a political statement in a city where bomb blasts, like thunderstorms, have become part of the natural order.

"Filthy Rich" author opens up at Karachi Literature Festival.

"I consider Indians writing in English as writers, first and foremost," says award-winning author and journalist Hari Kunzru. In-person appearance at Asia Society New York on January 10.

Novelist visits Asia Society NY, TX Centers this month.

The New York Review of Books' Perry Link re-enters the energetic debate over the awarding of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature to Chinese novelist Mo Yan.

Intizar Husain's 'Basti' reaches American readers.

The latest Nobel Laureate in Literature didn't write his books to serve a political agenda, argues Charles Laughlin.

Join the Chackos family's quest for happiness in 1980s Madras, ahead of the author's appearance at Asia Society New York.

Bangladeshi, Indian, and Pakistani novelists recently hosted by Asia Society are finalists for this year's DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.

The Chinese artist's latest work is a literally iconic work of fiction.

Learn about his new book prior to Nov. 29 author talk.

One of China's leading new novelists puts a human face on the phenomenon of mass migration.