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The springs theme is the same as the fall and is encouraging attendees to Find Your Voice. 

The doyen of craft revitalisation, curator and author will be conferred a lifetime achievement award by CIMA Gallery

The doyen of craft revitalisation, curator and author will be conferred a lifetime achievement award by CIMA Gallery

The author, scholar, poet and professor on her formative influences, what immigrants bring to countries and more

The shortlist for a new Scottish literary prize celebrating published work by Scottish writers of colour has been announced today.The Kavya Prize, in association with the University of Glasgow and founded by Indian-born Scottish author Leela Soma, se

Dr Bashabi Fraser is a poet and scholar, well known both in Scotland and India for her work on the Bengali poet and polymath Rabindranath Tagore,…

IN his essay “The Serious Artist” Ezra Pound says this: “Beauty in art reminds one what is worthwhile. I am not now speaking of shams. I mean…

A new Scottish literary prize has been launched today aimed at celebrating published work and new writing by Scotland’s ethnically diverse communities.The Kavya Prize, in association with the University of Glasgow, seeks to encourage Scottish black,

Now that the Jaipur Literary Festival (JLF) in London is over, one needs a few days to reflect on what one learned from an intense weekend fizzing with ideas and discussions on a dizzying range of topics. ZEE JLF at the British Library in London has become a firm and welcomed fixture in the UK’s annual calendar. The literary festival, which originated in Jaipur a decade ago as a unique celebration of writing about South Asia, has extended its reach with international editions spread across de...

As the iconic Visva-Bharati University, founded by Rabindranath Tagore at Santiniketan, enters its centenary year, a unique and interesting documentary titled Shikkhateertho, meaning a pilgrimage of e