Books
Paying Attention to the Past and the Present
by Maham Farhan
Issue Six – Autumn 2025
Jashn, the first anthology of the Pakistan Youth Poet Laureate Program, is a landmark publication; a celebration of coming-of-age voices in poetry. With nineteen poets writing in Urdu and English, it is an introduction to a breadth of writers, and an invitation into the evolving literary consciousness of Pakistan’s youth.
The Metaphysics of Murder (and Motherhood)
by Fatima Shafi
Issue Six – Autumn 2025
When a string of heinous murders affiliated with Layla leads her to find and confront her long-estranged mother, Mira, they must undergo a lengthy process of reconciliation that is characterised and, indeed, spurred on by stories and the very art of telling them.
Self Discovery
by Tamreez Inam
Issue Four – Spring 2025
Shazaf Fatima Haider’s latest novel, A Woman on a Suitcase, like her first novel How it Happened, deals with marriage and the family dynamics of an upper middle class family in Karachi.
No Fun for Nazia
by Leena Zaidi
Issue Four – Spring 2025
No Funeral for Nazia by Taha Kehar presents an unorthodox take on death and its place in people’s lives. The story revolves around Nazia, a famous writer who has passed away, and who, before her passing, left a series of carefully laid out instructions for her sister to follow.