#KitaKawan with Gerakbudaya

Gerakbudaya launches its #KitaKawan campaign with fellow indie bookstores.

Women With Weapons

Blaft is seeking short fiction about women with weapons that fails the reverse Bechdel test.

Granta feeds alleged AI story to AI

The magazine fed Nazir's story to Claude, and concludes that its provenance cannot be known.

Commonwealth Prize tainted by AI slop allegations

The Hindu reports that a notice went up on the CF site promising a 'thorough, transparent' review of the process.

Adelaide Writers’ Week called off

AWW 2026 completely called off after withdrawal of over 180 participants and the resignation of its director.

Invisible No More

Former HR minister Steven Sim offers his account of the passage of the landmark Gig Workers Act.

The Ocean Remembers

Nia Delina traces how a descriptor of the once-powerful merchants who connected the region with the Indian Ocean devolved into a slur.

Syed Hussein Alatas and the School of Autonomous Knowledge

A collection of essays on Syed Hussein Alatas' conception of autonomous knowledge.

#KitaKawan with Gerakbudaya

Gerakbudaya launches its #KitaKawan campaign with fellow indie bookstores.

Launch | Notes on the Way Forward

Catch the PSM chair talking about what a dignified life looks like under the excesses of capitalism.

KL Alternative Bookfest 2026

KLAB returns to Central Market for five days at the end of January, with 70 publishers and book sellers.

Women With Weapons

Blaft is seeking short fiction about women with weapons that fails the reverse Bechdel test.

Epigram Books Fiction Prize 2025

Submissions are open for the EBFP 2024, with a grand prize of S$25,000 for the winner.

Cukaria returns

The portal returns after a five-year hiatus and is seeking both fiction submissions and reviews.