Hubert Kolani, a trained lawyer and young Togolese author, uses his French-language novel Le Sang du Pouvoir to explore political power, mysticism and generational change. He hopes fiction will promote debate and more humane politics.
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Khadija Haidary’s month-long email correspondence was translated and published on WeChat in October 2024 and later became a book. Chinese readers responded with quiet, individual acts of support as her story highlighted restrictions on Afghan women after 2021.
PEN International’s Tomorrow Club connects young writers with mentors and publishes personal and political stories. The latest Asia edition brought together many young contributors and highlighted censorship, exile and calls for more support and mentorship.
Moharaj Sharma is a Nepali poet, journalist and documentary maker. He works at AP1 Television, studies Nepali language roots, and has made a documentary about Nepali-speaking Bhutanese refugees while writing poetry about identity and social change.
Marina Salandy-Brown links recent funding changes to wider problems in how Trinidad and Tobago values culture. She describes lost sponsorships, gaps in state support and calls for a statutory Arts Council with stable funding.
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