• The Trauma of Identity

    George Takei’s visceral and heart-wrenching graphic memoir, They Called Us Enemy (2019), dives deep into the cold, dark heart of America’s perceived multiculturalism.

  • In ‘Pachinko’, a Record of Forgotten Lives

    Even in the most extraordinary of political times, someone must tend to the crops. Someone must weave clothes for the winter.

  • ‘Shuggie Bain’ wins the 2020 Booker prize

    Shuggie Bain (Grove Press, 2020) is the story of a young boy living in “working-class” Glasgow in the 1980s.

  • On Children’s Literature in Bangladesh: Then and Now

    For World Children’s Day on Friday, November 20, Daily Star Books speaks to contemporary and veteran authors, publishers, and readers of children’s literature written in Bangladesh.

  • 5 NEW NON-FICTION RELEASES TO LOOK OUT FOR THIS MONTH

    Autumn means a harvest of new books the world over. While novels and short stories continue to sweep through shelves, this past month

  • Money Still Makes the World Go Round

    Jacob Goldstein, author of Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing (Hachette Books, 2020), and the co-host of the radio podcast,

  • Shada Beralera: Nitu and the spectre of a landscape

    Rashida Sultana’s first novel entitled Shada Beralera (White Cats) comes in a slim package of 80 pages and is coloured by a passive discontent.

  • Himu ki mahapurush?

    Himu has none of the intelligence or powers of deduction of Misir Ali. Himu says the wrong thing at the wrong time. He helps people, but only after causing undue chaos and misery.

  • Of Love and Faith

    DS Books is excited to launch this new series comprising reviews of “light reads” which explore heavier, sensitive topics. In this first instalment, we look at a young adult romance novel that depicts the challenging experiences of adolescent Muslims.

  • Revisiting ‘Talaash’ with Shaheen Akhtar and Seung Hee Jeon

    On November 1, 2020, author Shaheen Akhtar was awarded the 3rd Asian Literary Award for the Korean translation of her 2004 novel Talaash—which traces the lives of Birangona women decades after the 1971 Liberation War.