Global Voices · Citizen media stories about Literature from April 2012

On April 15, youth organization Diwan Ghazza announced a competition that is open to Palestinian bloggers everywhere. The idea is to collect the best 100 Palestinian blog posts, and then...

18 April 2012

Botswana: Love in the Shadows

Written by Ndesanjo Macha · Quick Reads · Sub-Saharan Africa

Russia: Writer Yuri Dombrovsky's Biography

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Central Asia & Caucasus

17 April 2012

Trinidad & Tobago: Review of Bagoo

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco · Quick Reads · Caribbean

16 April 2012

Tunisia: Book Readers to the Streets!

Written by Ahmed Medien · Middle East & North Africa

Following weeks of demonstrations in Tunis, a new event has been announced, called “L'avenue ta9ra”, or “The avenue reads”. The plan is for Tunisians to bring their books to Habib...

Mali: Timbuktu, a Cultural Treasure in Peril

Written by Abdoulaye Bah · Sub-Saharan Africa

The name Timbuktu conjures up a majestic, stately image. However, the war in northern Mali and the presence of small terrorist groups constitute a serious threat to the fate of...

14 April 2012

Mozambique: First African Board Book Gathering

Written by Janet Gunter · Quick Reads · Mozambique

4 April 2012

Bulgaria: Light on a Mysterious Death

Written by Rayna St. · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Armenia: Young Author Faces Military Censorship

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Central Asia & Caucasus

Hovhannes Ishkhanyan, a 24-year-old former conscript in the Armenian military, has found himself in hot water in the former Soviet republic after penning a literary work detailing life in the...