Àla Books and Authors

03/11/2022

Introducing the digital guest editor for November, writer and publisher, Taiba Abbas.

01/10/2022

24/09/2022

At The Last Word bookstore

23/09/2022

And we're back from a brief Facebook hiatus! We hope you've been following all our updates on Twitter and Instagram.
THE NIGHT IN HER HAIR is now available at The Last Word bookstore and all Liberty Books outlets. You can also buy your copy directly from our website alabooksandauthors.com.

And if you're in Lahore do join us today from 5–7pm at The Last Word for an interactive session, Q&A, and book signing!

22/12/2021

'Writers, Writings, and Covid' - Jawad Raza presenting his talk at TEDxGCULahore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJl818Auwfc

Jawad Raza explores the idea of how pandemic has been a blessing in disguise for creative geniuses. How it has bestowed us all with the salubrious disconnect...

07/12/2021

Our author Nwa Rizvi taking us on a timeless, unforgettable walk through 11 Temple Road in Lahore, a residential building that will turn 100 years old in 2022. She reviews a recent exhibition held there, titled 'Imagined Archives - Residual and Remembrance', curated by Fatma Shah, featuring the works of ten artists.

Read the full article on The Aleph Review website.

18/11/2021

30/10/2021

Tonight at 6.10pm PK time!

Ananke Panel | Publishing in South Asia - Boon or Bane for Emerging Writers?

Panelists: Archna Sharma, Kenza Sefrioui, Safinah Elahi, Taiba Abbas | Host: Mehr F Husain
5.10 PM - 6.05 PM UAE | 2.10 PM - 3.05 PM BST

Register in advance for this Ananke Panel:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UJILXlBZS16Cc1NJWTuMTw

Reverie Publishers
Mehr F Husain
Neem Tree Press

21/07/2021

Wishing everyone a safe, happy, and peaceful Eid

09/05/2021

Can a new wave of independent publishers set off Pakistan’s English language publishing industry in fresh and exciting...

09/05/2021

The art of storytelling began eons ago. Travelers shared their tales when returning home after a long journey. The form of storytelling has changed over the

30/03/2021

Talking Books: Red Drapes and Other Stories

At Ananke's Women In Literature Festival 2021

30/03/2021

Trailblazers set to talk about the impact and role of women’s voices in the literary arena.

29/03/2021

Book reading plays a pivotal role in the upbringing and nurturing of children with storytelling being the most potent tool of learning for kids and adults alike. A significant knowledge construct, reading a book assists them to learn about themselves and the world they live in. It helps them envisio...

08/03/2021

Tune in to the exciting Women In Literature Festival happening on March 30 - April 1!

Registration links available at Ananke

07/03/2021

Pakistan's Publishing Renaissance.

At The Coffee Table on Indus News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itxjI--xbf8&list=PL75uzXP3OUv3Kr2_RR3E4GPr7sLz9KK5R&index=2&t=1400s

Join Mina Malik Hussain on an informative show. Topic:Pakistan’s Publishing RenaissanceGuests:Mehr F Hussain (Journalist, Author)Taiba Abbas (Founder Ala Boo...

21/02/2021

A stellar performance by students of LGSi with Asfar Hussain during the TEDx Countdown.

Watch the full event on YouTube at https://youtu.be/PAyS-c5bVkc

20/02/2021

Localised Solutions From The Effects Of Climate Change.
A unique and brilliant engagement through the voice of environmental activists, artists, academics, and musicians.

Watch the full video on YouTube at https://youtu.be/PAyS-c5bVkc

19/02/2021

With a series of talks, interviews, and performances, The Countdown is a global initiative to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis, turning ideas into action.

Tune in tomorrow at https://www.lgsinternational.edu.pk/tedxlgsi to watch this exciting TEDx event hosted by Jawad Raza in collaboration with LGSi

15/02/2021

Rediscovering literature under a gender lens. We're thrilled to be part of the Women In Literature Festival 2021! Ananke

| Unveiling Ananke's first line-up of illustrious speakers - more announcements on the way!

Happening on Mar 30-Apr 1, the event rediscovers under a lens
Register to attend: https://forms.gle/pxicUMXAARxMGnuNA

Yoda press
Zubaan Books
Àla Books and Authors
Seagull Books
Readomania
eShe
Authors' Alliance - Pakistan

01/01/2021

Here's to a year filled with health, happiness, and boundless creativity! Happy 2021!

25/12/2020

Wishing everyone a joyous and peaceful Christmas!

14/12/2020

Visit alabooksandauthors.com to know more about our stories, our authors, and our artists.

12/12/2020

A fun and vibrant conversation with two of the best game-changers in Pakistani writing and publishing today, Arslan Athar and Mehr F. Husain.

Watch the full video here:
https://web.facebook.com/mehrfhusain/videos/10158927102097594/

09/12/2020

What is the Future of Books in a Digital Age?

Join us Live tomorrow, 10th December 2020, on Kaarvan Crafts Foundation's page, at 9.30 pm!

Kaarvan Conversations
What is the Future of Books in a Digital Age?

Tomorrow Thursday 9th December 2020 at 9:30 pm, tune into our Facebook Live Session with Taiba Abbas, Founder of Ala Books and Authors and Arslan Athar, Founder of The Desi Collective. Moderated by Mehr Husain, Media and PR Manager at Kaarvan.

A little about our panelist:

Taiba Biba Abbas is the founder of Àla Books and Authors and the co-author of Àla's upcoming publication, The Night In Her Hair. Born in Pakistan, she grew up in Italy, and holds a Master's degree in Comparative Literature from SOAS, University of London. Her teaching career spans almost a decade, having taught courses in English literature, Film studies, Cultural studies, and Italian language and literature at universities and schools in Lahore and Islamabad. She will be publishing her first novel in 2021.

Arslan Athar is a writer based out of Lahore. He is the founder of 'The Desi Collective', which is a platform for young desi writers in South Asia. You can follow him at and .official

04/12/2020

Our books will be available for pre-order soon, exclusively on our website.
Follow us on Instagram and Twitter for more updates!

23/11/2020

Our second book cover!

Red Drapes and Other Stories by Nwa Rizvi

Photograph: Jahanzeb Haroon
Cover design and layout: Ramsha Afaq

Release date to be announced soon!

A collection of stories drawn across the city of Lahore - the homes and the roadsides, encircling the old and the new - uncovering a place where desire, danger, and unspeakable truths come undone.

In the decrepit brick alleys of the old Walled City there is a young man anguished over an infatuation beyond his reach, while a pair of red curtains beckon to him from a balcony in the neon-lit district; an impoverished driver negotiates the price of his soul as he chauffeurs his employer's son through the leafy streets of D.H.A, to park in dark corners and keep watch; in the closed thronging community of Chungi Amar Sidhu a butcher resorts to the one method he knows best to redeem the sin in his flesh; reckoning stalks the dusty recesses of a family home in Model Town, where a long buried secret seeks its final rest.

Rizvi's storytelling is visceral and enfolding, hinging on a taut, dark tension that pulls and releases in ways you never see coming.

In all twelve stories, Red Drapes offers a sensual, unsettling passageway into the city, turning it inside out. Streets and rooms lay bare an instinct and unrest, an indictment and redemption, that is at once brutal and bloodied as it is mournful and accepting.

This is Lahore as rarely shown before.

20/11/2020

It's here!

Cover painting: Huma Agha Abbas
Cover design and layout: Ramsha Afaq

Release date to be announced soon!

From the haunting snake forests of Nagrai and the shadowed world of Kash Kash Jinn amid the snowbound peaks of Kashmir; down the wide fields and rivers of Punjab, to the warm coast of the Arabian Sea - The Night In Her Hair is a retelling of legends and folktales. The stories move through place and time, bridging the realm of myth and magic with the world of men and women.

The Night In Her Hair offers stories of passion, and fulfilment that goes beyond mortal confines. A longing and abnegation complete in one moment of ascension. It revisits characters that lived and loved, transcending the very limits of their world and their times.

Reimagined with an intimacy and immediacy that draws them out into the present, the stories bear witness to lives that became the most extraordinary legacy of spiritual and literary traditions of Sufi thought - lives that continue to shape our artistic expression as indelible motifs woven deep inside our cultural psyche and identity.

Visit alabooksandauthors.com to know more about the stories included in the book!

17/11/2020

A first look at these two book covers, happening this week!

17/11/2020

At The Writer's Block Party!

Click here to watch the full video
https://web.facebook.com/105660847557995/videos/653615642210957