Saad Z. Hossain writes in a niche genre of fantasy, science fiction and black comedy with an action-adventure twist.

Today’s SLR is all about accomplishing what you have set your heart on. We meet Bangladeshi author Saad Z. Hossain whose debut novel was recently released in USA.

The glorious backwaters of Kerala have been calling me for years.

Rummana Chowdhury announces herself, or, at least, part of her feelings, in this line: “Some things are forever ingrained in the innermost crevasses of your heart, no matter where you live or what you do” (“Hot Apple Fritters and Hot Roshogollas”).

‘MAHFUZAMANGAL' or 'In praise of Mahfuza' is an extraordinary book of poetry penned by Mozid Mahmud; the poems of which were composed mainly in the 1980s with the exception of a few poems added later to the book.

Helal Uddin throws light on the many aspects of Bangladesh's Oriental Society, through his compilation of “Oriental Tales: Selected Bangla Fiction”.

Dear readers and writers, we are going to start a corner titled “Classics Corner” where reviews from you on timeless Classics and very popular books published between 1900 and 2000 will be printed.

In commemoration of the Bangladesh Independence Day on 26th March, today's SLR starts with a poetic salute to our past; moves on to a proclamation of love for our present; and ends the poetic trail with an optimistic wish for our future.

I sing of Heroes

Not gold, not silver, not pearl, neelam it is not.

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;

I suspect that the qualities useful to an aspiring writer are very similar to those considered desirable in a writer who is already successful.

Aspiring writers are invited to send in a short story or poem that must contain the number “twenty-two” in some form or manner.

I have just finished the draft of a novel. I shall ask a couple of people to read it – a fellow novelist with whom I've swapped work since we were both beginning our first books ten years ago, and a nonfiction writer I can trust to be honest about her response.

Swedish poet Tomas Transtroemer, who won the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature, has died at the age of 83, his publishing house Bonniers says

Let me tell you from the get go that this collection of short stories is anything but warm and fuzzy and feel-good.

GABRIEL Garcia Marquez, the Colombian Nobel-prize winning novelist, left behind one last gift for his readers and devotees before his death in 2013: his autobiography, “Living to Tell the Tale” where he recounts in his inimitable style his early life, particularly his beginnings as a writer, and the political landscape of his war-torn country.

Dara Shamsuddin in his book titled “Bangladesher Sthan Nam: Itihasher Padachinho” (in English it stands Toponyms of Bangladesh: Footprints of History) told us a story of how Bangla language, along with developments in allied areas such as social, religious, economic and political processes, has evolved in this deltaic regions through historical progression of actions and events.

Half Girlfriend is Chetan Bhagat's latest novel. Chetan Bhagat is one of the leading Indian authors of current time and some of his books have been turned into movies by Bollywood directors over last several years.

Helal Uddin Ahmed's “An Anthology of Bangla Poems”, coincidentally comprises carefully selected 68 translated outstanding poems that have been written in the last 68 years.