Articles, book reviews, author interviews and features celebrating Northeast Indian literature.
Blending storytelling and psychological insight, Merasen-na Jamir's latest work examines the silent struggles many carry within themselves.
From the author of The Pause comes a powerful new novel that examines the distance between who we appear to be and who we truly are—through a moving story of trauma, depression, and healing.
Starting today, every reader on NortheastReads has a Literary Passport — a personal record of your journey through the literature of Northeast India. Finish a book from Manipur? You earn a Manipur stamp. Finish one from Nagaland? A Nagaland stamp joins your collection. Make your way through all eight states, and your Passport is complete.
There are over two hundred books in this catalog. Behind each one is a writer from Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, or Tripura — someone who sat down and put the Northeast into words. And for years, finding those books, talking about them, and connecting with the people who wrote them meant piecing things together from scattered corners of the internet.
Zubaan and Heinrich Böll Stiftung invite applications for the GreeNE Feminist Lab 2026. Open to young writers, artists, researchers, activists, and storytellers from Northeast India. Deadline: 7 June 2026.
Jim Wungramyao Kasom’s second work ‘Cradling Memories of My Land‘ comes in the form of poetry after his work ‘Homecoming and Other Stories’. Kasom renders the essence of the written art through poems and anecdotes in ‘Cradling Memories of my Land‘. Kasom has his way with words that bare readers to their vulnerable self. Intricate and refined, Kasom touches identity, sense of belonging, longing, the unseen, people and the land, uncertain transition, and love in his collection of poems. In addition, this poetry book is completed with images and paintings, which is a kind of its own.
Writing poetry isn’t an easy task. To let your raw emotions pour out for the world to see in the form of the words that best express your grief, your joy, your compassion and so much more.
The Legends of Pensam is my first Mamang Dai and I absolutely love it. This book is a collection shorts stories spanned within three generations. Mamang Dai weaves the stories around lives of the Adi tribe of the Siang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh. As the author explains , Pensam means “middle ground or in-between”, Pensam, the village acts as a middle ground between the spirit world and the reality.
The rich tapestry of India’s Northeast is woven with myriad cultures, languages, and stories that often remain unheard in the bustling narratives of the mainland. In an endeavor to bridge this gap and nurture the literary and cultural roots of the region, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF) and Zubaan Publishers Pvt. Ltd. introduced the Fragrance of Peace series in 2016. This initiative not only provides a platform for writers, artists, and journalists from the Northeast to share their stories but also fosters conversations that transcend geographical boundaries.
Getting an International Standard Book Number (ISBN) is an important step in publishing and distributing your books. An ISBN is a unique 13-digit number identifier assigned to books, eBooks, audiobooks, and related products. It serves as a tool for cataloging, ordering, and tracking publications in the publishing industry worldwide. Each ISBN is specific to a particular edition and format of a book, making it easier for retailers, distributors, and libraries to identify and manage books in their inventory.