Ahead of Imaginarium: A Celebration of ESEA Speculative Fiction—happening virtually on 22 September, supported by the BFS—Eric Huang takes a look at the growing interest in SFFH from the region, and how the non-Western hero has become serious Hollywood business.

https://britishfantasysociety.org/whats-behind-the-rise-in-east-south-east-asian-speculative-fiction/

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Here's my haul today:

The Path of the Witch - Lidia Pradas
Song of the Sun God - Shankari Chandran
The Wisdom of Runes - Shauna Reid
The Matchmaker - Saman Shad
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida - Shehan Karunatilaka

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(Psst let me know if any of these authors are Sri Lankan or Pakistani. I don't have time to check)