ULAB to organise fifth literary salon today

University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB)’s Department of English and Humanities is going to host the fifth ‘ULAB Literary Salon’ at its campus in Dhaka on Saturday showcasing a discussion on freedom of expression, ULAB said in a statement.

Media persons and media houses across South Asia have, besides being bullied by censorship, come under outright attack by both state and non-state actors. Free speech and liberal opinion are threatened as never before.

To discuss these issues, the fifth literary salon brings together a diverse group of experts drawn from policy and its practice, publishing, and media: Khushi Kabir, coordinator of ‘Nijera Kori’, Trustee of the Centre for Policy Dialogue and one of Bangladesh’s best-known advocates for human rights; Himanjali Sankar, Editorial Director of Simon and Schuster in India/South Asia; Zafar Sobhan, Editor of Dhaka Tribune; and Sudeep Chakravarti, South Asia analyst, author, columnist and, currently, visiting faculty at ULAB.

Sarah Anjum Bari, Books Editor at The Daily Star and a faculty member at ULAB will helm the conversation.

The literary salon is a first of its kind literary platform in Dhaka to bring together writers, readers, publishers and thought leaders from Bangladesh and elsewhere in South Asia in an informal, engaging setting.

Once a month, each month, the ULAB Literary Salon offers Dhaka’s literary minded a Saturday evening of book launches of leading authors, book readings, discussions, book signing, and sale of books at a discount by The