Congratulations to Nifraz Rifaz. His soaring debut novel Paper Plane, published by the Jam Fruit Tree Publications just won the Original Novel (English) category at the prestigious State Literary Awards in Sri Lanka.
Mental Idealist Sadie Kaye‘s conversation with Nifraz was published by Cha: An Asian Literary Journal earlier this year. Sadie was also among the first to read and review it for The Hooghly Review in late 2025.
https://chajournal.com/2026/04/23/paper-plane
https://thehooghlyreview.com/paper-plane-takes-off-review-of-nifraz-rifaz-soaring-debut