We interviewed Ameena Saiyid, Managing Director of Oxford University Press in Pakistan, about how the conditions for publishing are changing in the country.

She told us about copyright and IP infringement, censorship and the pressures on authors and bookstores, as well as sharing concrete suggestions for how the publishing sector can be supported. We learnt why she launched the Karachi and Islamabad Literature Festivals and why she's nostalgic for the age of “rickshaws and seedy hotels”.