Books Authored and Edited:--
Kichangani: An Indo-African Story. Illustration and translation. NBT. 2023-4.
Forty Five Shades of Brown. (Poems) Paperwall Publishing, 2023.
Theorising Space. Bodhi Tree Books and Publications, Trivandrum , 2020.
salt & pepper & silver linings: remembering our grandmothers (edited) (2019) ISBN 8193915828
I Cook my own Feast (Poems) Red River Publications, June 2019 ISBN 8193940369
From Canon to Trauma: Essays in Literature. Bodhi Tree Books and Publications, Trivandrum (2016) ISBN 8193258789
Humour: Texts, Contexts, (edited) Creative Publishers. 2015. ISBN.8180431173
Of Fireflies, Guns and Hills. A Collection of poems by Writers Workshop, Kolkata, 2015. ISBN 9350451107
Upcoming Books
Translating Jeffrey Archer’s Cain and Abel trilogy into Malayalam (Commissioned by DC Books, Kerala)
Signed a book deal by Routledge for the book Then and Now: The Women of Muziris based on the Murziris Heritage Project.
Upcoming short story collection, The Way Mad Men Smell by Red River Press, is scheduled to be published by Red River Press in 2025.
Book Chapters:-
Babitha Marina Justin: “Raining in the Hills. Aquality. Thiruvananthapuram. Folio Books, 2024.
Pandemic Art. Literature across Mediums: The Aesthetics and Politics of Intermediality. Gourhari Behera and Shayequa Tanzeela (eds). Dhauli Publications, 2023.
Babitha Marina Justin. ‘Writing From my Neighbourhood.’ Singing in the Dark. (Eds. K.Satchidanandan and Nishi Chawla) Penguin, 2020.
Babitha Marina Justin. “Sabarimala enne Christianiyaakkiyappol.” Sabarimalayum Streekalum. (Ed. Lekshmy Rajeev) Eka Books, 2019.
Babitha Marina Justin. (2017). The Presence of Period. In the Footsteps of Survival (ed. Jyothi KG) Thrissur: Mayflower Publishers, 2017 (pp. 121-26), Pp. 121-26. ISBN 978-93-85894-18-3.
Babitha Justin ,"Under Surveying Eyes: Ethnographical Profiling and the Construction of 'Identities'in the Colonial Writings in the Garo Hills" in the book Theory and Practice of Ethnography: Reading from the Peripheries Edited by Eswarappa Kasi and Ramesh C. Malik . IGRMS, New Delhi, 2009. ISBN 8131603067.
Babitha Justin, “Arms and the Women: A Case Study of Some Women Entrepreneurs in the Garo Hills" in the book Armed Conflict and Women: Consequences and Coping Mechanisms Edited by Sukhvinder Kaur Multani, The ICFAI University press, Hyderabad, 2009.ISBN 9788131421352
Journal Publications
Leivon, Joni, Babitha Justin and Devdas B. “The Emergence of the Space Genre in Indian Cinema: A Case Study of Antariksham 9000 KMPH”. South Asian Popular Culture, 2025.
Raju, Arya and Babitha Justin. Colossal statues as tropes of religious port tourism in Kerala. Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, 2025.
Raju, Arya and Babitha Justin. Re(positioning) of Religious Statues and e(mapping) of Spaces: Case Study of the Vizhinjam Coastal Belt, Kerala. Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, 2024.
Devika, Methil., & Babitha Justin. (2024). The Crossover: Integrating Indian Sign Language with the Mudras in an Indian Classical Dance Performance Creation. Visual Anthropology, 37(2), 146–165. https://doi.org/10.1080/08949468.2024.2319017
Sankar, Rithwik and Babitha Justin. “Pandemic Theyyams: Can Tourism be a Life Saviour for the Artists?.” International Journal of Current Research. December 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.24941/ijcr.46449.12.2023
Sankar, Rithwik and Babitha Justin. “Devakkooth: A Ritual Dance Art from an Islet in North Malabar.” Journal of the Anthropological Survey of India. Sage Publications. DOI: 10.1177/2277436X231163711. 2023
Alex, Gigy J and Babitha Justin. “Slamming the Door: Reinventing Kitchen Narratives in Contemporary Indian Movies.” SouthAsian Review of English (SARE), Vol. 59, Issue 2| 2022.
Babitha Justin and Meeenakshi MS. “The Last female Oracles of Kerala.” Culture and Religion. Taylor and Francis. (2022) DOI: 10.1080/14755610.2022.2130949
Babitha Justin. Pandemic Art. Journal of Visual Anthropology. (Taylor and Francis) 2021, DOI: 10.1080/14725886.2021.1989975
Babitha Justin. ‘The Singing Jewish Women of Kerala,’ Journal of Modern Jewish Literature (Taylor and Francis). 2021.
Babitha Justin.“Tedious Transits to Modernity: the Story of Some women Entrepreneurs in the Garo Hills, Meghalaya”, Kerala Sociologist: Journal of the Kerala Sociological Society, June 2018.
Gayathri G. R and Babitha Justin. “Exploring Fat Lives: A Critical Analysis and Comparative Reading of Two South Indian Movies; Da Thadiya (2012) and Inji Iduppazhagi (2015). Research Guru: Online Journal of Multidisciplinary Subjects, Volume 12, Issue 3, December 2018.
Gayathri G. R and Babitha Justin. “Mad Women in the Attics of Malayalam Cinema: A Study on the Representation of Feminine Psychic Space.” Littcrit Vol 44, Issue 86, Number 2, December 2018.
Gayathri G. R and Babitha Justin. “Framing the Marginalized: A Critique on the Portrayal of Physically Challenged Female Characters in Selected Malayalam Movies.” Indian Scholar: An International Multidisciplinary e- Journal. Volume 5 Issue 1, September 2018, 21-28.
NS, Jayalekshmi and Babitha Justin. “Desiring (wo)men of India: Merchant Ivory’s Shakespearewallah and Bombay Talkies.”International Journal of Scientific Research. Volume 5, Issue 3, March 2016. (Impact Factor 3.508)
N S, Jayalekshmi, and BabithaJustin. " The Householder: A Comedy within the Times of Nehruvian Nationalism." International Multidisciplinary e-Journal 4.11 (2015):7-16.2.
N S, Jayalekshmi, and Babitha Justin. "Documenting Indian Rhythms in James Ivory’s the Sword and the Flute." International Journal of Humanities, 2015.
Babitha Justin, Smrti KP.“ Home Before and After: A study of British women travellers in India before and after Colonialism.’ CLRI August 2014. Print Edition ISSN 2250-3366. PP 99-115.
Babitha Justin.‘Tourism Propagated: A Study of Travel and Tourist Texts’ has been peer-reviewed and vetted for publication. Protocol: Journal of Translation, Creative and Critical Writings, Vol. V, No. I & II Spring and Winter, 2011.
Babitha Justin."Resistance and Conformity in the Project Colonial: A Study of Shakuntala Paintings in Ravi Varma". Dominance and Resistance in Text and Context: Probing Colonial and Post Colonial history of India, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, London, 2009
Babitha Justin."Portraits Speak, The Politics of Portrait Making: Looking at Ravi Varma's Laxmi Bai", Protocol, Fall, 2007.
Babitha Justin."Achik as Christian: Proselytism and Violence on Travel Literature, A Case Study of William Carey's The Garo Jungle Book", Protocol, Spring, 2007.
Creative/Academic online Publications in International Journals and Magazines
Short Stories
“My Father’s Ghost”. Muse India. Museindia. 2024.
“The Way Madmen Smell.” The Way Madmen Smell - THE RAVEN REVIEW. 2021.
“The Last Bullock Cart” The Asian Tapestry. Book 1. (Ed) Anita Devi Pillai. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish International (Asia), 2020.
‘Missing the Last Bust to G’. Underwood Press. https://underwoodpress.com/2019/07/15/missing-the-last-bus-to-g-by-babitha-marina-justin/
Babitha Marina Justin. ‘Nangu’s Daughter.’ Tusculum Review. 2020.
Babitha Marina Justin Rebirth, February 2019. Trampset. https://trampset.org/rebirth-14892ab3f0c6.
Babitha Marina Justin. “Blue-eyed brown Aunt. Two Sisters Writing and Publishing. April 2019. Accepted for the Best of Fiction 2019 Anthology by Sonder Midwest.
The short story, “A Yuppie Diary: One Night at Godavari Hostel”, Selected Short Stories in Contemporary Indo-Anglian Literature published by Sarup and sons, New Delhi.
Tengchi. The Punch Magazine.
The Day They Shaved my Head. Grand Dame Literary. grandedameliterary.com/post/day-they-shaved-my-head
Poetry
Forty-five shades of Brown. Yearbook of Indian Poetry. Vinita Agarwal and Sukrita Paul (eds). Kolkota: Hawakal, 2022.
Bird-Eyed Dusk. Count Every Breath (Vinita Agarwal ed). Hawakal, 2023.
“The Day They Shaved My Head.” Grand Dame Literary Magazine, November 2022.
Monday to Friday. “Monday to Friday” Absynthe Journal
Nixes Mate. “After the Floods”. Issue 21/22 · Climate Change | Nixes Mate Review
“Dear Babitha Marina Justin” The Pine Cone Review. Dear Babitha Marina Justin: by Babitha Marina Justin – The Pine Cone Review
Babitha Marina Justin. Twenty Two, Twenty Eight. First Flight, Chutney Grinding, Games that Dyslexic Children Play, Hand-me Downs
‘The Librarian’s Wife’ Sledgehammer Litt. The Librarian’s Wife by Dr. Babitha Marina Justin (sledgehammerlit.com)
Beloved. EgoPHobia
Flamingo Dance, Tundra, poems by Babitha Marina Justin – www.egophobia.ro
“Light and Shadow Games”. Poetry. Light and Shadow Games – Literary Mama
Twice Born, American Review , 2021. San Fedele Press.
“Resilience” and “ borderlines.” A Yearbook of Indian English Poetry, 2020-21. Vinita Agarwal and Sukrita Paul (ed). Kolkota: Hawakal, 2021.
‘Navarasa Sadhana,’ ‘Dog Dreams’ and ‘First Flight’ Spectra Poets 1. Germany, Struckle Druck. 2021.
‘Love-Loop’ Relationship Poems by Poet’s Choice.
‘Before Therapy’ Pangolin Review.
Desire’s Sky’ and ‘Number Game.’ Shape of a Poem. (ed) Srividya Natarajan and Paresh Tiwari. New Delhi: Red River, 2021.
‘Wildflower Vulva.” Published by Kali for women.
‘A Lesson in Portraiture’ and ‘Growing Ancient Together’. Paper Dragon Journal. University of Drexel. Poetry | Paper Dragon (drexelpaperdragon.com)
‘Heal’ Pure Slush Journal
‘When I Became Christ’ Poetry of Dissent. Red River Publications. Edited by Nabina Das.
Babitha Marina Justin. Reclaiming, My Neighborhood. https://www.thirdestateart.org/quaranzine/2020/4/23/poems-by-babitha- marina-justin
Babitha Marina Justin .Yakshi. http://louisville.edu/miraclemonocle/issue-14/babitha-marina-justin
Babitha Marina Justin. https://ninemusespoetry.com/2019/08/05/one-poem-by-babitha-marina-justin/
Babitha Marina Justinhttps://www.postcolonial.org/index.php/pct/article/view/1166
Babitha Marina Justin https://nalubaalereview.wordpress.com/tag/india/
Babitha Marina Justin.’ Powerwash’. https://burningword.com/2020/07/power-wash/
The Way Mad Men smell; https://www.theravenreview.org/the-way-madmen-smell-justin.html
Ekphrastic Challenge. Backchannels Journal. https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk03A-Jf3pqPN3IO8hIVBWH7GPUf8dw:1596684827368&q=babitha+marina+justin+backchannels+journal&spell=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiYhdC_0oXrAhWZzjgGHU6DBSMQBSgAegQICxAo&biw=1280&bih=610&dpr=1.5
Babitha Marina Justin. The New Name We Learnt. Jaggerylitt. http://jaggerylit.com/new-word/.
Babitha Marina Justin Five Poems in Indian Literature 317: A Journal of Sahitya Academy, June-July, 2020.
Babitha Marina Justin. ‘A Lesson in Portraiture’ Growing Ancient Together. Paper Dragon. The University of Drexel Press. 2020.
Babitha Marina Justin. ‘Childhood Photograph.’ Beyond Words Literary Journal. 2020.
Babitha Marina Justin http://www.constellations-lit.com/issues/vol8.html
Babitha Marina Justin. “Mummy’s Sarees”. Inlandia. January 2019. https://inlandiajournal.com/table-of-contents-volume-ix/
Babitha Marina Justin. “Superwoman”, March 2019. Not Very Quiet Journal. https://not-very-quiet.com/2019/03/13/superwoman/
Babitha Marina Justin. Rainbow Hues and Other Poems. Finalist poems for Poetry Matters Lit Prize
Babitha Marina Justin. Vishu. So to Speak. http://sotospeakjournal.org/vishu-our-new-year/
Babitha Marina Justin. “The Last Bust to G”. Underwood Press.https://underwoodpress.com/2019/07/15/missing-the-last-bus-to-g-by-babitha-marina-justin/
Babitha Marina Justin. The River Remembers her ravines., Plum Tree Tavern. https://theplumtreetavern.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-river-remembers-her-ravines_22.html
Babitha Marina Justin. “Oscar” EclecticaPoetry. July/ August. 2018. http://www.eclectica.org/v22n3/justin.html. July, 2018
Babitha Marina Justin. “The Art of Forgetting”. Silver Needle Press. August, 2018. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aaea3143917eec4192d9d78/t/5b58a206aa4a991cf4b39e0a/1532535302308/The+Art+of+Forgetting++%281%29.pdf.
Babitha Marina Justin. Ä Slim Shroud Called Home“ Rise Up Review. 2018. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aaea3143917eec4192d9d78/t/5b58a206aa4a991cf4b39e0a/1532535302308/The+Art+of+Forgetting++%281%29.pdf. 2018.
Babitha Marina Justin. “An Evening Chill.” Cathexis North West, September, 2018. https://www.cathexisnorthwestpress.com/an-evening-chill/
Babitha Marina Justin. “Tengchi”. The Punch Magazine. September, 2018. http://thepunchmagazine.com/the-byword/fiction/tengchi.
Babitha Marina Justin. “Aakkulam Lake” and “Your Orchards.” Roots and Resistance Issue, About Place Journal.https://aboutplacejournal.org/issues/roots-and-resistance/struggle-adaptation/babitha-marina-justin/. 2018.
Babitha Marina Justin. “Silk Threads”, “Amma” and “My Brother’s Garden.” The Write Launch. https://thewritelaunch.com/author/babitha-marina-justin/ 2018.
Babitha Marina Justin. “I cook my own Feast.” The Esthetic Apostle. December 2018. http://www.estheticapostle.com/i-cook-my-own-feast?message_id=b870f597-585e-48ab-987d-c2ac9a5c0a7a.
Babitha Marina Justin. “Christmas in the Garo Hills.” Adolphus Press. November, 2018. http://www.adolphuspress.com/christmas-in-the-garo-hills-babitha-marina-justin/.
Babitha Marina Justin. “An Anthem for Brown” The Scriblerus. Fall 2018. http://thescriblerus.com/2018/12/an-anthem-for-brown-babitha-marina-justin/.
Babitha Marina Justin. Savings. Chaleur Magazine. December, 2018. https://chaleurmagazine.com/poetry/?tag=babitha+marina+justin
Babitha Marina Justin. “Snore Catcher” and Easter Eggs” The Paragon Press: Lago Journal. December 2018
Ten Poems on travel in the International anthology of poems called “Journeys” edited by Graham Vivian Lancaster FPMI and Dr. Shaleen Kumar Singh published by Trayberry Press / Alexander House, Johannesburg, South Africa. 2011. ISBN 9780981414652.
The Poem “Shadow Harvest” published in Taj Mahal Review: An International Journal. 2011 Devoted To Arts, Literature, Poetry And Culture
Featured poet in English for “Poetry Slam: Brave New Voices of Kerala” Organised by the US Consulate General in Chennai and sponsored by Keralatoday.com. Asianet and DC Books.
Babitha Justin. (2014) The Making Of The ‘Feminine’: Looking At Popular Magazines Inside Out. http://littcrit.org/response.html.
Babitha Justin. Post Colonial selves: My Country and Me. Post Colonial Text. 2011. (6) 1
Babitha Justin. Our Guilt Trips and their Exodus. Post Colonial Text. 2009. (5) 4. http://postcolonial.org/index.php/pct/article/view/1179/994