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Narcopolis put me off Jeet Thayil. The Elsewhereans brought me back
August 22, 2026 6:46 am
On not liking the Booker-nominated novel Narcopolis, and falling hard for Jeet Thayil's memoir that came after
Novelist Rabih Alameddine and poet Patricia Smith win National Book Awards
November 20, 2025 6:21 pm
Winners each receive $10,000 and the awards have often served as a kind of counter voice to current events.
The straight white male novelist isn’t dead, just dethroned
October 04, 2025 2:47 pm
The straight white male novelist has been dislodged from the centre to one voice among many
From George Eliot to JK Rowling: The secret male alter egos of famous women writers
June 18, 2025 4:44 pm
Five female authors masked under anonymity of creative choice.
10 lesser-known facts about Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway on its 100th anniversary
July 30, 2025 9:22 pm
From its original title to its surprising literary influences, here are 10 things you might not know about Mrs Dalloway
Albanian world-renowned novelist Ismail Kadare dies at 88
July 01, 2024 8:02 pm
Kadare became internationally recognised after his novel “The General of the Dead Army” was published in 1963 when Albania was still governed by the communist government of late dictator Enver Hoxha.
A tribute to the genius of writer Milan Kundera (1929-2023) can only only be paid by going over and beyond his written words
July 19, 2023 9:51 pm
In all his novels, the Czech-French author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being questioned the nature of artistic creation and offered fictionalised simplifications of complex philosophical enquiries
‘Got Padma Bhushan as Modi is PM’: Novelist S L Bhyrappa praises PM but says govt should not block BBC documentary
January 27, 2023 5:50 pm
S L Bhyrappa said the BBC documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots was aimed at tarnishing India’s image at a time when the country had assumed the G20 presidency.
Irish novelist John Boyne on exploring old wounds in new settings in his novel 'All The Broken Places'
December 09, 2022 11:22 am
A sequel to his 2006 bestselling children's novel 'The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas' the new novel explores themes of guilt and complicity
'I don't think the human need for friendship is going away': Kamila Shamsie
November 11, 2022 1:14 pm
The British-Pakistani writer, 49, on exploring the strain of politics and patriarchy on friendships in her new novel, Best of Friends, and her abiding affection for friend and mentor, Agha Shahid Ali
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Truman Capote: The life and career of the celebrated American writer
September 30, 2026 1:48 pm
Born on September 30, 1924, Truman Capote was an American novelist, screenwriter and playwright. Here are some facts about the celebrated writer that you may not know.
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