'I never think of genre when I'm writing'

India, April 12 -- 1Folklore is woven into your prose. Did that happen organically? I grew up in Nigeria for the first eight years of my life, soaking up oral storytelling: these fantastical, strange... Read More

Irenosen Okojie: "I never think of genre when I'm writing"

India, April 11 -- Folklore is woven into the very fabric of your prose. Did that happen organically or was oral storytelling something from your childhood that shaped your journey as an author? I wo... Read More

Manpreet Singh: "I wanted to talk of Sikhs in normal everyday urban contexts"

India, April 7 -- What was the immediate driving force behind The Sikh Next Door? Being a Sikh myself, I have always felt a gap between images defining the community and the people behind them. Domin... Read More

Huma Qureshi - "Books can be an escape from the harsh truth of reality"

India, March 5 -- Was writing an obvious pivot for you or was it something that came from an urgency to put your voice out there? Both actually. When you start writing a story, the feeling is that no... Read More

Of Gaza, namaste etiquette, and vanishing tents

India, March 1 -- A literary pilgrimage akin to the Mahakumbh was how the annual Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) was described during the inauguration ceremony. Though, over the years, it has spread ... Read More

JLF 2025: Of Gaza, namaste etiquette and vanishing tents

India, Feb. 28 -- A literary pilgrimage akin to the Mahakumbh was how the annual Jaipur Literature Festival was described during the inauguration ceremony. Though, over the years, it has spread across... Read More

'In a better world, I'd tell different tales'

India, Feb. 15 -- 1Tell us about Be A Revolution. Before Be A Revolution, I wrote two books on race in America and I had decided I would take a break from it. But, in 2020, with the pandemic and the ... Read More

Ijeoma Olio: "In a better world, I'd tell different tales"

India, Feb. 14 -- Tell us about Be A Revolution? How did you conceptualize it? Before Be A Revolution, I had written two books on race in America and I had decided I was going to be taking a break fr... Read More

Lucy Caldwell: "There's no such thing as an ordinary life"

India, Feb. 8 -- Please tell us about the narratives that make up Openings? Were there any thematic strands that bring the collection together? That's a really good question. And interestingly, my fi... Read More

'I like to ventriloquise my characters'

India, Feb. 8 -- 1Tell us about the narratives that make up Openings? Were there any thematic strands that brought the collection together? That's a really good question. Interestingly, my first coll... Read More

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