Deepa Anappara
When did you have the initial idea for Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line? When I was working as a reporter in India,
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Author Interviews
Our interviews profile South Asian Writers from across the globe. A combination of Q&A’s and profile pieces.
Vaseem Khan: My Writing Living
With falling author earnings it is common for writers to supplement their income with teaching or part time work. But the portfolio career
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Writer of the year: Meena Kandasamy
In her breath-taking new novel, Exquisite Cadavers Meena Kandasamy raises the curtain and invites the reader into what is often seen as a
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Shreya Sen-Handley on writing Strange
Toni Morrison said that if the book you want to read isn’t out there, write it yourself. So I did. I wrote it
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Mona Dash
When did you know you had a story in you that you wanted to share? Many years ago, when my baby boy became
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Nikesh Shukla & Mahsuda Snaith
Earlier this year, Cultural eXchanges Festival welcomed authors Nikesh Shukla and Mahsuda Snaith for an in conversation event. Held in association with The
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Tanya Atapattu
Q. Can you start by telling us a bit about Things my Mother Told Me? What is the main story line? And what
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Amer Anwar: It’s taken more than ten years to get my book published
I’ve wanted to write a novel since I was 16. Even though teachers and lecturers knew I could write well, none ever suggested
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Rangan Chatterjee
Dr Rangan Chatterjee never set out to write a book but following his hit TV show, Doctor in the House, he had significant
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Sumayya Usmani
It was Sumayya Usmani’s longing for home that led her to start a memoir-based food blog. At the time, she was working as
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