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Jim Rion: “Fair-play mystery is still alive and well in Japan”

Jim Rion (Courtesy the subject)

Published on Jun 30, 2025 11:33 PM IST

Ginny Tapley Takemori: “Japanese lends itself to ambiguity”

Translator Ginny Tapley Takemori (Alliance Literature Festival)

Updated on Mar 28, 2025 10:23 PM IST

Santanu Bhattacharya: “When I write, I don’t think of outcomes”

Author Santanu Bhattacharya (Behrin Ismailov)

Published on Mar 24, 2025 05:33 PM IST

Report: Shillong Literary Festival

Malavika Banerjee in conversation with Vikram Seth (Shillong Literature Festival)

Published on Feb 26, 2025 04:46 PM IST

Asako Yuzuki: “It seems ‘Butter’ is more popular in India than in Japan”

Author Asako Yuzuki (Arunima Mazumdar)

Published on Feb 20, 2025 05:30 PM IST

Susegad and strawberry sunsets served with a side of books

“I notice how quiet the south of Goa is and how starkly different from the lanes of the north that are teeming with tourists. The only sound that makes its presence felt here is the whisper of the sea.” (Arunima Mazumdar)

Updated on Jan 08, 2025 08:03 PM IST

HT reviewer Arunima Mazumdar picks her favourite read of 2024

“When it comes to books, it’s simple – either you’re a reader or you’re not. And in What You’re Looking For Is In The Library, it’s heartening to witness non-readers finding purpose after reading a book.” (Doubleday)

Updated on Dec 20, 2024 12:24 PM IST

Of bishonen, tales of same sex love and the I-novel

Love is all you need. (Manpeppe - stock.adobe.com)

Published on Nov 15, 2024 08:06 PM IST

An earful of Franz Kafka

‘I, Josef’, a ‘headphone theatre’ performance by Kaivalya Plays (Arunima Mazumdar)

Updated on Oct 23, 2024 07:31 PM IST

Matt Haig – “In fiction, you can talk about things in a freer way”

Author Matt Haig (Kan Lailey)

Published on Oct 11, 2024 09:11 PM IST

Monika Halan “Don’t get taken in by get-rich-quick schemes”

Monika Halan, author, Let’s Talk Legacy. (Courtesy the publisher)

Published on Aug 09, 2024 09:11 PM IST

Michiko Aoyama – “I have a new favourite Manga author every day”

Author Michiko Aoyama

Updated on Jul 22, 2024 05:45 PM IST

Alex Michaelides: “Novels are about expansion”

Author Alex Michaelides (Wolf Marloh (USE))

Updated on Jun 15, 2024 09:02 AM IST

Appupen - “I’m scared of AI just like everybody else”

Graphic novelist Appupen (Courtesy the subject)

Published on Jun 10, 2024 09:21 PM IST

Akshaya Bahibala, author, Bhang Journeys – “I believe in the power of stories”

Author and co-founder of The Walking BookFairs bookstore, Akshaya Bahibala (Courtesy the subject)

Published on Jun 03, 2024 08:36 PM IST

Simon Rowe - “I wanted to flip the stereotype of the hard-drinking male detective”

Author Simon Rowe (Courtesy the publisher)

Updated on May 18, 2024 05:28 AM IST

Battue La Terre: Love lost on the tennis court

Battue La Terre (or Beaten Earth in English) is about two individuals meeting one last time on a tennis court to bid each other adieu. (Andreas Eggler)

Updated on May 14, 2024 09:09 PM IST

Report: Kerala Literature Festival 2024

Actor and politician Prakash Raj needed no introduction when he appeared before an enthusiastic audience to reaffirm his views on how star power can be a good thing for political and social activism. (Kerala Literature Festival 2024)

Published on Mar 15, 2024 07:55 PM IST

Karen Powell - “I feel drawn to Emily Bronte’s untamed spirit”

Author Karen Powell (Courtesy the subject)

Updated on Mar 09, 2024 05:00 AM IST

Shenaz Treasury - “Marriage was invented when people lived till 35”

Actor and author Shenaz Treasury (Courtesy the subject)

Published on Mar 07, 2024 09:16 PM IST

Review: The Seaweed Revolution by Vincent Doumeizel

Seaweed farms in Paje, Zanzibar (Shutterstock)

Updated on Feb 27, 2024 05:27 PM IST

David Yang - “It was like translating film subtitles or poetry”

David Yang (Courtesy Pushkin Press)

Updated on Feb 24, 2024 05:30 AM IST

Sucheta Dasgupta - “Trailokyanath’s ghosts have interesting qualities”

“Trailokyanath’s ghosts are of two kinds: the metaphysical and the metaphorical. The metaphysical ghosts are the regular definition of bhoot, they are the souls of dead men, women and children. The metaphorical ghosts are subaltern characters living on the fringes of mainstream Bengali society, which is genteel and complicated.” (Shutterstock)

Published on Feb 21, 2024 04:35 PM IST

Interview: Kanan Gill – “I believe in the gods that I have written”

Kanan Gill

Published on Jan 22, 2024 11:41 PM IST

Harini Nagendra, Seema Mundoli - “Caste shapes access to water in so many ways”

Floods in and around Chennai in December 2023. (ANI/PIB)

Published on Jan 13, 2024 06:41 AM IST

HT reviewer Arunima Mazumdar picks her favourite read of 2023

The Sense of an Endingwon the Booker Prize in 2011 and became a commercial and literary success, and rightly so, for it crushes you in a way that you like (Amazon)

Updated on Dec 22, 2023 03:12 PM IST

Yamini Narayanan - “We have no understanding of what cows endure as dairy animals ”

Author Yamini Narayanan (Courtesy Navayana)

Updated on Nov 25, 2023 05:58 AM IST

Interview: Natasha Sharma - “Above all, my childhood memories are about food”

Author Natasha Sharma (Courtesy the subject)

Updated on Nov 01, 2023 08:00 AM IST

Liz Nugent – “Dysfunctional characters in literature have always appealed to me”

Author Liz Nugent (Ruth Connolly)

Updated on Oct 28, 2023 07:52 AM IST

Interview: Victoria Lloyd-Barlow, author, All The Little Bird-Hearts

Victoria Lloyd-Barlow (Courtesy thebookerprizes.com)

Published on Sep 29, 2023 09:53 PM IST

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