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Shruthi Dileep is one of the co-founders of Reading Room Co.

Two friends launch Reading Room Co., an online publication platform for budding authors and poets

Saraswathy Nagarajan

Shruthi Dileep and Richu Jain want to encourage new writers in Indian English

Abir Mukherjee: ‘Using the crime novel to discuss social issues is in our blood’

Mini Anthikad Chhibber

The Scottish Bengali author, whose latest book features a classic locked room murder, says the detective with access to all levels of society is the perfect tool to study the human condition

‘How to Train Your Dragon’ author talks Vikings and wilderness

Ahead of the Indian TV premiere of ‘How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’, the series’ author Cressida Cowell recalls the real-life Isle of Berk

In Conversation ‘Desire crosses borders of different kinds’: Akhil Katyal

Sharif D. Rangnekar The editors of a recent anthology of queer poetry from South Asia discuss how they unpacked fixities to put their book together

The author, Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

debut novel Coming of age in Bengaluru

Vijay Lokapally Former sports journalist Siddhartha Vaidyanathan writes his first novel on a young boy’s struggles and successes in an all-boys’ school in Bengaluru of the ‘90s

Author Sadia Dehlvi at the Hazrat Nizamuddin's Chilla, in New Delhi. File

Writer and activist Sadia Dehlvi dies aged 63

PTI Sadia, who hailed from the royal ‘Shama’ family, edited Bano, an Urdu women’s journal

Shirley Ann Grau, in 1965

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Shirley Ann Grau dies at 91

Ruskin Bond celebrates 70 years of storytelling with ‘A Song Of India’

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‘My people have no skin tone’: author Jeff Kinney on his new book and writing inclusively

Writer Gavish Hiremath passes away

Two friends launch Reading Room Co., an online publication platform for budding authors and poets

Books

Abir Mukherjee: ‘Using the crime novel to discuss social issues is in our blood’

‘How to Train Your Dragon’ author talks Vikings and wilderness

In Conversation Books

‘Desire crosses borders of different kinds’: Akhil Katyal

Here’s why penning ‘What’s Wrong With You, Karthik?’ took six years

Former sports journalist Siddhartha Vaidyanathan's first novel is on a young boy’s struggles and successes in an all-boys’ school in Bengaluru of the ‘90s

Sadia Dehlvi loved to explore the unexplored

She often criticised the separation of religion from spirituality

Writer and activist Sadia Dehlvi dies aged 63

Sadia, who hailed from the royal ‘Shama’ family, edited Bano, an Urdu women’s journal

Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Shirley Ann Grau dies at 91

Grau won the 1965 Pulitzer Prize for her fourth book, ‘The Keepers of the House’

Ruskin Bond celebrates 70 years of storytelling with ‘A Song Of India’

In this book, the fourth in his memoir series, the author looks back on the year he went away to the UK at 16 to begin his writing journey

Writer Kottayam Pushpanath’s Dracula makes a second coming

Writer’s grandson to republish his iconic novels

Shobhaa De on her latest book, Lockdown Liasons

The writer’s latest book, Lockdown Liaisons, explores life during the pandemic through 24 stories and internal monologues

'Feminism needs tectonic plates to shift, not a trendy make-over': On Booker-winning ‘Girl, Woman, Other’

Bernardine Evaristo’s Booker-winning novel, ‘Girl, Woman, Other’, out in India now, is an exuberant celebration of black lives

A new recognition for Telugu writers

Late writer Indraganti Srikanth Sharma’s family institutes an annual award for Telugu literature, and poet Sikhamani is the first recipient

Adolescence in conflict zones: an illustrated children’s book by Priya Sebastian

‘Is It The Same For You?’ paints an intimate portrait about growing up in a fragile part of the world

Though a high-skill job, nursing remains low-paid and stigmatised: Panchali Ray

A look at the gender and caste politics that vex the nursing profession

‘I am really good at fixing a messed-up cake’: Phyllis Grant

Phyllis Grant’s memoir, ‘Everything is Under Control’, is comfort food for the pandemic-afflicted mind

Writer Perumal Murugan on ‘Kazhimugam’, now translated into English as ‘Estuary’

In a first, Tamil writer Perumal Murugan, celebrated for his works set in the rural milieu, narrates the tale of generational differences between an urban father and son

Writer Sivasankari is back with four short stories

The pandemic has inspired the 77-year-old Tamil author to return to writing fiction after three decades

No strangers in the wild: Janaki Lenin on her latest book, Every Creature Has a Story

Did you know rodents practise monogamy or that plants fight off predators? Author-journalist Janaki Lenin explores the human-animal connect in her latest book, Every Creature Has a Story

Author Lakshmi Iyer takes on serious issues with light-hearted flair in ‘Why is My Hair Curly’

In ‘Why is My Hair Curly?’ author Lakshmi Iyer deals with issues of adoption, self-awareness and a sense of belonging as seen through the eyes of a child

Mom laughed when I said I wanted to be a writer: Ruskin Bond

When Ruskin Bond told his mother that he wanted to be a writer, she laughed saying with his good handwriting he could only be a clerk in a lawyer’s

Rob Kemp on his latest book and fatherhood

Rob Kemp talks about his new book ‘Dadding It!’ and how fatherhood has changed over the years

Keeping up With Kevin Kwan: the author on his upcoming novel, 'Sex & Vanity'

The man behind the bestselling 'Crazy Rich Asians' trilogy on exploring the snobbery of old money in his upcoming novel

Salman Rushdie, J.K. Rowling among 150 artists, activists to sign open letter against threat to free speech

The letter warns that the spread of censoriousness is leading to an intolerance of opposing views and a vogue for public shaming and ostracism.

Evan Purcell: Now is the best time to read monster stories

The author says 2020 hasn’t been the best year for any of us and that tales involving articulate zombies and shark-headed librarians are an easy, fun way to deal with all the bad news

The story behind ‘The Theobroma Story’

Baking wiz Kainaz Messman Harchandrai Theobroma reveal the love and hardship involved in building a brand, in her book Baking a Dream: The Theobroma Story co-authored with Tina Messman Wykes

Zai Whitaker on ‘Zyrus the Virus’, her latest e-book on the pandemic

Writer and naturalist Zai Whitaker on her latest e-book Zyrus the Virus, and thinking up various virus-related words during lockdown

Jharkhand author Kritika Pandey wins Commonwealth Short Story Prize

Kritika is the second Indian to win the international award following Parashar Kulkarni in 2016

Charles Webb, author of 'The Graduate,' dies in England

His most famous book, which was turned into a movie in 1967, is a satire on education and materialism.

A mind with a difference: H.S. Shivaprakash

Kannada playwright H.S. Shivaprakash is a man of extraordinary scholarship. But he is first and foremost a poet

Anita Nair: ‘Only one actor would be able to do justice — Prakash Raj’

The author discusses her audio stories, and how words and voice can transport a listener to the heart of a story

George R.R. Martin shares update on ‘Winds of Winters’

The epic fantasy book series, which served as the basis for HBO’s multiple award winning show Game of Thrones, awaits the final two books.

Spiritual guide Sri M on meditation

In his latest book, spiritual guide Sri M answers questions often asked on the subject

‘Timeless Tales from Marwar’ tells stories of the common man

The book of folktales translated by Vishes Kothari, brings alive a quotidian, rustic world to a global audience

Art has a significant role in mobilising resistance, says Sri Lankan Tamil poet Cheran

Sri Lankan Tamil poet Cheran’s experience of war and genocide manifests itself in stark and disturbing images

Sami Ahmad Khan: ‘The present has been colonized by the future’

The author and academic says science fiction, whether set in the near future, a nearby planet or even in an alternate universe, is almost always about our today

‘I firmly stand with the trans community’: Rupert Grint reacts to J.K. Rowling’s comments

Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films, said that people should all be entitled to live with love and without judgement.

Sunday Quiz: Easy like Sunday morning

‘I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.’

Nihshanka Debroy on writing ‘Checkmate’

“A whirlwind journey of battles, codes, and intrigue...” is how Nihshanka Debroy describes his début novel

Kritika Pandey, winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize Asia, talks about her work

Kritika Pandey talks about her story, The Great Indian Tee and Snakes, and how she became a writer

J.K. Rowling says she is survivor of sexual assault

The British writer said that she was disclosing the information to give context to her controversial past comments about transgender women

This book tips its hats to India’s environment warriors

Authors Bijal Vachharajani and Radha Rangarajan’s book 10 Indian Champions Who Are Fighting to Save The Planet tells the tale of people who have been creating a real ecological difference on the ground

Author Uma Balasubramaniam on her latest book ‘Sayajirao Gaekwad III: The Maharaja of Baroda’

Author Uma Balasubramaniam’s latest is a deep dive into the history of the royal Gaekwads of Baroda and Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III in particular

J.K. Rowling’s tweets on transgender people spark outrage

Rowling’s tweets caused a firestorm of responses from the LGBTQ community and others who were upset with her words.

Samit Basu’s latest novel, ‘Chosen Spirits’ is set in a disturbingly realistic, murkier near-future

Samit Basu’s latest novel is not optimistic. Yet the author manages to take a look into the near future, with plenty of humour, aided by unflinchingly honest mirrors held up to India’s upper middle class

Ramakrishnan traces history of Indian food in new OPOS cookbook

B Ramakrishnan’s new book, The Story Of India Through Food, which won the Amazon KDP award, retraces cuisines and reproduces them using the OPOS method

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