Fiction
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Rushdie’s Satanic Verses returns to Indian bookshops after 36 years
Book banned since 1988 is ‘selling out’ after import bar was overturned due to missing paperworkSalman Rushdie…
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‘It is worse now’: The Bookseller of Kabul author Åsne Seierstad on returning to Afghanistan 20 years on
The Norwegian writer on meeting the Taliban, her fears for girls’ education, and the legal battle that ensued …
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Shōgun: why the English samurai’s life and legacy still grip Japan 400 years on
Epic new TV adaptation of the 1975 novel reignites interest in the exploits of the Kent sailor William AdamsOn…
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New project seeks to bring south Asian literature to western readers
Founded by two translators – one American, one British – the Salt initiative will provide mentorships, funding…
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What does this year’s double Booker win mean for south Asian literature?
With Sri Lanka’s Shehan Karunatilaka and India’s Geetanjali Shree taking home two of publishing’s biggest priz…
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Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker prize for The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Judges described the Sri Lankan author’s second novel as a ‘rollercoaster journey through life and death’ and …
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‘It’s the best way to live!’: International Booker winners Geetanjali Shree and Daisy Rockwell
The Indian novelist and her translator scooped the £50,000 prize with Tomb of Sand, a novel about death – but …
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First novel translated from Hindi wins International Booker prize
Author Geetanjali Shree and translator Daisy Rockwell share the £50,000 prize for ‘extraordinarily funny and f…
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My Pen Is the Wing of a Bird: new short-story book celebrates the work of Afghan women
Untold Narratives founder Lucy Hannah’s just-published collection showcases the fiction of marginalised writer…
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A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam review – profound meditation on suffering
A young Tamil ponders the death of his grandmother’s carer in a hypnotic novel about ageing, longing and the a…
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‘This show is just the start’: inside the BBC’s all-person-of-colour A Suitable Boy
It has 110 actors, is based on one of the longest books in English - and it’s the BBC’s first historical drama…
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Ockhams erase her: surprise as Elizabeth Knox left off books award shortlist
Shock in New Zealand as writer, heavily favoured to win the fiction prize, is absent from list of nomineesNew …