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A Times Special presentation in which Jaya Bhattacharji Rose speaks to personalities from the world of books and literature. We feature national and international authors, including Jnanpith and Padma awardees, Nobel laureates, Booker Prize winners, Pulitzer winners, diplomats, bestselling authors, debut writers, and legendary writers across genres and languages

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Mothers and Memory: Tayari Jones on Kin

Tayari Jones is an American author best known for An American Marriage, which won the Women’s Prize for fiction in 2019. The novel won multiple other awards and was on Barack Obama’s summer reading list. Jones, who is the recipient of many writing awards, is also a professor of Creative Writing at Emory University. She is listed in the Times 100 Influential People of 2026. In this episode of TOI Bookmark, Jones discusses her latest novel Kin, which made an appearance in Oprah’s book club selection along with An American Marriage.
29 juli

Inside The Man From Kashmir: Muddasir Ramzan on History, Identity & Storytelling

Muddasir Ramzan is an academic and writer from Kashmir. Ramzan, who holds a doctorate in English from Aligarh Muslim University, focuses his scholarly work on contemporary Muslim writing and 20th and 21st century literature, with special emphasis on South Asian literature, Kashmir studies, and narratives of migration. He engages critically with post-colonial and post-modern theory as well as Islamic intellectual traditions. Ramzan is also known for his short fiction works, which have been widely published in journals and magazines like Critical Muslim, Outlook, Bombay Review, etc. In this episode of TOI Bookmark, Ramzan dives into his novella, The Man From Kashmir, published by Bloomsbury this year.
21 juli

Tanul Thakur’s 'Wild Wild East' Uncovers the Human Cost of the American Dream

Tanul Thakur is an award-winning journalist and film critic. In 2015, he won the National Film Award for Best Film Critic, the youngest to receive the honour. Many media outlets have interviewed him on cinema, culture and the H1B programme. In this conversation, he discusses his debut book, 'Wild Wild East'.
14 juli

Inside The Complex: Karan Mahajan on Delhi, Family and Political Fault Lines

Karan Mahajan is an Indian-American novelist, essayist, and critic. His second novel, The Association of Small Bombs, was named one of the 10 best books of the year by the New York Times Book Review. It won the Muse India Young Writer Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award, the crossword Book Award, and the DSC Prize for South Asian literature, among other honors. His debut novel, Family Planning, was a finalist for the Dylan Thomas Prize. In this episode of TOI Bookmark, Mahajan discusses how history, journalism and nostalgia blend into the narrative of his latest novel, The Complex, published by HarperCollins India.
7 juli

Assa Doron and Alex Broom Trace India’s Deep Dependence on Antibiotics

Assa Doron is a professor of Anthropology and South Asia at Australian National University. He is the author and co-author of several books, including ‘Life on the Ganga’, ‘The Great Indian Phone Book’, and ‘Waste of a Nation’. Alex Broom is academic director at Australian Research Council, professor of Sociology, and director of the Sydney Centre for Healthy Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney. He is the author of several books on the social dynamics of health, illness and care like Survivorship: A Sociology of Cancer in Everyday Life. In this interview, they talk about their latest book, ‘A World of Resistance: India and the Global Antibiotic Crisis’.
21 juni

Douglas Stuart Explores Faith, Masculinity, And Colour In ‘John of John’

Douglas Stuart is a New York-based Scottish author whose work explores themes of class and sexuality. He rose to international acclaim with his debut, 'Shuggie Bain', which won the 2020 Booker Prize and swept the British Book Awards. It was followed by the number one Sunday Times bestseller, 'Young Mungo', in 2022. His shorter works and essays have been featured in The New Yorker and Lit Hub. In this conversation, he discusses his third novel, 'John of John'.
17 juni

Fighting the Digital Curse: How Babell Is Turning Porto Into a City of Books

Babell is a translation-focused literary festival set to take place in the city or Porto, Italy from 24-29 June. It invites writers who work across languages and cultures, and their Italian translators; the festival promotes translations between different art forms, organises translation workshops, prizes, and residences, and publishes new work. In this episode of TOI Bookmark, authors and members of the team behind Babell, Rui Couceiro and Patricia Reis, talk about the literary and cultural event being co-produced by Porto City Council.
9 juni

Mohammed Hanif On How A Childhood Memory Of Fear Sparked A Novel

Mohammed Hanif graduated from the Pakistan Air Force Academy as a pilot officer, but left to pursue a career in journalism. His first novel, A Case of Exploding Mangoes, was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, and won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for best first novel. His second novel, Our Lady Of Alice Bhatti, was shortlisted for the 2012 Wellcome Prize. He writes regularly for the New York Times, BBC Urdu and BBC Punjabi and splits his time between Berlin and Karachi. Rebel English Academy is his latest novel.

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A Times Special presentation in which Jaya Bhattacharji Rose speaks to personalities from the world of books and literature. We feature national and international authors, including Jnanpith and Padma awardees, Nobel laureates, Booker Prize winners, Pulitzer winners, diplomats, bestselling authors, debut writers, and legendary writers across genres and languages

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