Geetanjali Shree and Daisy Rockwell’s triumph at the 2022 International Booker Prize – the first time a novel translated from Hindi has been longlisted – could now blaze a trail for more authors writing in South Asian languages and help bring them to a global audience
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An interview with Ia Genberg and Kira Josefsson, author and translator of Small Comfort
The International Booker Prize 2026 nominated author and translator on their influences, how translation can dissolve divisions, and the writers whose work they always look out for
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Hernan Diaz interview: 'I take the ethical implications of storytelling very seriously'
With Trust longlisted for the Booker Prize 2022, we spoke to author Hernan Diaz about tackling the taboo of money, why he writes with a fountain pen and his love of Borges
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Reading guide: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
With its blend of noir, wit, and moral ambiguity, Olga Tokarczuk’s novel of ideas draws readers through a maze of uncertainty, toward a final, unsettling revelation
With Not a River longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024, we spoke to its author and translator about their experience of working on the novel together – and their favourite books
The author of Wandering Stars, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2024, talks about the impact of his cultural heritage on his storytelling, and his journey from reader to writer
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A Q&A with Jente Posthuma and Sarah Timmer Harvey, author and translator of What I'd Rather Not Think About
With What I’d Rather Not Think About longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024, we spoke to its author and translator about their experience of working on the novel together – and their favourite books
Longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, Perumal Murugan talks about his novel Pyre and the events that inspired the book in an exclusive interview
Begin a new term with these books, in which crushes, cliques, and the occasional existential crisis are all on the syllabus
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Tash Aw interview: ‘I’ve wanted to write this novel for years – some books have a long gestation period’
The author of The South, longlisted for the Booker Prize 2025, reflects on the inspirations behind the novel, the books that shaped him, and his need for peace, quiet and coffee in order to write