Literature
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JCB Prize: Deepa Anappara, Samit Basu, Dharini Bhaskar, S Hareesh, Annie Zaidi make the shortlist
Scroll Staff
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JCB Jury interview: ‘All these books are going to change conversations for better or worse’
Sana Goyal
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‘Triumph of satire at its most elemental’: Shashi Tharoor reviews Unni R’s ‘The Cock is the Culprit’
Shashi Tharoor
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The determination and resilience of the Lahore Literary Festival in the face of the pandemic
Razi Ahmed
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Pandemic tropes: How are disease and sickness treated in Assamese short stories?
Sangeeta Bhagawati Sneha Khaund
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Audiobooks may be just what readers needed during the pandemic. Will they change Indian publishing?
Yogesh Dashrath
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To understand the value of art and nature during a pandemic, we have to turn to Tolstoy and Tagore
Richard Herrett
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A reader’s guide to the ten books on the Rs 25-lakh JCB Prize for Literature 2020 longlist
Suhasini Patni
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Writers Prajwal Parajuly, Manu Joseph longlisted for France’s Emile Guimet Prize 2020
Scroll Staff
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It appears that a moment of recognition for British Black writing has arrived. But has it really?
Malachi McIntosh, The Conversation
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More submissions, fewer readers? How India’s literary magazines are coping with the pandemic
Neha Bhatt
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Can the 2020 Booker Prize break the systemic imbalances and inequalities of the publishing system?
Stevie Marsden, The Conversation
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A reader’s quick guide to all 13 novels on the Booker Prize 2020 longlist
Suhasini Patni
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What queer themes are India’s writers building their books on during the pandemic?
Chintan Girish Modi
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The story of star-crossed lovers Suthon and Manora lives on in Thailand’s dance and drama
Jana Igunma
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This remarkable prizewinning novel has three narrators: A young woman, her dead grandfather, history
Jen Webb, The Conversation
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Want to read about queer teens saving the world or having a rom-com moment? Here are five books
Alex Henderson, The Conversation
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If censorship were to return, could today’s writers learn from their Victorian counterparts?
Stephanie Meek, The Conversation
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What do we learn about the plague pandemic from the three medieval classics of literature?
Sajni Mukherji
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Searching for great novels from Australia? Try the Miles Franklin 2020 shortlist
Jen Webb, The Conversation