Writers
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Akwaeke Emezi: Ignore the noise, pay attention to the conversation
Aretha Phiri, The Conversation
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Mulk Raj Anand’s short stories provide a taste of what made his novels so powerful in their times
Oindrila Mukherjee
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Why has Chimamanda Adichie’s essay on social media culture sparked a controversy?
Akanksha Mishra
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‘Of her time, yet timeless’: Why Mannu Bhandari’s stories must be read now and always
Namita Gokhale
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‘An obscene law’: How Tamil writer Sundara Ramaswamy argued against the death penalty in 1999
Sundara Ramaswamy
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How a squeeze on living and writing spaces in Delhi is thwarting aspiring fiction writers
Ipshita Nath
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Things are stacked against women’s writing. Can a new prize for women writers really change things?
Shashi Deshpande
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Eight must-read novels: The enduring contributions of African American women writers
Nancy Kang, The Conversation
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How to get published during the pandemic and afterwards (warning: it will not be easy)
Meghna Pant
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Why the Booker Prize is problematic: Its entry criteria tend to overlook small publishers
Jamie Harris, The Conversation
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Some writers’ retreats have pivoted to online communities during the pandemic. Can it work?
Tara Khandelwal
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How systemic racial bias in the UK’s publishing industry disadvantages black writers
Catherine Harris, The Conversation Bernadette Stiell, The Conversation
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Doctor-writers on the coronavirus frontline: Will their next books be about the pandemic?
Neha Bhatt
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Are there new ways for fiction-writers to make money during, and after, the pandemic?
Amitabha Bagchi
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Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964-2020) immortalised the Civil War, Spain’s favourite modern Gothic tale
Xavier Aldana Reyes, The Conversation
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‘Read for resilience’: Ruskin Bond, others share stories, anecdotes to survive difficult times
Scroll Staff
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Debesh Roy (1936-2020): The Bengali novelist who spent his writing life in search of a local form
Shamik Ghosh
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Watch: Shashi Tharoor, Ravinder Singh, Durjoy Dutta and others tell a serialised story on Instagram
Scroll Staff
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Ten and a half commandments for new writers (that go beyond the clichés)
Sean Williams, The Conversation
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The extended idea of authorship: How translators, readers and languages take it beyond the writer
Shohini Sengupta