Imagine the finest of Maria Popova’s ‘brain pickings’ in a single book. ‘Figuring’ is more than that

Urmi Chanda-Vaz

· May 04, 2019 · 08:30 am

Re-reading Bhuvaneshwar, the absurdist Hindi writer who lived in railway stations and trains

Saudamini Deo

· Mar 10, 2019 · 05:30 pm

What we can learn from reading Sylvia Plath’s copy of ‘The Great Gatsby’

Jeanne Britton, The Conversation

· Dec 18, 2018 · 05:30 pm

Reading list: India’s women writers who have been smashing patriarchy for generations

Urmi Chanda-Vaz

· Dec 01, 2018 · 12:30 pm

Novelist Shashi Deshpande on the difficulties of being a woman who writes (or, a ‘woman writer’)

Shashi Deshpande

· Nov 16, 2018 · 08:30 am

Why India needs a professional association for writers and translators (like in other countries)

Jenny Bhatt

· Nov 11, 2018 · 05:30 pm

Man Booker Prize 2018: When writers read their own work, does it cause pleasure or disappointment?

Martin Goodman, The Conversation

· Oct 25, 2018 · 06:30 pm

Before #MeToo, there was #BeCareful – and that applied to women who wanted to write books

K Srilata

· Oct 21, 2018 · 08:30 am

Dialogue: In the age of social media, how do writers avoid becoming hustlers?

Rheea Mukherjee Manjiri Indurkar

· Sep 15, 2018 · 08:30 am

Why novelist Sheena Kalayil does not like being boxed as a BAME writer

Sheena Kalayil, The Conversation

· Aug 16, 2018 · 05:30 pm

Ten writers talk of words they detest and prefer not to use (and of words they love)

Shashank Bhargava

· Aug 12, 2018 · 08:30 am

‘My first short story, written at the age of 14, had an unhappy fate. But it rescued me.’

Shazaf Fatima Haider

· May 30, 2018 · 05:30 pm

We love their books but these letters between writers and editors showcase a dying art form

Jenny Bhatt

· May 13, 2018 · 11:30 am

‘I’m channelling what I catch on the wind, not necessarily what I know first-hand’: Anjum Hasan

Neha Bhatt

· Apr 29, 2018 · 08:30 am

What women writers talk about when they talk to one another in the absence of men

Neha Bhatt

· Mar 24, 2018 · 08:30 am

In Pakistan, English fiction is gathering pace in its search for approval and recognition

Maniza Naqvi

· Mar 18, 2018 · 05:30 pm

‘Fiction is artificial. It must work hard to appear real. It has objectives that real life doesn’t’

Urvashi Bahuguna

· Mar 10, 2018 · 10:30 am

Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A staggering archive of 27,000 images to remember the legendary writer

Harsimran Gill

· Mar 06, 2018 · 05:30 pm

A writers’ retreat in Goa promises an immersive experience with three published authors as mentors

Scroll Staff

· Feb 07, 2018 · 06:14 pm

Which of the wondrous universes she created might Ursula K LeGuin (1929-2018) have retired to?

Abhijit Gupta

· Jan 25, 2018 · 05:30 pm