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A. Igoni Barrett | Interview
A. Igoni Barrett & Ted Hodgkinson
‘Fixing the rhythm of one sentence in the novel I’m working on is more vital for me than any considerations of where I’m coming from or where my work is headed.’
Jenni Fagan | Podcast
Ellah Allfrey & Jenni Fagan
Jenni Fagan speaks with Ellah Alfrey about the care system, her days in a band and how a library van nurtured her love of reading.
Rattawut Lapcharoensap | Interview
Rattawut Lapcharoensap & Yuka Igarashi
‘Sometimes all a story needs is an interesting, clearly defined confusion.’
Romesh Gunesekera | Interview
Romesh Gunesekera & Ka Bradley
‘The past has never been as present as it is now in the world. But at the same time, all over the world, the determination to manipulate what we know has also never been stronger.’
David McConnell | Interview
David McConnell & Patrick Ryan
‘These were deranged acts but they were ultimately based on something that’s historically been treated as a social good, the sense of personal honour.’
Rebecca Solnit | Podcast
Rebecca Solnit & Yuka Igarashi
Rebecca Solnit discusses interweaving personal narratives with the lives of Mary Shelley and Che Guevara, paradoxes and Beyoncé.
Lindsey Hilsum | Podcast
Lindsey Hilsum & Rachael Allen
Lindsey Hilsum on Libya, her time in Rwanda and how countries can repair in the aftermath of war.
Ben Markovits | Podcast
Benjamin Markovits & Yuka Igarashi
Ben Markovits in conversation with Yuka Igarashi on minor-league baseball and his experiences as a writer.
International Prize for Arabic Fiction | Podcast
Saud Alsanousi & Ellah Alfrey
On Tuesday 23 April, in Abu Dhabi, Saud Alsanousi was announced winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.
Lina Wolff | Podcast
Lina Wolff & Saskia Vogel
Lina Wolff on Dante, the artistic temperament and the tension she feels between a ‘Spanishness’ and ‘Swedishness’ when writing.
Mario Levrero | Best Untranslated Writers
Juan Pablo Villalobos
‘I knew he was a ‘strange’ writer, unclassifiable, with a boundless imagination, who was creating one of the most intriguing, thought-provoking bodies of work in the Spanish language.’
Turkish Granta | Interview
Berrak Gocer & Ted Hodgkinson
‘The writings, when they came together, made it very clear that there will always be a new approach to the issue of identity.’
