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The Weather Where We Are

Various Contributors

‘Ice gets into the sea in two ways: it falls in from calving glaciers, or it forms during the winter. Both kinds are spectacular.’

Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and criticism.

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John Borneman

John Borneman works on political anthropology in Europe, the United States, and the Middle East. His book Syrian Encounters, an extract of which appeared in Granta 93, was published by Princeton University Press in 2006.

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Urvashi Butalia

Urvashi Butalia is the co-founder of Kali for Women, India’s first feminist publisher, and is Director of its imprint Zubaan. Her works include The Other Side of Silence: Voices from the Partition of India. She lives in Delhi.

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James Hamilton-Paterson

James Hamilton-Paterson is the author of Gerontius, Seven-Tenths, Three Miles Down and Griefwork, among other books. His work has been translated into many languages. America’s Boy and Playing with Water are also available from Granta Books. He lives in Italy and the Philippines.

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Maarten ’t Hart

Maarten ’t Hart has published more than forty books since his debut in 1971. His novels include A Flight of Curlews, The Fury of the Whole World and The Sundial. A biologist as well as a specialist on classical music, in 2019 he published a book about his personal fascination for Johannes Sebastian Bach.

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Thomas Keneally

Thomas Keneally’s novels include The Playmaker and Schindler’s Ark, for which he won the Booker Prize in 1982. He lives on the coast of New South Wales, Australia.

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James Lasdun

James Lasdun is the author of several books of poetry and fiction, including It’s Beginning to Hurt, a story collection. His poetry collection Landscape with Chainsaw was a finalist for the Forward, T.S. Eliot and LA Times Book Prizes.

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Javier Reverte

Javier Reverte was born in Madrid in 1944. His most recent novel, La aventura de viajar, was published in 2006.

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Rodrigo Rey Rosa

Rodrigo Rey Rosa lives in Guatemala. His books include The Good Cripple and a short story collection, Otto Zoo.

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