In conversation with Siddhartha Mukherjee, author

George Saunders has a cult status in contemporary fiction. In his new short story collection, the American author explores power and ethics, love and morality. He speaks to Open about creating characters with tenderness

Shehan Karunatilaka brings the Booker Prize to the haunted island

Karunatilaka’s novel, though set during the civil war of the 1990s, seems oddly resonant today

The novels shortlisted for the Booker prize 2022 use humour, horror and heart as strategy

In her new novel, Kamila Shamsie moves between Karachi of the late 1980s and London of today. She speaks to Open about how childhood bonds can fray and strengthen over time

For Annie Enraux, the new Nobel laureate in literature, the family narrative carries the biggest social story

Often described as one of the finest writers of the 21st century, she is the first woman and only the fourth person to win two Booker prizes

Acts of resistance and resilience by five generations of women artists

Jerry Pinto’s new novel is about urban adolescence in the eighties. He speaks to Open about the humiliations of college and the joys of language