Shehan Karunatilaka is out with a collection of short stories, soon after his Booker win. The Sri Lankan author in conversation with Open

The French author’s book on the city’s poverty also showed the resilience of its people

Few authors are as synonymous with a city as French author Dominique Lapierre was with Kolkata

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