Sheela Tomy’s debut novel, Valli, was shortlisted for the 2022 JCB Prize for Literature. Kunzum wanted to know more about her book and environmental activism, and bring her ideas to you, so we sat down with the author for an enlightening conversation.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is back, with a novel about three sisters caught up in the aftermath of India’s Independence and Partition. We sat down with her at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2023 to talk books, strong female characters, inspirational women writers, and more.
Kunzum Gurgaon is hosting a Women Writers Fest in collaboration with ShethePeople! The Fest aims to focus the dialogue on women writers who are breaking new ground in content, style, and storytelling.
Kunzum Book Bees is organising a Kids’ Festival in collaboration with The Tale of You. Join us with your young ones to attend enrapturing book readings, learn storytelling, participate in creativity contests, and win prizes!
From Chinese fortune cookies to scissors, unusual objects possess a voice in Ruth Ozeki’s latest novel, The Book of Form and Emptiness. Curious, we approached Ozeki to understand her writing process, relationship with objects, obsession with libraries and bookstores, and Buddhist approach to life.
Winner of the 2015 Booker Prize, Marlon James, was one of the many acclaimed speakers at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2023. We spoke with him about African myths, unlearning Eurocentrism, his book recommendations, and the upcoming third book of his Dark Star trilogy.
Anees Salim opens up to Kunzum about his Facebook alter-ego, his obsession with waterbodies, the recurring themes of death and hopelessness in his novels, and, of course, The Bellboy.
Winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature in 2019, Half the Night is Gone is Amitabha Bagchi’s third and arguably most popular novel. The author speaks with Kunzum about the book and its new Hindi translation, his literary influences and recommended reads.
A book critic reflects on his discovery of Joan Didion and the impact one of her books had on his grieving process, while also trying to decipher what makes the prose tick.
