Author Episodes

The Guest for Today's Episode is Tiffany Tsao.

Tiffany Tsao is a writer and literary translator. She is the author of the novel The Majesties and the Oddfits fantasy trilogy (so far, The Oddfits and The More Known World.)

She has translated five books from Indonesian into English. For her translation of Budi Darma’s People from Bloomington, she was awarded the 2023 PEN Translation Prize and the 2023 NSW Premier’s Translation Prize. Her translation of Norman Erikson Pasaribu’s 'Happy Stories, M...

Today’s guest is Aananth Daksnamurthy. He is speaking about his passion for reading and publishing and his upcoming trip to India and Srilaka to look for literature for publication as a part of the SALT initiative. Aananth Daksnamurthy is a Fulbright scholar graduating with a master's in publishing from New York University. His first book, Acquisition, a Swedish novel titled The Details, was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024. Ananth is also part of the SALT contingent, visiting...

Romesh Gunesekera is on Harshaneeyam talking about evaluating the International Booker Prize - 2024 and his journey as a reader and writer.

Romesh Gunesekera was born in Colombo and lives in London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He is currently judging the 2024 International Booker Prize.

(00:00) Introduction to Ramesh Bhunasekara and His Literary Journey

(01:16) The Beginnings of a Reader Turned Writer

(07:38) The Evolution of a Writer: From Reader to International Auth...

Our Guest for this episode is Fiammetta Rocco, Administrator for International Booker Prize since it was established in 2005.

Fiammetta spoke about her childhood in Nairobi, her love for books, her multilingualism, and the significance of the International Booker Prize to the world of literary fiction.

Fiammetta Rocco was an editor for 25 years at The Economist, specialising in books and arts.

Her journalism has won awards on both sides of the Atlantic. Fiammetta has been the judge of numerou...

Today We have Boris Dralyuk With us. He is speaking about his translation of 'The Silver Bone' Written in Russian by Andrey Kurkov. 'The Silver Bone' is Long-Listed for International Booker Prize - 2024.

Boris Dralyuk is a poet, translator, and critic. He holds a Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures from UCLA and has taught at UCLA and the University of St Andrews, Scotland. He currently teaches in the English Department at the University of Tulsa.

He is the author of My Hollywood and Oth...

సాయి వంశీ యువ రచయిత మంచి చదువరి. ఆయన రాసిన మైక్రో కథలు అనే తన మొదటి పుస్తకం ఈ మధ్యనే రిలీజ్ అయ్యింది. కథలు రాయడం చదవడం కాకుండా సారంగ వెబ్ పత్రిక లో ‘కథల పొద్దు’ అనే శీర్షిక ద్వారా వంశీ యువరచయితలను పరిచయం చేస్తారు. తాను చదివిన పుస్తకాలను విశదంగా ఫేస్బుక్ ద్వారా పరిచయం చేస్తారు. ఈ ఎపిసోడ్ లో ‘మైక్రో కథలు’ పుస్తకం గురించి, సమకాలీన తెలుగు కథాసాహిత్యం గురించి వంశీ మనతో మాట్లాడారు.

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Guest for this Episode is Naveen Kishore, Founder and MD of Seagull Books. Born in Calcutta Naveen Kishore received graduation in English Literature in 1973, and began working as a theatre lighting designer. He established Seagull Books in 1982, a publishing program focusing on drama, film, art and culture studies. Today, it also publishes literature including poetry, fiction non-fiction and English translations from 25 languages.At present, the company has registered divisions in London New Yor...

In this episode, International Booker award winning translator Michele Hutchison talks about the craft of translation, her work and her translation of 'We are Light'.

We Are Light is an exquisitely translated novel in which obsession, mental illness, and deferred dreams lead to complex, compounding tragedies.

Michele Hutchison (b. 1972) is a literary translator from Dutch and French into English. A former commissioning editor at various top publishing houses, she has translated more than forty...

In this Episode, Peter Constantine, Speaks about his journey into World of languages, his translation work in multiple languages and his novel 'Purchased Bride'.

Set in Turkey in the final years of the Ottoman Empire, The Purchased Bride reflects the true story of Constantine's Greek grandmother, Maria, who was bought when she was fifteen by a much older, wealthy Ottoman man.

The novel can be purchased using the link given in the show notes.

http://bit.ly/purchasedbride

Peter Constantine’s r...

(00:07) Introduction to Greybees and its Author

(01:47) Background

(01:55) Early Life and Influences

(05:35) Journey into English Language and Literature

(07:23) Living in Hollywood: Impact on Literary Temperament

(12:10) Approach to Translating Prose and Poetry

(15:56) Mentors and Collaborators

(20:32) Experience as an Editor and Reviewer

(32:23) Discussion on the Novel 'Greybees'

(44:46) Reading from 'Greybees'

(47:02) Conclusion of the Podcast

The novel 'Grey Bees' is one of the mo...

(00:06) Introduction to Jenny Bhatt

(01:37) Jenny's Early Writing Journey

(03:49) Transition from Engineering to Writing

(07:00) Challenges of Balancing Work and Writing

(08:55) Turning Point: From Engineer to Full-Time Writer

(10:18 )Journey to Getting Published

(19:59) The Art of Translation

(26:27) Teaching Creative Writing

(32:05) Desi Books: A Platform for South Asian Literature

(45:36) The Intricacies of Book Promotion and Literary Awards

(47:08) The Art of Writing and Publishing...

ఈ ఎపిసోడ్లో రచయిత మెహెర్ తన సాహితీ వ్యాసాల సంకలనం 'పడి మునకలు' పుస్తకం గురించి మనతో మాట్లాడారు. తెలుగులో మనకున్న విలక్షణమైన రచయిత.

తూర్పుగోదావరి మండపేటలో జన్మించారు. జర్నలిస్టుగా ఆంధ్రజ్యోతిలో పని చేస్తున్నారు. 2007లో బ్లాగు మొదలుపెట్టి కథలు రాస్తున్నారు.

ఆయన రచించిన 2019లో ‘చేదుపూలు’ కథా సంపుటి, ‘మెటమార్ఫసిస్ - ఇంకొన్ని కథలు’ కాఫ్కా రచనల అనువాదం విడుదలయ్యాయి. 2023లో ‘పడి మునకలు’ నాన్ ఫిక్షన్ పుస్తకం విడుదలైంది. తనకు ఇష్టమైన రచయితల గురించి, రచన పట్ల తన దృక్పధాన్ని గురించి రాసిన ఈ పుస్తకం కొనడా...

(00:08) Introduction to Karin Tidbeck

(01:20) Karin's Journey into Storytelling

(02:42) Karin's Fascination with Speculative Fiction

(05:37) Influences and Inspirations

(07:36) Exploring the Jagannath Collection

(07:58) Character Development and Role-Playing Games

(09:17) Karin's Experience in the Gaming Industry

(16:22) Challenges of Self-Translation

(19:19) The Creative Process Behind Jagannath

(33:06) The Story Behind the Title 'Jagannath'

(39:51) Insights into Contemporary Swedish ...

Christy Lefteri holds a PhD in creative writing from Brunel University, where she was a lecturer for many years. She is the author of Songbirds and the international bestseller The Beekeeper of Aleppo, which won the Aspen Words Literary Prize and was the runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.

In this episode she spoke about influences on her writing, Themes she is drawn to and about making of the new novel ' The Book of Fire'.

To buy 'The book of Fire' -

https://amzn.to/46tiUVY

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Michael Katz is the C. V. Starr Professor Emeritus of Russian and East European Studies at Middlebury College. His published research includes numerous articles and two books, The Literary Ballad in Early Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature (1976) and Dreams and the Unconscious in Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature (1984). A prolific translator, he has made a number of works available for English language readers, including prose by Tolstoy, Turgenev, Sleptsov, Jabotinsky, and others.

His ...

Ann Goldstein has been an editor and the head of copy desk at New Yorker Magazine. She worked for the magazine for over 40 years. She has translated works of Famous Italian Writers like Elena Ferrante and Paolo Pasolini. She is the editor of The Complete Works of Primo Levi in English. She has received a Guggenheim fellowship, the PEN Renato Poggioli prize, and awards from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She was the panel chair for translated...

Today, Award-winning Translator and editor Daniel Hahn is talking about his approach to translations, Evaluating a work of translation and his translation of the Portuguese novel 'Resistance' by Julian Fuks.


Daniel Hahn is a writer, editor, and translator with around a hundred books to his credit. His work includes translations from Europe, Africa, and the Americas (encompassing fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and plays) and many nonfiction books, including The Oxford Companion to Chil...

Born in 1954 in Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan, Dr. Hamid Ismailov is a Uzbek journalist and writer. He was forced to leave Uzbekistan in 1992 due to what the state dubbed ‘unacceptable democratic tendencies’. He came to the United Kingdom, where he took a job with the BBC World Service, where he worked for 25 years.

In addition to journalism, Ismailov is a prolific writer of poetry and prose, and his books have been published in Uzbek, Russian, French, German, Turkish, English and other languages. His wor...

Prabda Yoon is an Artist, Filmmaker, writer, publisher and translator. He Lives in Bangkok, Thailand.

After studying Graphic Design and visual communication in the US, he embarked on a prolific career, authoring a remarkable collection of twenty fiction books, encompassing both short stories and novels.

As a designer, Yoon designed over 100 book covers, lending his creative touch to numerous publications. His artistic works have been exhibited regularly in Thailand and Japan, gaining recogniti...

In this episode, Ms.Ministhy S. Nair, an IAS officer Of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, spoke about her literary journey, translations, and about the experience of translating works of Malayalam writer VJ James.

She translates between four languages: English, Malayalam, Hindi, and Avadhi.

Her translation of The Poison of Love by Malayalam novelist K.R. Meera was longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2017, and The Unseeing Idol of Light by the same author was shortlisted for the Cros...

In this episode, Ms.Priyamvada Ramkumar talks about her literary journey, Translating Tamil writer Sri.Jeyamohan’s ‘Aram’ short stories into English and her future projects in translation.

(00:08) Introduction

(01:36) Priyamvada's Early Literary Journey

(05:22) Transition into Translation

(13:03) Challenges and Learnings in Translation

(16:50) The Process of Translating 'Stories of the True'

(22:26) Exploring the Themes in 'Stories of the True'

(41:23) Collaboration with Fellow Translator...

Suchitra Ramachandran is the Translator of the novel 'The Abyss'. It's a translation of the Tamil novel 'Ezham Ulagam' Written by Jeyamohan.

In this conversation, she spoke about her literary influences, the book, and the translation effort.

She has published a limited-edition volume of illustrated English translations of Tamil Sangam-era poems (Kuruntokai—Love, Loss, Landscapes, Mulligatawny Books, Chennai, 2016). Suchitra has a doctoral degree in biological sciences from Carnegie Mellon Univ...

‘Following a Prayer’ is a novel about three inquisitive young girls. Kalpana, a twelve-year-old girl in a village nestled in the dense hills of the Western Ghats, goes missing one morning. When she returns, she has gone silent. Nothing can get her to speak. What happened in those three days that she went missing? What prevents her from communicating with her parents and sister except through notes and scribbles? As the village prepares to celebrate the annual Deepavali festival, a rumour spreads...

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE - Novel 'Brotherless Night' which was released this January is written by VV Ganeshananthan.
'Brotherless Night' Can be purchased at -

https://amzn.to/3WuRlHy

Set during the early years of Sri Lanka’s three-decade civil war, Brotherless Night is a heartrending portrait of one woman’s moral journey and a testament to both the enduring impact of war and the bonds of home.

The Author of the 'Brotherless Night' - V.V. Ganeshananthan, is a fiction writer and journali...