Dutch writer Gerda Blees was inspired to write her first novel by a report on the death of a member of a highly unusual commune. The result, We Are…

Making the shortlist for the International Booker Prize with his novel Perfection has boosted the profile of Italian novelist Vincenzo Latronico, 40,…

Narine Kroyan is an important voice in Armenian literature, blending personal narratives into the collective cultural tapestry of her homeland…

Martta Kaukonen is a Finnish author and film critic whose acclaimed first novel featured a serial killer in therapy. Born in 1976, she interviewed…

Katharine Halls is an award-winning translator who brings Arabic books to English audiences. Her work on Ahmed Naji’s prison memoir Rotten Evidence…

Can people be formed by what they are called? That is the premise of Brazilian writer Leonardo Garzaro’s latest offering, which flows from a dispute…

Martina Devlin is an acclaimed Irish author and newspaper columnist with a series of books to her name, including full-length novels, collections of…

Writer and researcher Lina Meruane is widely regarded as one of the leading voices in contemporary Latin American literature. She is celebrated for…

Critically acclaimed author Samantha Harvey has won this year’s prestigious Booker Prize for her novel Orbital. Set on a craft inspired by the…

David Diop is a French academic-turned-novelist specialising in 18th-century French literature and francophone Africa. In 2021, he won the…