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JCB Prize for Literature 2020: Deepa Anappara, Dharini Bhaskar among five authors in the shortlist
Fp Staff •The 2020 winner will be announced on 7 November.
JCB Prize for Literature 2020: Annie Zaidi, debut novelist Megha Majumdar among writers longlisted for the literary award
Fp Staff •While debut novelists such as Dharini Bhaskar and Megha Majumdar are among the writers longlised for the prize, translated works such as S Hareesh's Moustache and Ashoke Mukhopadhay's A Ballad of a Remittent Fever will also be among the works of fiction competing for the award.
With only two years in mainstream publishing, how editor Rahul Soni carved a niche with empathy, resolve
Arshia •HarperCollins India's Rahul Soni's stint in mainstream publishing has only just begun, having recently crossed the two-year mark, with a prodigious number of acclaimed titles under his belt already. Reactions to his accomplishments from publishing peers range from reverence to unwavering faith in his mettle, but what seems to get repeatedly underlined about Rahul through several testimonies is his abounding empathy — an alleged rarity in the business.
Madhuri Vijay wins JCB Prize for Literature 2019 for her debut novel, The Far Field
Fp Staff •JCB Prize for Literature 2019 winner Madhuri Vijay's debut novel The Far Field draws heavily from her life, where she grew up in Bengaluru, and later taught in Kashmir
A collection of photos traces the relationship between readers and their environments
Saswata Bhattacharya •Traversing through Shillong, Delhi and Udupi, Reading Spaces attempts to explore the intimate and interactive relationship between readers and their environments.
JCB Prize 2018: Benyamin's Malayalam novel Jasmine Days announced winner
Fp Staff •The JCB Prize 2018 winner Jasmine Days is the story of a young Pakistani woman who witnesses the 2011 Arab Spring while working a radio jockey in a West Asian country
JCB Prize 2018 shortlist announced; top five includes books by Perumal Murugan, Anuradha Roy
Fp Staff •The top-5 entries for this year's JCB Prize include Perumal Murugan's Poonachi, Anuradha Roy's All the Lives We Never Lived, Amitabha Bagchi's Half the Night is Gone, Shubhangi Swarup's Latitudes of Longing and Benyamin's Jasmine Days.