All Entries in the "Interviews" Category
The New Anthem: Interview with Ahmede Hussain (Bangladesh)
I don’t want to achieve anything through the anthology. I wanted to celebrate the diversity of the writing from the sub-continent and the book does exactly that.
Interview: Jonathan Lim on Chestnuts Does Christmas: Like a Hard Candy Virgin
The brainchild of Jonathan Lim, Chestnuts is Singapore’s longest-running comedy sketch show. After 12 years of no-holds-barred comedy, Chestnuts returns to its birthplace – Jubilee Hall – for a special Xmas edition. This year, we talk to Lim about the humble beginnings of this show and the upcoming installment, Chestnuts Does Christmas: Like a Hard Candy Virgin.
Interview with novelist Mohammed Hanif (Pakistan)
Here, he is in conversation with Zafar Anjum, co-editor of Writers Connect, in Singapore. The author was in Singapore to attend the Singapore Writers Festival this year.
The Long Walk Home: Interview with novelist Manreet Sodhi Someshwar (Hong Kong/India)
The Long Walk Home is the first fictional examination of the twentieth century history of Punjab and certainly the first one to deal with the Khalistan movement (in English language).
‘Format the story before you start writing it’: Mukul Deva
Indian thriller writer Mukul Deva’s first two novels, Lashkar and Salim Must Die, are bestsellers in India.
3 Poems – Tade Ipadeola (Nigeria)
Your poem nails home horseshoes
wears hat, mounts steed
does not look back.
12 Poems – Jan Erik Vold (Norway)
A Bottle-Born Letter For Robben Island
(For Nelson Mandela)
I TAKE A FELT PEN
and draw
an
Indian
on the canvas
of the sky. That is my
monument. That is the help
we’re looking
for. I put the sketch in an
envelope
and send it
to Robben Island.
EVEN IF I’VE FORGOTTEN
the zip
code. Even
if I’ve forgotten the bank
account. Even if I’ve forgotten
the social service
number, the
passport number, the bicycle
number. I [...]
Interview: Bend it like Balli Jaswal (Singapore)
Just writing something end of the day or being affirmed by the recognition of a fellowship, being recognized by fellow writers and critics, that is very humbling and it makes me feel like I am doing something worthwhile, says Balli Jaswal,
Interview: Suhayl Saadi by Zafar Anjum (Scotland)
Suhayl Saadi was born in Yorkshire in 1961 of Afghan-Pakistani parents, and grew up in Glasgow, becoming a medical doctor. He is a widely published novelist, dramatist and poet…
Interview: Suzanne Choo: ‘The Unseen’ – Lit Studies (Singapore)
Suzanne Choo is a leading academic in teacher education in Singapore, presently studying in New York City
