Booker Prize winner Kiran Desai is up for the award again with a long-awaited novel Indian author Kiran Desai is up for the award again with her new novel “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny.” The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2025
Most global Booker prize longlist in a decade features Kiran Desai and Tash Aw Chair of judges Roddy Doyle says the 13 ‘gripping’ titles in contention for the £50,000 award all ‘examine identity, individual or national’ The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2025
This year’s Booker prize longlist looks in new directions Former winner Kiran Desai leads a varied field, while Alan Hollinghurst misses out The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2025
Five of the best postcolonial novels A coming-of-age tale in 1930s Barbados, a young man uncovers a terrible secret in rural Sudan and a Booker-winning story of rebellion in India all explore the complex legacy of colonialism The Guardian - UK · Jan 18, 2024
Chautauqua, where Salman Rushdie was attacked, has a long history of promoting free speech and learning for the public good On Aug. 20, 2022, a large crowd gathered in front of the New York Public Library to hear prominent authors such as Kiran Desai, Gay Talese and Colum McCann read from novelist Salman Rushdie’s works. The event was organized as a demonstration of support for Rushdie after he was brutally… The Conversation · Aug 25, 2022
Paul Auster, Aasif Mandvi and others support Salman Rushdie with public readings Writers Jeffrey Eugenides, Roya Hakakian, Kiran Desai, Tina Brown, Gay Talese and others gave live readings from the author's work as he recovered from a brutal attack. WEKU · Aug 19, 2022