The Latest Breaking News from VS Naipaul

It isn’t surprising that a large section of the western commentariat is ill-equipped to grasp the exuberant and deep resonance of the Indian populace with the Ram Mandir inauguration in Ayodhya. The inability to do so is often a case of lack of frames; the blinkered view missing most of…

What does a writer’s education look like? Is it access to books, regular letter-writing, difficulty in childhood (war, illness, a brutal boarding school)? What talent or disposition primes the young writer for their training? In the push and pull of nature versus nurture, a key element is the right teacher,…

The teacher and writer on a golden age for Caribbean writers, editing in bed, and his encounter with VS Naipaul

The prolific novelist and travel writer is 81 but shows no signs of slowing down. He talks about adventure, criticism… and that memoir by his ex-wife

The Chautauqua Institution, southwest of Buffalo in New York State, is known for its summer lectures – and as a place where people come seeking peace and serenity. Salman Rushdie, the great writer and influential public intellectual, had spoken at the centre before.

Monique Roffey, the Costa-winning author of The Mermaid of Black Conch, on the lit-boom that’s happening on the Caribbean island

Editorial: The latest shortlist for the Women’s prize for fiction is a show of strength for a small island

The author’s first novel in 20 years explores the modern values of Modi’s India and the transnational lives of its influential elite