Interviews: October 2012

The War Tour, the debut collection of short stories by Zoe Lambert is rooted in a world of conflict and oppression. It deals with the legacy war has had on a movement of migrants and refugees all over the world. It is a powerful and astonishing piece of work. Nikesh talks to Zoe about the collection, how she put it together, the research involved and whether she'll be reading The Casual Vacancy.

Miroslav Penkov, winner of the BBC International Short Story Award, talks to Nikesh about East of the West, his collection of stories, about winning the Award and what he plans to do with the prize money.