Interviews

Katie Kitamura's second book, Gone to the Forest, is an elegant and sparse tale of familial fallout to a backdrop of civil war and post-colonial guilt. Katie took some time to talk to us about how she edited the book, her feelings on post-colonialism and what she's most looking forward to reading this year.

We interview James Smythe, writer of things science fiction, computer game and literary-ness. He talks about non-disclosure agreements, genre snobbery and solitude.

Sheila Heti's first book in the UK, How Should a Person Be? comes highly recommended by voice-of-a-generation du jour, Lena Dunham. Nikesh talks to her about the book, how it was written and the greatest Canadian of all time.

It's not often you get to talk to one of your favourite authors. Nikesh gets 26 minutes with short story writer and comic, George Saunders. He avoids sycophancy. They talk about George's new collection, Tenth of December.

Nikesh caught up with short story writer Tania Hershman to talk about her favourite short story writers, the true meaning of 'short' and how and where she writes

After hearing David Nicholls read his short story 'A Little Soul', taken from the new Book Slam anthology, at a recent event, we asked if we could interview the man. We spoke on the phone about the Book Slam anthology, about adapting Dickens and about when we can expect a new novel.

Nikesh interviews Ben Fountain about his book, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, about writing short stories and about the upcoming American election.

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.

We spoke to Niven Govinden about Black Bread White Beer his new book, about his literary heroes and why he chose to go digital for this release.