Rutvik Bhandari

Satoshi Yagisawa on why he writes about bookstores, cafes and other everyday things, the bias against “comforting” books, and surprisingly dark fiction he loves to recommend

Hotel Irada near Pune, which claims to be India’s first “five-star wine resort”, invites you to wind down with some stellar vino

Cameras line up, interview requests pile up, and royalties start cashing. Banu Mushtaq, Deepa Bhasthi, and Jenny Erpenbeck open up about the opportunities and anxieties that follow fiction’s biggest prize

The Spanish pop star’s avant-garde new album has her singing in 13 languages, with every second of music performed using real strings, real instruments, and real people