Literary Festivals
Kerala Literature Festival
Our Session with Booker Prize Winner Paul Lynch
“Fiction Amidst Upheaval: The Poetics and Prose of Turbulent Times”
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Jaipur Literature Festival
Our Session with Santiago Roncagliolo at the JLF
“From a violence drenched background in Lima to the turbulent history of Turkey, two tales of individual dilemmas and struggles steeped in the haunting legacies.”
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Kolkata Lit Meet
At The Breakfast Table: Defne Suman discusses her novel and a muse called Istanbul.
In conversation with Chinmoy Guha.
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Destiny’s Daughters: Defne Suman and Saras Manickam discuss how secrets and shadows of history define the women in their stories. In conversation with Antara Datta.
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Interviews & Articles
Saga Magazine
Hindustani Times
In conversation with Elif Shafak on her book The Island of the Missing Trees
Boston Cultural Festival — Interview with Ulker Gokberk
Interview with Summit Sharma Sameer — Echoes of Turkey: The Life and Works of Defne Suman
Powells Books — Interview with Maureen Freely
Women Writers, Women’s Books
Q&A with Deborah Kalb
Jean Book Nerd
Shark Bites Podcast
Hindustani Times
In conversation with Elif Shafak on her book The Island of the Missing Trees
Boston Cultural Festival — Interview with Ulker Gokberk
Interview with Summit Sharma Sameer — Echoes of Turkey: The Life and Works of Defne Suman
Powells Books — Interview with Maureen Freely
Women Writers, Women’s Books
Q&A with Deborah Kalb
Jean Book Nerd
Shark Bites Podcast