Wordly wise

This year’s online edition of Tata Literature Live! has an amazing line-up of award-winning international writers and journalists. Here are our favourite five

Christina Sweeney-Baird

Very few writers have such an assured debut like Baird’s, whose first novel, The End of Men, was published in April this year. The young author grew up between London and Glasgow, and graduated from the University of Cambridge with a First Class degree in Law in 2015. Her book is already being translated into 16 languages, and its film rights have been sold to a major US studio. At the festival, she will be part of the Patri(an)archy session, where she, along with Amy K Blakemore and writer-editor Peter Griffin, will discuss the complex and often vexed societal and personal relationships between men and women.
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When: November 18, 6 PM

Matthew Weiner

If you’ve lapped up season after season of Mad Men, you’d not want to miss this session by the creator, executive producer, writer and director of the popular television drama series. The nine-time Emmy Award winner and storyteller in television, film and literature, published his debut novel, Heather, The Totality, in 2017. He will be joined by screenwriter Varun Grover and journalist Gayatri Rangachari Shah at the Reeling ‘Em In session, where they will discuss how to keep the audience hooked.
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When: November 21, 11.15 AM

Nick Hornby

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The Oscar-nominated screenwriter and award-winning author, has written eight novels including High Fidelity, About a Boy and most recently, Just Like You. His non-fiction books include 31 Songs and Fever Pitch. He has written numerous award-winning screenplays for film and television, including An Education, Brooklyn, Wild and most recently, State of the Union. In About An Author, moderated by Anuvab Pal, he will discuss his interests, influences, pre-occupations and styles of writing that define his literary career.
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When: November 21, 3.30 PM
To Register: https://tatalitlive.in/

Nguyen Phan Que Mai

Que Mai is an award-winning writer and journalist from Vietnam. Her debut novel and first book in English, The Mountains Sing, is an international bestseller, and winner of several awards. It was recently short-listed for the 2021 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Her second novel in English, Dust Child, is forthcoming in 2023. At her session, Tragedy and Triumph, moderated by Supriya Nair, she will offer a peek into the world of Vietnamese culture, language, traditions, and talk about the lived experiences of people, showing how they emerged scarred, but not broken from the events of historical grief.
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When: November 20, 9 PM

David Baldacci

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He needs little introduction. Baldacci, who has authored 43 novels—all have been national and international bestsellers, and several have been adapted for film and television—is also a devoted philanthropist, and his greatest efforts are dedicated to his family’s Wish You Well Foundation, which supports family and adult literacy programmes in the United States. At his session, titled The Thrill of the Chase, he will talk about plot, good and evil, and the vocabulary and pace of nail-biting page turners.
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When: November 21, 2 PM

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