Occupation: Author Birth: 1955
Wish it, believe it, and it will be so..
There’s something very freeing about losing the anchors that have always defined you. Frightening, sad, but exhilarating in a poignant way, as well. ….
Happy people look young. You’re really afraid of getting older, aren’t you? You should only be afraid of getting less happy..
Flattery is a lie covered in a bed of flowery words..
I read The Vegetarian and fell in love with it. A year later, I was invited to go and speak at the London Book Fair (which I'd never even heard of be….
We are all bodies of water, guarding the mystery of our depths, but some of us have more to guard than others..
I did my BA in English lit, and hated the restriction - I'd always read more in translation than not; coming from a working-class background, what I ….
Hwang Jung-eun is one of the brightest stars of the new South Korean generation - she's Han Kang's favourite, and the novel we're publishing scooped ….
Life doesn't take itself seriously for long. Joy leaves an imprint even in the hardest sorrow..
What do you call love, then?" Someone I can't live without..
A photograph is a souvenir of life!.
The hardest memories are the pieces of what might have been..
Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay is a stylistically daring writer in love with surrealism, credited with being 'the woman who reintroduced hardcore sexuality t….
I suspected learning a language would be both useful and enjoyable (I love memorising lists of things), and would get rid of the embarrassment of bei….
I taught myself the first year course while I was on the dole, then moved to London to do an MA at SOAS, which led straight into a PhD..
Instead of fearing what might happen if I failed, I should be excited about what could happen if I succeeded!.
Not only are unpaid internships exploitative, they're one of the main forces keeping publishing in this country a primary white middle-class industry….
This and the small sample size inevitably leads to stereotypes - sweeping family sagas from India, 'lush' colonial romances from South-East Asia. Mot….
The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful. PROVERBS 12:22.
And to improve access to the UK publishing industry - I'm hoping to set up an internship or work experience for someone from a low-income background,….
A chorus of tough southern belles whispered, You need a loyal husband around here. Loyal to you, loyal to your family, loyal to your land. I added, G….