The JCB Prize for Literature Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

The JCB Prize for Literature

Shortlisted for his book Anti-Clock, translated by Ministhy S., V.J. James writes about the role of time and place in his novels. https://t.co/EjlVbJ2QXP @livemint x #TheJCBPrize https://t.co/btwZDoqrXS

The JCB Prize for Literature

Part of the 2022 Jury, Amitabha Bagchi is the author of four novels. The first, 'Above Average', was a bestseller. His second novel, 'The Householder', was published to critical acclaim, the third, 'This Place', was shortlisted for the Raymond Crossword Book Award 2014. (1/2) https://t.co/SCbB3a5umx

The JCB Prize for Literature

Part of the 2022 jury, Rakhee Balaram is an Assistant Professor of Global Art & Art History at the University of Albany, where she specializes in modern and contemporary art. She is the author of 'Counterpractice: Psychoanalysis, Politics and the Art of French Feminism'. (1/2) https://t.co/CxLIfLL1sR

The JCB Prize for Literature

Part of the 2022 Jury @janicepariat is the author of ‘The Nine Chambered-Heart’, ‘Boats on Land: A Collection of Short Stories’ and ‘Seahorse: A Novel’. She was awarded the Young Writer Award from the Sahitya Akademi and the Crossword Book Award for Fiction in 2013. (1/2) https://t.co/XElAvR0F7d

The JCB Prize for Literature

Chair of the 2023 jury, @sperur is the author of the travelogue 'If It's Monday It Must Be Madurai'. He has translated from Kannada the novel 'Ghachar Ghochar', by Vivek Shanbhag and the memoir 'This Life at Play', by Girish Karnad. More here: https://t.co/wPVPg64fTf https://t.co/e3jM0Ja2YX

The JCB Prize for Literature

Is it easier to write about what you know, or is it more difficult to be critical of what's close? Author of 'Gods and Ends', shortlisted for #TheJCBPrize2021, Lindsay Pereira on growing up in Orlem, and why he set his novel there. https://t.co/O5c7XPpiy7 https://t.co/UKK9Aj6Umd

The JCB Prize for Literature

Part of the 2022 Jury, Amitabha Bagchi is the author of four novels. The first, 'Above Average', was a bestseller. His second novel, 'The Householder', was published to critical acclaim, the third, 'This Place', was shortlisted for the Raymond Crossword Book Award 2014. (1/2) https://t.co/SCbB3a5umx

The JCB Prize for Literature

Chair of the 2023 jury, @sperur is the author of the travelogue 'If It's Monday It Must Be Madurai'. He has translated from Kannada the novel 'Ghachar Ghochar', by Vivek Shanbhag and the memoir 'This Life at Play', by Girish Karnad. More here: https://t.co/wPVPg64fTf https://t.co/e3jM0Ja2YX

The JCB Prize for Literature

Shortlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature, 'Tomb of Sand' is the English translation of Geetanjali Shree's 'Ret Samadhi', from Hindi by @shreedaisy . #TheMakingOf #TombOfSand is part of 'The Making Of..' Series, celebrating the 2022 Shortlist https://t.co/yLi41Fhb6R

The JCB Prize for Literature

Shortlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature, 'The Paradise of Food' is the English translation of @khalid_jawed 's 'Nematkhana', by @BaranFarooqi . #TheMakingOf #TheParadiseOfFood is part of 'The Making Of..' Series, celebrating the 2022 Shortlist. https://t.co/II2HEZ3vh2