Suroor Alikhan
@suroor_alikhan
Book addict, amateur photographer, lover of music, stories and language, and incorrigible dreamer. See also http://www.women-on-the-road.com/travel-book-re….
We're delighted to announce the receipt of THREE @englishpen awards for CHILCO, ON EARTH AS IT IS BENEATH and LA LUCHA! englishpen.org/posts/news/pen…
Friday, 8 Aug., 7:30 pm IST / 16:00 CET: HLF Online session on poetry by South Asian women, with Lopamudra Basu, Professor of English, University of Wisconsin-Stout, and Feroza Jussawalla, Professor Emerita, University of New Mexico. @HydLitFest Watch at youtube.com/c/HLF-India
This week's #bookreview: Seishi Yokomizo's The Devil's Flute Murders, a twisty #whodunnit set in post-World War II Japan. A man seen alive months after his suicide, dark family secrets, and mysterious music seeming to come from nowhere. @PushkinVertigo talking-about-books.com/2025/07/19/the…
Connie Francis died. What a great voice. She was a part of my childhood. RIP. variety.com/2025/music/new…
This week's #bookreview: Eurotrash by Christian Kracht, a tragicomic novel about a man taking his 80-year-old mother for a trip through Switzerland and, in the process, giving away a huge fortune. @serpentstail #fiction #booksintranslation talking-about-books.com/2025/07/12/eur…
So many books I haven’t read and I am disappointed that we’re not going to the bookshop today. Getting a bit out of hand, no? #booktwitter
This week's #bookreview: Margaret Atwood's Dearly, poems about loss, absence, murdered women, humans' destruction of the planet—and werewolves, aliens and zombies. A rich and very enjoyable collection. #poetry talking-about-books.com/2025/07/05/dea…
An extra #bookreview this week: Mindscapes, a collection of #artwork by children with #specialneeds. Artists are mostly children and young people from India, aged between 9 and 24, and all face physical or mental challenges. Published by @margika_pune talking-about-books.com/2025/07/02/min…
This week's #bookreview: Homesick by @jenniferlcroft, a moving and funny coming-of-age story about two sisters. Croft captures the nuances of a close relationship. Loved it. #fiction #memoirs @CharcoPress talking-about-books.com/2025/06/28/hom…
This week's #bookreview: Banu Mushtaq's Heart Lamp, set in the southern Indian Muslim communities, winner of the Int'l Booker. Mushtaq's work as a activist for #womensrights comes through. Translated by Deepa Bhasthi. @TheBookerPrizes @andothertweets talking-about-books.com/2025/06/21/hea…
"I had written about the Middle East but missing from the narrative were the voices of the people themselves." Talking About Books interviewed @reo_lowe about her 2016 trip cycling from London to Tehran and her book The Slow Road to Tehran.#AuthorInterview talking-about-books.com/2025/06/18/cyc…
This week's #bookreview: Time Shelter by @Gospodinov68, a novel about time and nostalgia, about the fragility of memory and the political manipulation of the past. Intriguing. Translated by Angela Rodel. #booksintranslation #fiction talking-about-books.com/2025/06/14/tim…
RIP Brian Wilson, and thank you for the wonderful music. youtube.com/watch?v=OZ2RJw…
Love this.
I may not always love you But long as there are stars above you You never need to doubt it I'll make you so sure about it...
Dan Storper, the founder of @PutumayoMusic, has died. He was passionate about promoting music from around the world, and I have found so many wonderful artists through the CDs (which are worth owning, they're so beautifully produced). RIP. sfchronicle.com/entertainment/…
This week's #bookreview: Usha Raman's Polite Conversations, a book about mothers and daughters and the things we leave unsaid. Raman captures relationships—and grief—beautifully. #fiction talking-about-books.com/2025/06/07/pol…
Finally, a bit of my own publishing. Chowringhee Press. I’ll be publishing Indian translations for readers outside India. The first one has just come out. To get a copy anywhere in the USA (or elsewhere outside India), please use the link below. Thank you! chowringheepress.stck.me/.../Tagore-s-L…
We are beyond thrilled to announce that the recipient for the Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award is @BernardineEvari! Supported by #BukhmanPhilanthropies #WomensPrize #OutstandingContributionAward linktr.ee/womensprize
The @HydLitFest is holding an in-person session on Sat. 14 June with @MajidDan on his book The Hyderabadis: From 1947 to the Present Day where he collects oral histories, interviews and the author's personal experiences to craft a modern history of #Hyderabad. @HarperCollinsIN
