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Crossword Book Award 2013 Winners

The Crossword Book Award, only open to Indian citizens, is awarded in a variety of categories.

The 2013 awards were given to the following books

English Fiction

Boats on Land by Janice Pariat

Em and the Big Hoom by Jerry Pinto

English Non-Fiction

Righteous Republic by Ananya Vajpeyi

From the Ruins of Empire by Pankaj Mishra

Translation

A Life in Words: Memoirs by Ismat Chugtai translated by Dr. M Asaduddin

Children’s Writing

Book Uncle and Me by Uma Krishnaswami

Wisha Wozzariter by Payal Kapadia

Popular

The Bankster by Ravi Subramaniam

see full lists of short listed books here

 

Commonwealth Writers Interviews Nadeem Aslam

Commonwealth Writers sat down with Pakistani novelist Nadeem Aslam and asked him some very interesting questions about politics and ideas and whether there is place for them in fiction, a need for them even, as well as what defines him as a writer.  Watch his interview here.