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Nilanjana Roy

Nilanjana Roy joined the Weekend FT as a columnist in July with a brief to write about life, literature, ideas and much more. She is the author of a fantasy duology, The Hundred Names of Darkness, and a collection of essays on reading, The Girl Who Ate Books. She has edited two anthologies, on Indian food writing and on Indian patriots, poets and prisoners, and has been a columnist for the Business Standard

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  • Wednesday, 9 April, 2025
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  • Wednesday, 26 March, 2025
    Fiction
    The return of Jay Gatsby and other literary second lives

    A century on, F Scott Fitzgerald’s lovelorn millionaire is reimagined as a female influencer — the latest beloved character to be reshaped for new readers

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  • Friday, 14 March, 2025
    Books
    Is it time to ditch the book blurb?

    Gushing praise often rewards connections over talent — but a good write-up can still help readers

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  • Friday, 28 February, 2025
    Books
    In praise of the difficult book

    An easy read is like a nursery pudding — it brings comfort. But literature that is hard to digest should also be on every reader’s menu

  • Friday, 14 February, 2025
    Fiction
    A feast for readers: why a good anthology is a gateway to great writing

    The best of these literary collections are like an inviting home, filled with rooms you want to explore

    A crowded room where people look at shelves of books. One shelf is labelled ‘Indian Writing’
  • Tuesday, 4 February, 2025
    ReviewFiction
    We Do Not Part — Han Kang’s tale of a golden thread of friendship

    The Nobel laureate returns with a novel that again explores both human cruelty and our species’ capacity for tenderness

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  • Wednesday, 29 January, 2025
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    The return of the (original) celebrity philosophers

    The TikTok generation is rediscovering thinkers both ancient and modern who can help them make sense of the world

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  • Saturday, 18 January, 2025
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    When poetry heralds a new presidential era

    Robert Frost improvised, Amanda Gorman became a breakout star — but there will be no inaugural poet for Trump’s victory rally

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  • Tuesday, 31 December, 2024
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    I’ve set up a screen-free reading corner, with a ‘comfort stack’ of books that offer nothing but indulgence

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  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
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    Will humanity get lost in translation?

    AI could instantly open up a huge range of books in different languages — but fiction really does require that human touch

    Photograph of a robotic hand flicking through a printed book
  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
    Books
    Do audiobooks count as reading?

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  • Tuesday, 22 October, 2024
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  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Books
    Why illness in fiction is going viral

    A renewed focus on pandemics, sanatoriums and troubled minds reveals much about the state of our times

    A first-person view of a hospital patient looking down at his legs in a hospital bed wearing pajamas
  • Friday, 13 September, 2024
    Fiction
    Why Elsa Morante’s work still resonates today

    On the 50th anniversary of her bestselling novel La Storia, we remember a writer inextricably linked to Italian political history

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  • Monday, 26 August, 2024
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    Bite-sized verse has its place, but two new anthologies offer a chance for deeper engagement with poetic traditions

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  • Wednesday, 7 August, 2024
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    In celebration of bookshops

    When authors pay tribute to booksellers, it’s not only a virtuous circle — it’s a double dose of joy for readers too

    A photograph of a terrace overlooking wooded hillsides, with small white tables shaded in the sun by white umbrellas and a glimpse of a bookshop at the far end of the terrace
  • Tuesday, 23 July, 2024
    Books
    The lasting legacy of writer James Baldwin

    As the author’s centenary approaches, his courageous, powerful and sometimes prescient work is finding new audiences around the world

  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
    Books
    Pirates or princesses, the adventures we read as children shape us for life

    It’s an essential part of growing up, yet the number of kids who read purely for pleasure is at an all-time low

  • Tuesday, 25 June, 2024
    Books
    Writers on writers: why literary friends make the best biographers

    From Joan Didion to Toni Morrison: writers emerge most clearly in the memoirs of fellow authors

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  • Tuesday, 4 June, 2024
    Books
    What do novelists have to say about election fever?

    With more than 80 countries going to the polls this year, it’s time to revisit the best fictional accounts of political high drama

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  • Tuesday, 21 May, 2024
    Books
    Anne Brontë — the sister we forgot

    The novelist’s bold writing and merciless eye make her feel like a writer for today

  • Monday, 6 May, 2024
    Books
    Frighteningly good — in praise of horror fiction

    Modern writers are breathing new life — and fresh ghosts and monsters — into a genre that reflects on real-world nightmares

    A person with an alarmed expression sits at a candlelit dinner table, cutlery in their hands, reading a book propped up against a jug. A black cat is seated next to the person
  • Tuesday, 23 April, 2024
    Books
    Why authors’ letters sometimes say more than their books

    Seamus Heaney’s touching acts of kindness, Jane Austen’s hangovers — an author’s correspondence reveals things that literature cannot

    A man with glasses looks into the rearview mirror of a car
  • Monday, 8 April, 2024
    Books
    Travelling mindfully through the pages of a book

    The best travel writers help us see faraway places — and the world around us — in a fresh light, especially post-pandemic

    Passengers queue to board a plane at an airport
  • Tuesday, 19 March, 2024
    Non-Fiction
    Books about Asia? It’s a golden age

    A fresh wave of historical studies shows that the ancient and medieval worlds were more closely linked than we used to think

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