Fiction, Faction & the Spaces in Between | Keshava Guha, Michelle Gallen, Niamh Campbell, Sandip Roy

Описание: Fiction, Faction and the Spaces in Between
Keshava Guha, Michelle Gallen and Niamh Campbell in conversation with Sandip Roy

A session that examines fiction, faction and the spaces in between. Three talented writers address fictional and factual worlds through their writing, as they draw from memory, history, and social reality to illuminate deeper truths. Keshava Guha, novelist and columnist, discusses The Tiger’s Share, a tragicomedy that explores power, privilege, and political undercurrents in contemporary India. Michelle Gallen, award-winning Irish writer of Big Girl, Small Town and Factory Girls, vividly captures class, conflict, and resilience in post-Troubles Northern Ireland. Irish novelist Niamh Campbell is known for an ‘uncanny emotional insight’, and discusses her works This Happy, We Were Young and the forthcoming Make Strange. In conversation with Sandip Roy, they discuss the nuances of storytelling and the process of staying true to the written word.

Supported by Embassy of Ireland in India and Culture Ireland

Keshava Guha is the author of the novels The Tiger's Share and Accidental Magic. His essays and journalism – on politics, culture and sport – have been widely published. He was previously a senior editor at Juggernaut Books and a columnist for NDTV.

Michelle Gallen grew up in Northern Ireland during the Troubles a few miles from the border. She studied English Literature at Trinity College Dublin and Publishing at Stirling University. Her debut novel, Big Girl, Small Town was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award. Her critically acclaimed second novel, Factory Girls, won the Comedy Women in Print award and was shortlisted for the RSL Encore Award. Both books are being adapted for TV. She has just finished her third novel, China Bull.

Niamh Campbell is an Irish writer from Dublin. She is the author of This Happy (2020), We Were Young (2022) and Make Strange (2026). She has won the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award and the Rooney Prize for Irish Writing.

Sandip Roy is a writer, columnist and podcaster living in Kolkata. He is a columnist for Mint Lounge and the Hindu, and the host of the Sandip Roy Show on Indian Express. His weekly audio dispatches from Kolkata have been airing on public radio KALW in San Francisco since 2012. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Times of India, Firstpost, Huffington Post, Condé Nast Traveller, BBC and NPR, among others. He has been part of numerous anthologies and served as the editor of Trikone, the world’s oldest magazine on LGBTQ+ South Asian issues. His first novel is Don’t Let Him Know.

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