short story collection

Sudden Traveler is a collection of seven stories where the characters are trying to reconcile their journeys through life, death, and love.
It's Throwback Thursday, and in today's episode, I'm sharing an interview with author Sarah Hall about her story collection, Sudden Traveler.  This is a collection of seven stories where the characters are trying to reconcile their journeys through life, death, and love. These stories are not interconnected, and they slip in and out between fantasy and reality and the themes span love, life, death, grief, parenthood, and women’s agency. 
This interview was originally recorded in October 2019.
BOOK:
Order a copy of Sudden Traveler from Amazon or Bookshop. 
SHOW NOTES & BOOKLIST: 
Find the episode show notes and a list of all the books mentioned here.
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On today's episode, I'm joined by authors Curtis Lawson and Joshua Rex, who co-wrote the short story collection "The Coffin Maker's Book of Dark Tales."
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We discuss the movies "Christine" and "Session 9," as well as avoiding cliches in writing, what makes a great horror story, and the benefits of collaboration.

Writing literary fiction about artificial intelligence

Tara and Michelle talk to Tanuj Solanki about his latest novel, “The Machine Is Learning”, which was longlisted for the JCB Prize. We chat about why he decided to write about technology and the workplace in this literary format.

Tanuj tells us about his childhood in Muzaffarnagar and how his family encouraged his reading habits. He tells us how his creative process has changed from spontaneity to planned writing. Tara is impressed that Tanuj finds the time to write between his full time job and his role as the editor of The Bombay Literary Magazine. We chat about translations and how he likes to experiment in his writing. Michelle and Tanuj bond over their preference for short stories over novels and how he dreams of writing a fat novel one day!

'Books and Beyond with Bound' is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D'costa of Bound talk to some of the best writers in India and find out what makes them tick.

Tanuj Solanki is the author of two novels—The Machine is Learning (longlisted for the JCB Prize) and Neon Noon (shortlisted for the Tata Lit Live First Book Award)—and a short-story collection, Diwali in Muzaffarnagar (winner of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar).

Mentions: Moustache by Hareesh S., The survivors by Gurdial Singh, Your Face Tomorrow Volume 3: Poison, Shadow and Farewell by Javier Marías, Meena Kandasamy, Ben Lerner

You can get your copy of his book here: 

https://www.amazon.in/Machine-Learning-Tanuj-Solanki/dp/9389109299  

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‘Books and Beyond with Bound’ is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D’costa uncover how their books reflect the realities of our lives and society today. Find out what drives India’s finest authors: from personal experiences to jugaad research methods, insecurities to publishing journeys. Created by Bound, a storytelling company that helps you grow through stories. Follow us @boundindia on all social media platforms.

From migrant workers to British expats, from the hills of Uttaranchal to the heart of Mumbai's metropolis, find out how Udayan captures India's lockdown experience in his timely short story collection.

Tara and Michelle talk to Udayan Mukherjee about his short story collection, “Essential Items: Stories from a Land in Lockdown”, recently published by Bloomsbury. Udayan shares how writing during the pandemic kept him sane. He finished the book in three months and Tara had the pleasure of editing it!

We chat about Udayan’s life in the hills: the people he meets and how they have influenced the stories in his collection. He talks about the importance of capturing our experiences with the lockdown while it is happening. Michelle is inspired to start writing about the pandemic herself! Why does he prefer to write fiction? How has he never owned a smartphone? And does he share writing tips with his brother, the author Neel Mukherjee? Tune in to find out!

'Books and Beyond with Bound' is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D'costa of Bound talk to some of the best writers in India and find out what makes them tick.

Udayan Mukherjee was born in Calcutta. For two decades, he was the face of the Indian financial markets, as anchor and Managing Editor of CNBC. He is the author of the novel Dark Circles and the crime novel A Death in the Himalayas. He has recently published Essential Items: Stories from a Land in Lockdown, a short story collection with Bloomsbury.

Mentions: A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Muhammad Hanif, The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula LeGuin, Akhil Sharma, Raymond Carver, P G Woodhouse, John Cheever

You can get your copy of his book here: 

https://www.amazon.in/Essential-Items-Stories-Land-Lockdown/dp/9390252210 

Tune in every Wednesday for a new episode.

Follow Bound on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @boundindia

Follow our podcast on Instagram: @boundpodcasts

You can check out our website at https://www.boundindia.com/podcast/

‘Books and Beyond with Bound’ is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D’costa uncover how their books reflect the realities of our lives and society today. Find out what drives India’s finest authors: from personal experiences to jugaad research methods, insecurities to publishing journeys. Created by Bound, a storytelling company that helps you grow through stories. Follow us @boundindia on all social media platforms.

Jeff and Joshua talk to Portland short story writer Margaret Malone, author of the PEN Hemingway finalist book People Like You. Within: writing rituals, anti-comparison living, the magic of the live reading, the wizardry of Juana Molina, and the imagined height of Bill Callahan.