Fusing Fact with Fiction in the Historical Novel

VV Ganeshananthan & Aanchal Malhotra in conversation with Artika Bakshi

Weaving a tale around historical events is a delicate art. Novelist VV Ganeshananthan, author of 2024 Women’s Prize-winning Brotherless Night, joins writer and historian Aanchal Malhotra, whose debut novel, The Book of Everlasting Things, is set between early twentieth century Lahore and Grasse. A powerful conversation about honouring the past and finding space for new stories with writer Artika Bakshi.