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Salman Rushdie's new Novel Victory City was released in India on February 9. The novel that narrates the story of VijayaNagara Empire through the inimitable Rushdie style once again underlines the belief that the word is the ultimate victor. Suneetha Balakrishnan, in the latest episode of Book Stop, presents a quick review of Victory City, the manuscript of which was handed over to publishers befo...

Have you heard of the concept called Future Library. Where is that library situated? Who are all the legendary writers who have contributed their work to the Future Library? Suneetha Balakrishnan discusses about Future Library in the latest episode of Book Stop podcast.

Tove Ditlevsen is one of the best writers in Denmark. Though she had been neglected for a long time, her works came back to reading room after 45 years. In this episode of Book Stop podcast, Suneetha Balakrishnan narrates how Ditlevsen's works have been reinvented and what is so special in her writings.

Which were the two novels that has marked Asian literature in the global literature atlas? One of them is the first winner of International Booker Prize in South Asian languages. The latest episode of Book Stop podcast discusses the theme of these novels. Listen to Suneetha Balakrishnan to find out  their relevance among global reader community

 The sixth episode of Bookstop is about a speech. The speech by John Berger while accepting the Booker Prize in 1972 had become controversial. Suneetha Balakrishnan speaks about  this speech and tries to figure out why that speech had become controversial in the latest episode of Bookstop on The Fourth.

 What is Reith Lectures , who are the indians had given Reith Lectures, who all are deliver Reith Lectures this year , for all these, listen to book stop's this episode

The new episode of Book Stop is about Salman Rushdie's life in Exile. How did Rushdie know about the death threat from a foreign country? Why did he chose the name Joseph Anton while in exile? Suneetha Balakrishnan speaks about all these in this episode of Book Stop podcast on The Fourth

Russian writer Vasily Grossman is known among his readers as Tolstoy of the 20th century. The third episode of Book Stop podcast reviews the literary contributions of Grossman. His book 'Life and Fate' had faced the strange fate of getting arrested by KGB sleuths, says Suneetha Balakrishnan who produces and presents the podcast for The Fourth.

The second episode of Book Stop podcast on The Fourth introduces British writer Ann Morgan. She was in news for a reading project in which she had chosen books from 117 countries and reviewed those. The podcast produced and presented by Suneetha Balakrishnan discusses Ann's literary world

The first episode of Book Stop discusses the works of Italian novelist Elena Ferrante. Presenter Suneetha Balakrishnan discusses the hugely popular novels of Ferrante and goes on to express surprise on how she still remains anonymous.