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Acclaimed writer and Harvard lecturer Claire Messud tells the story of a family displaced in the 1940s and 1950s by historical events in her latest novel, This Strange Eventful History . The novel was longlisted for the Booker Prize, marking the second time Messud has received this honour.

Historian Margrit Pernau discuss her latest publication, Jamia's Aapa Jaan: The Many Lifeworlds of Gerda Philipsborn. Dr Pernau is senior researcher at the Centre for the History of Emotions at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin. She is also extraordinary professor at Freie University

Dr Schwartz has published over 500 scientific articles and chapters on neurosurgery. And he has lectured around the world, from Bogota to Vienna to Mumbai, on new minimally invasive surgical techniques that he has helped develop. He also runs a basic science laboratory devoted to epilepsy research

The legendary writer discusses her latest novella, Rosarita, the similarities between India and Mexico, and her fascination with exploring characters' past

Former diplomat and acclaimed author Vikas Swarup discusses his latest novel, The Girl With the Seven Lives, and talks about India's changing social landscape

Award-winning writer Ilyon Woo is the author of The Great Divorce, and her most recent book, Master Slave Husband Wife, won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography 2024

Antonia Lloyd-Jones has translated works by many of Poland's leading contemporary novelists and reportage authors. She has also translated biographies, essays, crime fiction, poetry and children's books. Her translation of Drive Your Plough over the Bones of the Dead by 2018 Nobel Prize laureate Olga Tokarczuk was shortlisted for the 2019 Man Booker International Prize

Dr Mathew is a retired bureaucrat who has held key positions over a three-decade career in the Indian Administrative Service. He discusses his recently published biography of the late industrialist Ratan Tata. It's called Ratan Tata: A Life

Samantha Harvey is the author of many novels and a work of non-fiction. She has won the Booker Prize for Orbital. It is about six astronauts on the International Space Station. The story is told over a period of 24 hours

Vasudhendra has written about 13 books in Kannada, of which a few have been translated into English. His books in English are Mohanaswamy, a collection of short stories, Tejo Tungabhadra, a historical fiction novel, and another collection of stories called The Unforgiving City

Dr Lahiri is currently professor of history at Ashoka University. Prior to this, she was at the University of Delhi. She is the author of multiple books, all to do with the history of Indian archaeology

Bina is a poet, writer, art curator and founder, editor, designer, publisher of International Gallery, a biannual award-winning global arts and ideas journal