The Eleventh Edition of Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest
Monday, November 16th to Sunday, November 22nd 2020

Virtual Festival
Real Books

Live on YouTube, Facebook,
Twitter & Instagram

Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi

Author, India

Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi’s first novel, The Last Song of Dusk, won the Betty Trask Award, the Premio Grinzane Cavour, and was nominated for the IMPAC Prize. His second book, The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay, was shortlisted for the Man Asian Prize. His most recent book is The Rabbit & the Squirrel. A past contributor to TIME, the New York Times and other publications, he lives in north Goa. His book of essays, Loss is published this month.

sessions

The Influence Of The Editor

  • 22nd November
  • 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm

How editors play a pivotal role in the shaping of books.
Amy Tan in conversation with Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi.

More speakers

  • Abhinandan Sekhri

    Writer, India

    Abhinandan Sekhri is a writer, director, producer and entrepreneur. Co-founder of Newslaundry (a news and news critique platform) and Small Screen (a communication, strategy and film/videos production company). In…

    More Info
  • Abraham Verghese

    Professor & Author, USA

    Abraham Verghese, MD, MACP, is Professor and Linda R. Meier and Joan F. Lane Provostial Professor, and Vice Chair for the Theory and Practice of Medicine at the School…

    More Info
  • Alan Friedman

    Author & Journalist, United Kingdom

    Alan Friedman is an award-winning journalist, documentarian and the author of several international best-selling books, including This Is Not America (published in India under the title Democracy in Peril,…

    More Info
  • Amish

    Author, India

    Amish is a diplomat, author and columnist. He has taken over as the Director of The Nehru Centre in London.
    Amish has been listed among the 50 most powerful Indians…

    More Info
View All Speakers