That Karl Lagerfeld loves his cat is no secret. She has her own iPad, two maids to attend to her and Goyard china to drink milk out of. And now, the spoilt Choupette Lagerfeld is getting her own book. Yes, apparently a Twitter account, a Wikipedia page and entire interviews dedicated to her weren’t enough.… Continue reading Karl Lagerfeld’s cat releases book
ELLE: What inspired you to write from the point of view of a woman with dementia? Emma Healey: One day my father’s mother, who has multi-infarct dementia, told us she didn’t know where one of her friends was – she’d tried calling, but got no answer. Luckily, a mutual friend told us that the ‘missing’ woman… Continue reading Q&A: Emma Healey
“When I was three, and living in Bangalore, I burnt myself while jumping over a brazier of coals in the kitchen courtyard of my grandfather’s house. They treated the burns, put me to bed, and read the Ramayana to me. I still remember the story, and some of the episodes are vivid. The pain, the… Continue reading Vijay Seshadri: My life in books
ELLE: How did the idea for The Quick first come to you? Lauren Owen: As a child, I lived on the grounds of a boarding school which had once been a private manor. In the holidays, the school would be empty, and my dad would tell me that a scary creature called ‘The Vile’ lived… Continue reading Five minutes with Lauren Owen
Ann-Marie is fresh out of love and a long way from happy. She surprise-tackles blind dates, is obsessed with raw meat, grinds out her cigarettes on available body parts and yo-yos dangerously between ingénue and hell-raiser. She’s infuriating. And hard to shrug off. British author Zoe Pilger’s debut novel is, she tells us, “a dark… Continue reading ELLE Loves: Eat my heart out
Teju Cole tells us about the words that shaped his own: “The matter of influence in any writer’s life is both utterly simple as well as extremely complex. As a novelist, I was blown away by JM Coetzee’s Disgrace, a tightly woven account of life in post-apartheid South Africa that felt at once realistic and… Continue reading Teju Cole: My life in books
Indian literature lost an important voice today. Acclaimed writer and journalist Khushwant Singh has passed away at 99. With a total of 45 novels and short story collections – including the classics Train to Pakistan and I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale – Singh has left behind a legacy that speaks to his ribald humour, love for… Continue reading Remembering Khushwant Singh
