Tigers in Red Weather

Liza Klaussmann

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Daisy Goodwin, The Sunday Times

This is heady, page-turning stuff - the intelligent beach read of the summer, and not a shade of grey in sight.

A Fort of Nine Towers

Qais Akbar Omar

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My name is Qais Akbar Omar. I am an Afghan, a Muslim, a descendant of the Prophet Mohammed, peace be upon him, a carpet maker, a journalist, a boxer who has enjoyed breaking many noses, and “Qais, the Cruel Kite Cutter.” I just turned 30 years old, and am the author of A Fort of Nine Towers. 

If This Is Home

Stuart Evers

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Hugo Rifkind, The Times

Evers knocks out enviably beautiful prose, and the humming, muffled, air-conditioned neverland of Las Vegas is conjured up with a captivating and woozy effect

Qais Akbar Omar talks about growing up in Afghanistan posted by Kate Harvey

Friday 3rd May 2013 | Blog

Qais Akbar Omar's book A Fort of Nine Towers  is at times heart-breaking and others life-affirming. 

It's a book that he never set out to get published, but which has since been translated into thirteen other languages for publication around the world. 

Listen to him talking on The Current radio station in Canada here. 

James Salter at the Bristol Festival Ideas

Thursday 23rd May 2013 | Event

James Salter will be discussing his latest novel, All That Is.

Aleksander Hemon at the Hay Festival

Sunday 26th May 2013 | Event

Aleksander Hemon will be joined by Damian Barr and Eduardo Haldon in a discussion led by Tiffany Murray

Sunjeev Sahota's Life in Books posted by Rosanna Boscawen

Monday 15th Apr 2013 | Blog

Sunjeev Sahota's first novel, Ours Are the Streets, was published by Picador in 2011. He is currently working on his second novel about a group of illegal immigrants living in Sheffield. 'I think – I hope – I’m around halfway through a first draft,' he says.

Here's his life in books.

All images are copyright of Qais Akbar Omar.

A Fort of Nine Towers in pictures posted by Rosanna Boscawen

Monday 20th May 2013 | Blog

Author Qais Akbar Omar has selected the pictures that best capture the places and people in his book, A Fort of Nine Towers. He takes us from the fort itself across the stunning countryside of Afghanistan, via monuments destroyed in wars and thriving markets.

Helen Oyeyemi's Life in Books posted by Helen Oyeyemi

Monday 15th Apr 2013 | Blog

Helen Oyeyemi, author of Mr Fox and White is for Witching, picks out her favourite books of all time.

Robin Robertson at the Dublin Writers Festival

Friday 24th May 2013 | Event

Robin Robertson will be reading from his selected works alongside Frank McGuinness