Poets & Writers Theater
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“I grew up reading a gigantic compendium of all the Grimm’s fairy tales, and also fairy tales originating from other parts of the world....” Singaporean author Sharlene Teo talks with Manchester Literature Festival’s Naomi Frisby about the inspiration behind her debut novel, Ponti (Simon & Schuster, 2018), the work of writers Guy Gunaratne and Nikesh Shukla, and her fascination with ideas of beauty, superficiality, and artifice.
Tags: Fiction | Sharlene Teo | interview | Ponti | 2018 | Simon & Schuster | Guy Gunaratne | Nikesh Shukla | Manchester Literature Festival | Naomi Frisby
