Santa Fe Literary Festival
Valeria Luiselli: ‘Borders are testing grounds for brutality’
The Mexican-born, New York-based author talks to Kevin E G Perry at the Santa Fe Literary Festival about finding herself as a writer, her work with unaccompanied children seeking asylum and her ongoing project to capture the borderlands in a sonic essay
The Independent UK
8 min read
How to be a bestselling author: Writing tips of Margaret Atwood, George RR Martin, Emily St John Mandel and more
‘Writing is really hard for me. I’m not being facetious; I’m not a natural writer. Every sentence in this book has been rewritten a hundred times’, says John Krakauer at Santa Fe Literary Festival. Holly Baxter examines what the acclaimed authors at the event have revealed about their writing habits
The Independent UK
11 min read
Asma Khan: ‘As an immigrant, I want everyone to know you cannot eat my food if you don’t also take me’
The owner of Darjeeling Express and star of Netflix’s Chef’s Table is unapologetically political, telling Holly Baxter at the Santa Fe Literary Festival that ‘I rattle every cage I can’
The Independent UK
7 min read
‘We can no longer bring spoons to a knife fight’: How world-famous authors plan to fight for Roe v Wade
Holly Baxter reports from the Santa Fe Literary Festival on Margaret Atwood’s refusal to mince her words and Don Winslow’s surprising reason for retirement
The Independent UK
7 min read
George RR Martin: ‘Game of Thrones was pitched as The Sopranos in Middle Earth’
The ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ author was speaking during the second full day of the Santa Fe Literary Festival
The Independent UK
3 min read
‘A very erudite killer’: Phil Klay and Bob Shacochis on endless war, January 6 and American patriotism
‘I don’t know if [Ashli Babbitt] would rewrite the script of her death or not’, Shacochis told Holly Baxter during an interview at the Santa Fe Literary Festival
The Independent UK
12 min read
George RR Martin on ‘rivalry’ with Lord of the Rings series: ‘If they win six Emmys, I hope we win seven’
‘Game of Thrones’ creator was speaking exclusively to The Independent during the Santa Fe Literary Festival
The Independent UK
3 min read
George RR Martin on Rings of Power rivalry: ‘If they win six Emmys, I hope we win seven’ old
The Game of Thrones creator was speaking exclusively to The Independent during the Santa Fe Literary Festival
The Independent UK
3 min read
John Grisham: ‘There are tens of thousands of innocent people in prison and you don’t believe it because you’re white’
The author and lawyer said during a speech at the Santa Fe Literary Festival that ‘white people love the death penalty’ but ‘Black people know the truth’ about criminal justice in the US
The Independent UK
4 min read
Don Winslow: ‘We’re fighting Trump and the Trumpists, and the imitators’
At the Santa Fe Literary Festival the bestselling crime writer tells Kevin E G Perry about what mobsters have in common with classical mythology, social media skirmishes and why the left needs to reclaim patriotism
The Independent UK
9 min read
