Antara Mukherjee has been longlisted for the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for her story ‘Bandel Local’, placing her among the 25 writers selected from 7,806 entries submitted across the Commonwealth. OrAntara Mukherjee has been longlisted for the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for her story ‘Bandel Local’, placing her among the 25 writers selected from 7,806 entries submitted across the Commonwealth. Organised by the Commonwealth Foundation, the Commonwealth Short Story Prize is an annual literary award that celebrates the best unpublished short fiction by writers from Commonwealth countries. The prize is designed to discover and support ... Read More
The show opens with Antara and Farah talking about what writing and creativity means to them. They share their earliest memories of writing and how each of them decided to pursue it seriously. We chat about theThe show opens with Antara and Farah talking about what writing and creativity means to them. They share their earliest memories of writing and how each of them decided to pursue it seriously. We chat about their respective manuscripts – one in the space of fiction and the other in non-fiction, and the importance of amplifying female narratives, accompanied by some fantastic book recommendations! We talk about research and the process of writing ... Read More
Mumbai-based writer Antara Mukherjee was selected as one of 10 writers in the 2024 cohort of the Himalayan Emerging Writers Residency, where she is developing a novel. Mukherjee writes about the human conditioMumbai-based writer Antara Mukherjee was selected as one of 10 writers in the 2024 cohort of the Himalayan Emerging Writers Residency, where she is developing a novel. Mukherjee writes about the human condition, and her work has appeared in publications including Kitaab, Muse India, Sahitya Akademi, The Chakkar, Usawa Literary Review, Joao-Roque Literary Journal and Alipore Post. She has also co-written a play that premiered at the Bangalore In ... Read More