Swapna Dutta interviewed
Swapna Dutta is an Indian writer for children. I
don't think she has a huge following in Australia, but a number of her stories
have been published in The School
Magazine. Since a couple of my regular readers
know Swapna's work, I thought they might be interested in this interview with her. Does anyone else find
it fascinating that a series of children's books can be popular in one part of
the English-speaking world, and yet completely unknown in other parts; that an
award-winning author in India can have to struggle for publication elsewhere? Of
course it can only happen if the place where the series is popular is on the
'periphery'.
Posted: Tue - February 12, 2008 at 09:40 AM |
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