Bronte sisters

What drew you to write a novel based on the Brontë sisters and Branwell? Author Karen Powell (Courtesy the subject) Wuthering Heights was the first adult novel I ever read, given to me by my mother from her precious set of Collectors’ Editions that sat on the mantelpiece in our family home. After that, I read Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre and then, over the next few years, books by Anne Brontë and Jane Austen. So, long before I ever thought of myself as a writer, the Brontës – and the 19th century novel – were…

Shreya Sen-Handley’s Handle With Care is a delicious documentation of her offbeat travels and culinary exploits around the world with her British husband, two children, and their dog.Her rambunctious adventures, which are “dished up with love and mischief”, span bustling international capitals from New York to Paris. But what really sets this travelogue apart are her quirky tales from locales like the Greek island of Corfu, home to Gerald Durrell, the author of My Family & Other Animals. 258pp, ₹399; HarperCollins…