Interview
Tabish Khair
The Wise Owl interviews Tabish Khair, an eminent poet, writer and critic, who was born in Ranchi, grew up in Gaya and is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Aarhus, Denmark. Tabish Khair has authored several books of poetry, fiction and studies which have been critically acclaimed. His novels include 'The Bus Stopped' (2004), which was short listed for the Encore award (UK), 'The Thing About Thugs' (2010), which was short listed for a number of prizes including the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature and the Man Asian Literary Prize. Some of his other novels are ‘How to Fight Islamist Terror from the Missionary Position' (2014), 'Just Another Jihadi Jane' (2016) and 'Night of Happiness' (2018). He has a new novel, 'The Body By The Shore', coming out in 2022.
Interview
Esther van Hulsen
The Wise Owl interviews modern day naturalist and professional wild-life and paleo artist, Esther Van Hulsen. Based in a tiny cabin close to the fjords and forests of Norway, Ms Hulsen creates beautifully detailed, photo realistic portraits of wildlife. Esther’s award-winning art has been exhibited worldwide. She has also illustrated numerous award-winning books, which have been published in countries like Norway, The Netherlands, Russia, China, Japan and France. Commissions include illustrations for Nature Magazine, National Geographic, Popular Science Magazine and works for various natural history museums worldwide. Her illustration of Ida, in a book of the same name, about the 47-million-years-old primate found in Germany, brings it alive for the present-day generation.