Karishma Jobanputra in conversation with Tara Tobler

Join us to hear Karishma Jobanputra in coversation with Tara Tobler about her debut collection The Body of the ThingA lyrical and visceral short story collection, The Body of the Thing unpicks the hierarchies that thrum under our relationships, from first loves and lusts to motherhood and miscarriages, from sexual awakenings to final confrontations with death. Moving from bougie neighbourhoods in Manhattan to the sun-drenched piazzas of Italy, from coastal Maine to the bustle of London, these stories chase the fallout when women’s bodies are valued for their beauty and youth, dismissed and discarded when ill, or made useful as parents and caregivers. Fluid, sensual, and fearless, The Body of the Thing explores motherhood, body dysmorphia and eating disorders, and celebrates female desire in all its complicated wonder.Karishma Jobanputra is a British-Indian writer currently based in London. A graduate of Columbia University’s MFA Fiction programme, her work has been listed for the Brick Lane Short Story Prize and the Disquiet Literary Prize for Fiction. The Body of the Thing is her first book. Tara Tobler is a writer, a critic, and the senior fiction editor at And Other Stories. Her acquisitions include works by Banu Mushtaq (winner of the International Booker Prize, as translated by Deepa Bhasthi), Manya Wilkinson, Alexis Wright, Ibtisam Azem, Mona Arshi, Tanya Tagaq, Morgan Talty, Preti Taneja, and Cody Caetano. She lives in the Peak District. Juno Books is a very small venue, and we will do our best to meet particular requirements. Accessibility information can be found here. If you have any accessibility requirements or questions please email us at hello@junobooks.co.uk