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Deepa Anappara

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‘Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line’ (2020). ‘Letters to a Writer of Colour’ (2023). ‘The Last of Earth’ (2026)

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‘The Last of Earth’ is out in the US today! Thanks to everyone @randomhousebooks @randomhouse for their incredible work, the beautiful cover, and the page design. Thanks to my editor Caitlin McKenna, Naomi Goodheart (whose photos of the book I’ve posted here), Erin Richards, Madison Dettlinger and everyone else who worked on the book. All credit to @magalicazo, who is the cover artist, and Elena Giavaldi @elenagiavaldicovers, who designed the jacket. And thanks to @helencannart for the lovely map.

I’ll be eternally grateful for the years the book allowed me to spend researching Tibet and cartography and Buddhism, and for the opportunity to visit Tibet. In the novel a character mentions Buddhist monks who make beautiful mandalas only to destroy them later, to illustrate the impermanence of life and all things in life, and while I won’t go that far, I’m reminding myself that today is also about letting go of something that existed only for me for a long while, and its fate. (No guarantees I’ll be successful in practising this principle of detachment, but I can try!)

#thelastofearth by @deepa.anappara

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It’s the UK publication day for ‘The Last of Earth’ and huge thanks to @juliet_mabey @oneworldpublications for giving this novel a home in the UK. Thanks to all @rcwliteraryagency, especially the infinitely patient Matt Turner and Peter Straus, remarkable agents whom I’m grateful to have on my side. Thanks to everybody who has championed the novel here. And thank you to everyone who was at the launch event at @waterstones_islington yesterday. @steejayhubs @waterstones_islington thank you for giving us the space and for being all-round stellar booksellers. (I didn’t take any photos yesterday and thanks to those at the event - @farhanabshaikh @itbeginswiththebody @naomiishiguro yesterday for sharing their photos with me.) by @deepa.anappara

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The Last of Earth by Deepa Anappara

An Epic Historical Adventure Set in Colonial India and Tibet | Espionage, Exploration, Empire, and a Forbidden Journey to Lhasa

1869. Tibet is closed to Europeans, an infuriating obstruction for the rapidly expanding British Empire. In response, Britain begins training Indians—permitted to cross borders that white men may not—to undertake illicit, dangerous surveying expeditions into Tibet.

Balram is one such surveyor-spy, an Indian schoolteacher who, for several years, has worked for the British, often alongside his dearest friend, Gyan. But Gyan went missing on his last expedition and is rumored to be imprisoned within Tibet. Desperate to rescue his friend, Balram agrees to guide an English captain on a foolhardy mission: After years of paying others to do the exploring, the captain, disguised as a monk, wants to personally chart a river that runs through southern Tibet. Their path will cross fatefully with that of another Westerner in disguise, fifty-year-old Katherine. Denied a fellowship in the all-male Royal Geographical Society in London, she intends to be the first European woman to reach Lhasa.

As Balram and Katherine make their way into Tibet, they will face storms and bandits, snow leopards and soldiers, fevers and frostbite. What’s more, they will have to battle their own doubts, ambitions, grief, and pasts in order to survive the treacherous landscape.

A polyphonic novel about the various ways humans try to leave a mark on the world—from the enduring nature of family and friendship to the egomania and obsessions of the colonial enterprise—The Last of Earth confirms Deepa Anappara as one of our greatest and most ambitious storytellers.

@penguinindia taken in Bahrisons Booksellers by @deepa.anappara

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Thanks to the organisers, volunteers, booksellers and everyone in the audience @bhamlitfest for a fabulous time. Thanks to Jonathan Davidson and audience members for all the great questions. Missed @xiaolu_impressions whose travel, I learnt, had been scuttled by the vagaries of weekend British railway service - but Ishmaelle was there in spirit (and in the conversation). And thank you @sansyg04 for these photos! by @deepa.anappara

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I’ll be @bhamlitfest with the excellent @xiaolu_impressions on October 10, 1 pm. Tickets available here: https://www.ticketsource.com/bhamlitfest/t-jxrgkde

Join us if you can or please spread the word! by @deepa.anappara

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2 months ago

Annual @warrenwilsonmfa appreciation post! On the cab to Heathrow to catch a flight to Asheville, the taxi driver told me that as a teacher and writer I would soon be replaced by AI (he unironically said his job was safe). On my return, after a chaotic day of flight cancellations and unhelpful AI agents on airline apps that I had to rely on for rebookings, a friend sent me an article about how no one is reading books any more. What a treat then to have been able to spend ten days with people who love reading and writing as much as I do. Thanks to the students, and fellow faculty, and congratulations to @joywriteshermedicine and @saragracer, with whom I had the privilege of working, and all the other graduates! (Photo 1 courtesy of @warrenwilsonmfa and Photo 9 taken by @burroughscm.) by @deepa.anappara

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Huge thanks to @derby_book_festival @ntkedlestonhall @morgan.feely for a lovely day at Derby. Thanks to all the volunteers and all those who were at my conversation with Dr Tom Neuhas. Can’t recommend the exhibition ‘How Did We Get Here?’ enough! It looks at the provenance of the Tibetan objects in the collection @ntkedlestonhall, with an incredible and moving short film by @nyimamurry capturing the personal connections Tibetans have to these objects. On till September 27. by @deepa.anappara

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5 months ago

NEW GUEST LECTURE and BOOK LAUNCH on 27 MAY!

For the third edition of the 2026 summer term’s Histories and Cultures of Central Asia (HCCA) lecture series, we will welcome Deepa Anappara @deepa.anappara who will give us insights in her new published book in her talk on:

Research and Imagination in the Postcolonial Historical Novel: A Practitioner’s Viewpoint

We will also use this opportunity to celebrate this wonderful publication with a little book launch.

Since this is a hybrid public event, we will be pleased to welcome you at

Central Asian Seminar
Institute for Asian and African Studies
Room 507
Invalidenstr. 118, 10115 Berlin
@humboldt.uni

or online on Zoom taken in Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften - IAAW by @deepa.anappara

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Join us for a special Derby Book Festival event - soon to take place on Saturday 23rd May!

We are welcoming award winning author Deepa Anappara to discuss her book, ‘The Last of Earth.’

Sian Hoyle from Derby Book Festival says:

‘We are delighted to be working in partnership with the National Trust in the wonderful setting of Kedleston Hall to coincide with their latest exhibition’

Not only hosted in Kedleston’s historic interiors, this unique experience includes an after-hours visit of our exhibition ‘How Did We Get Here?’

At the centre of the exhibition, discover ‘Encounters’, a specially commissioned film by British-Tibetan designer and artist Nyima Murry.

This captures intimate conversations between members of the Tibetan community living in Britian and highlights culturally significant Tibetan objects from Kedleston Hall.

To find out more and to book tickets:

https://www.derbybookfestival.co.uk/events/deepa-anappara-the-last-of-earth

Deepa Anappara Image copyright Liz Seabrook

#event #derbyshire #novel #author #visit by @deepa.anappara

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Introducing ‘The Last of Earth’:

Set in Tibet, and celebrated as ‘one of the BBC’s 12 books to read in 2026’ by author Deepa Anappara - who will be joining us at a hosted book talk on Saturday 23 May as part of Derby Book Festival.

After the talk and book signing, be part of a private viewing of Kedleston Hall’s exhibition, ‘How Did We Get Here?’, developed in collaboration with the National Trust and with members of the Tibetan community living in Britain.

A highlight of the exhibition and focal point in the Saloon, discover ‘Encounters’, a specially commissioned film by British-Tibetan artist Nyima Murry, capturing poignant experiences between people and objects at Kedleston.

To find out more and to book tickets visit:

https://www.derbybookfestival.co.uk/events/deepa-anappara-the-last-of-earth

‘The Last of Earth’ can also be found in Kedleston Hall’s gift shop.

Deepa Anappara Image credit Liz Seabrook.

#books #nationaltrust #event #exhibition #derbyshire by @deepa.anappara

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6 months ago

Our second day of our summer festival is going to be a treat with incredible events taking place across Saturday 23 May!

📘 Dallas Campbell: Space Journal: Art, Science and Cosmic Exploration @thedallascampbell
📕 Eleanor Bruce & Lucilla Gray: Things We Found in the Ground: A Metal Detecting Journey Through Britain @romanfound
📗 Lucy Steeds: The Artist @lucysteeds
📙 Deepa Anappara: The Last of Earth @deepa.anappara
📓 Debbie Kilroy: Members Behaving Badly: A History of Britain in 52 Parliamentary Rogues @debbiekilroyauthor
📔 Jo Hamilton: The Post Office Scandal and Me: My Extraordinary Fight for Justice - sponsored by @Penguinprcomms

Get your tickets now in the link in our bio.

We can't wait to see you there! ☀️ by @deepa.anappara

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