In conversation
Niven Govinden in conversation with Roopa Farooki
In 2020, the year before his most recent, celebrated novel, Diary of a Film, Niven Govinden reflected on his career as a writer of myriad genres
2nd November, 2022
'I write [all my novels] by hand... I finish it by hand, and I breathe a massive sigh of relief and I think, oh God, now I’ve got to type it up!'
Niven Govinden
Niven Govinden is an author who speaks for silenced voices of NY drag queens, the male muse, the toxic teens of suburbia.
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