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Haruki Murakami’s “Killing Commendatore”

Haruki Murakami’s latest novel Killing Commendatore ( translated from the Japanese by Philip Gabriel and Ted Gossen) is about a nameless male narrator who is a portrait
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Neil Gaiman “Art Matters” illustrated by Chris Riddell

05 10 , 2018 No Comments

Brilliant storyteller Neil Gaiman’s Art Matters is a little book, a collection of his thoughts published in recent years, by the magnificent illustrator Chris Riddell. It is
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Scholastic India’s Pride list ( Oct 2018)

03 10 , 2018 No Comments

Scholastic India has just announced a fantastic collection of LGBTQ titles meant for young adults. Conversations about sexuality at the best of times are a
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Reading young adult literature

03 10 , 2018 1 Comment

There is a tremendous spurt in middle grade novels and young adult literature. It is also a grey area as it is never clear what
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An interview with Veera Hiranandani about her middle grade novel, “The Night Diary”

03 10 , 2018 No Comments

I had been hearing about Veera Hiranandani’s middle grade novel The Night Diary for a while. It had been impossible to get hold of in India when
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Kiran Manral’s “Missing, Presumed Dead”

02 10 , 2018 2 Comments

Popular writer Kiran Manral’s latest novel is a thriller called Missing, Presumed Dead. It is about Aisha, a wife and a mother, who goes missing.
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Book Post 12: 23-29 September 2018

01 10 , 2018 No Comments

Every Monday I post some of the books I have received in the previous week. Embedded in the book covers and post will also be
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Book Post 11: 16- 22 September 2018

24 09 , 2018 No Comments

Every Monday I post some of the books I have received in the previous week. Embedded in the book covers and post will also be
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Paro Anand’s “The Other”

24 09 , 2018 No Comments

Award-winning writer Paro Anand’s latest book for young adults is a collection of short stories called No Other: Stories of Difference . These are stories that are
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Reading for pleasure!

20 09 , 2018 No Comments

Dispersal time in school is always a very noisy and crowded affair. Adults milling about waiting to pick up their little children who are released
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