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Rupa to Publish Tides Don’t Cross by Simar Malhotra

Tides Don’t Cross by Simar Malhotra (Rs 250, 256pp) ABOUT THE BOOK: Sparks fly immediately when Rukmani—fierce and assertive in the best and worst possible ways—meets the gentle Ayaan in the magical city Paris. Meanwhile, back in India, her reticent sister, Mrinalini…

NAW Interview with Manu Bhattathiri

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MANU BHATTATHIRI is a Keralite settled in Bengaluru. He has worked as an advertising copywriter, a journalist and a college lecturer. At present he co-owns a small advertising agency. His previous book, Savithri’s Special Room and Other Stories, was widely…

Bloomsbury wins novel by Guillermo del Toro and Cornelia Funke

Bloomsbury wins novel by Guillermo del Toro and Cornelia Funke Pan’s Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun Academy Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and bestselling author Cornelia Funke have collaborated on a novel inspired by del Toro’s 2006 classic filmPan’s Labyrinth, which has been acquired…

Mehr—A Love Story (Book Excerpt) by Siddhartha Gigoo

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Siddhartha Gigoo has earlier written The Garden of Solitude and A Fistful of Earth and Other Stories. The latter was long listed for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award 2015. Siddhartha also co-edited A Long Dream of Home: The Persecution, Exodus and Exile of…