Bangalore Events — Online Event
Out of Print – Conversation with Indira Chandrasekhar and others
Join us on the February 19, at 6:00 pm, for a discussion on Out of Print, an anthology of short stories in celebration of ten years of the magazine! Indira Chandrasekhar, editor of the Out of Print anthology, will talk to fellow short story contributors and authors Anjum Hasan and Fehmida Zakir. Get the book from our online store, and see you on YouTube. Â Dr. Indira Chandrasekhar is a scientist, a writer, a literary curator and the founder and principal editor of Out of Print. An anthology celebrating ten years of the magazine has just been published by Context/Westland-Amazon.She...
Principles of Prediction – Anushka Jasraj in conversation with Somak Ghoshal
Join us on February 26 at 6:30 pm for a conversation about Principles of Prediction between author Anushka Jasraj and journalist and book critic Somak Ghoshal. Buy the book from Champaca, and catch the event live on Youtube.
Champaca Book Club – Motherwit with author Urmila Pawar and translator Veena Deo
You are all invited to the Champaca Book Club on Sunday, 31 January, 2020 at 6:30 pm IST to discuss Motherwit with the book’s author Urmila Pawar and translator Veena Deo who will be in conversation with Somak Ghoshal. Get a copy of the book from Champaca, and join us on Youtube.   Veena Deo is professor emerita in the English department at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, where she taught between 1991-2019. At Hamline, her courses were focused in African American literature and cross-listed with Women’s Studies and Global Studies. Having studied in India and the US, she has...
The Age of Pandemics – Author Chinmay Tumbe in conversation with Gayathri Vaidhyanathan
On Friday, 22 January, 2021 at 7 pm IST, author Chinmay Tumbe will be in conversation with journalist Gayathri Vaidhyanathan, about his book, The Age Of Pandemics. Get your copy of the book from Champaca, and sign up for the Zoom event. Â Chinmay Tumbe is passionate about migration, cities and history, and is currently a faculty member at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. His first book, India Moving: A History of Migration, was published in 2018. This is his second book.Gayathri Vaidhyanathan is a multimedia reporter who writes about science and environment. Her print and audio work has...
The Majesties – Conversation with Tiffany Tsao
On Saturday, 12 December, 2020 at 4 pm IST, Champaca Bookstore is hosting writer and translator, Tiffany Tsao, who will speak to us about her latest novel, The Majesties. Get your copy of the book from Champaca, and watch the event streamed live on our Youtube channel. Tiffany Tsao is a writer and literary translator. She has authored three novels, the most recent one being The Majesties (Pushkin Press, 2020). Her translations from Indonesian to English include Norman Erikson Pasaribu’s poetry collection Sergius Seeks Bacchus and Dee Lestari’s novel Paper Boats. She spent her formative years in Singapore and Indonesia before...