The Shelf Life: Champaca Bookstore Blog
On Circularities, Genre, and Alien Intelligences: An Interview with author Martin MacInnes
In an interview with Nirica Srinivasan, author Martin MacInnes discusses the recurring themes in his work, beginnings and endings, his literary influences, and how he approaches genre in his writing.
Dispatches from Champaca: June 2023
As we get ready to begin shipping our subscription boxes for July, a few updates from our team and store!
Recap: Champaca Book Subscription Year Three — Loneliness & Connection
We have arrived at the end of another year of our Champaca Book Subscription! With three years under our belt, we are thrilled to have been able to explore topics in depth, through books from far and wide, and to be able to share them with you. In our first year, we read translations from across India and the world, and in our second year, we reimagined what travel could mean to us outside of our usual understanding. In year three, from July 2022 to June 2023, we read around the themes of Loneliness and Connection. These are twin themes,...
Imaginations of the Future: Part Three — Social Futures
These books show us a future where new social orders can emerge, grow, change, die, be replaced by something new. The limit is really only our imagination.
Dispatches From Champaca: May 2023
It is our birthday month — we're turning four!