The Shelf Life: Champaca Bookstore Blog
An Afternoon at Champaca with Nirica Srinivasan
Our guest writer, Nidhi Bhandari, speaks to Nirica about her experience working at one of Bengaluru’s most loved independent bookstores.
A new branch on our Champaca tree!
We’re branching out of our leafy home in Bangalore – and opening a new bookstore at Anjuna in Goa.
Dispatches From Champaca: September 2022
Are you ready for the spooky month of October? As always, we’re going to enter October armed with books that match the eerie mood of the month 👻
A Walk Down Scrumdiddlyumptious Lane!
Read on for a personal essay by Shakti, on her experience of whipping up some of the recipes in 'Bookworms and Jellybellies' with her daughter.
Dispatches from Champaca: August 2022
Updates from our Champaca Book Club + what we loved reading in August!
Recap: Champaca Book Subscription Year One – Translations
Read on for a quick recap of the books we sent out in year one of the Champaca Book Subscription: a year focused on translations from around the world.
Dispatches from Champaca | July 22
This July, we're writing to you about new arrivals at our store, and updates from our library and store!
Dispatches from Champaca | June 22
This June we're writing to you with updates from our store, and with reflections on our favourite first lines from books.
Recap: Champaca Book Subscription Year Two — Travel
Before we begin our new subscription, we wanted to take some time to look back and reflect on all the travelling that we’ve done in this past year.
Staff Recommendations: Our Favourite First Lines
This week, on our third birthday, our team sat down to reflect on our favourite book openings. Read on to find out what each team member picked and why!
Dispatches From Champaca | May 22
A message from Team Champaca to you. This May, we ponder about our recent favourite reads, and wonder about unnamed characters.
Book Review – Michael Pollan's “This Is Your Mind on Plants”
This month, Shakti Swaminathan writes about one of her recent favourite popular science books, Michael Pollan's This is Your Mind on Plants.