Personalised Gifting
One of our favourite things to do at Champaca is help readers find the right book. We’ve been lucky to be part of many such occasions — birthday parties, wedding gifts, company gifting, and even just helping build personal libraries! We take the time to get to know people and their taste, and curate books we think would fit them and the occasion in the best way possible.
Looking for something yourself? Here’s what we offer:
Birthday Gifts (for kids/adults)
One of our favourite things to do is find the right book for someone’s birthday. Tell us about the person, what they enjoy, their hobbies and interests, and we’ll do our best to find the right fit.
Or, if you’d like to find something to give as a return gift for your kid’s birthday, why not a book (or many)? We’ve curated for birthday parties ranging from Hot Wheels themes to murder mysteries. Just give us an age range, themes you’re looking for, and let us do the rest.
Wedding Presents
Books make a great present for weddings — for the married couple and the attendees!
Gift a personalised subscription where we can send across a handpicked book every month. Or we’ll help you build a great list of books that attendees can go home with.
Company Gifting
Looking for something for Christmas, Diwali, Women’s Day, or an internal company celebration? We’d be delighted to help.
We’ve built curated boxes for small companies where each employee received handpicked titles according to their favourite genres, accompanied by some of our favourite stationery. We could also curate a list that your employees can choose from!
Personal Libraries
Instead of gifting just one book, we can help build out your personal library. We’ll work with you on your favourite genres and preferences, and curate the right shelf for you. We’d love for this to be ongoing as well — an ever-evolving collection of books.
A Dedicated Hour with a Champaca Curator
We love getting to know you better, and doing our best to find the books that you might like best.
You can write to us to book a slot with one of our curators — for yourself, or as a gift for friends and family! The bulk of what you pay will be redeemable against books, in a gift voucher valid for a year. Come for an hour, leave with a dedicated reading list and a pile of new books.
…and this is just the beginning.
Have something else in mind, or want to know more? Email us at hello@champaca.in and we’d be happy to work with you to find the best plan, and the best books.
Hear from the people we’ve curated for
“Every Diwali, instead of giving my friends gifts, I give their children books — and Champaca makes it magical.
Each year, Radhika and I talk about every child: how they've grown, what they love now, what they might be ready to discover next. From those conversations, Champaca built each child a library that parents their solitude. That kind of care is rare in any bookshop.
Reading shaped my life, and Champaca has given me a way to pass that gift on. If you want to raise a reader, begin here.”
— Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi, author
wrapped Diwali packages of books for Siddharth's friends
“I started planning my son’s birthday party favours first, before I even knew I was going to have a party for his fifth birthday. From the get go, I was very clear that I wanted to gift books to all his friends. I couldn’t think of a better partner other than Champaca, who helped me curate sets of books for ages 9 to 14.
The entire process was seamless. The team was extremely helpful and enthusiastic to put the list together as per the genres and the requirements that I had in mind. They were kind enough to source all the copies themselves and courier the books to me in time for Aryav’s birthday party. It was an absolute delight to work with the team, especially Nirica and Radhika. Nirica was very knowledgeable in suggesting the correct age-appropriate books. The kids are truly enjoying reading the books.
Thank you, Champaca, for making this so memorable for me and my son.”
— Zainab
“We turned a curated box of books and goodies into an experience. It is still a beloved memory in alum chats, five years later.
A few weeks before an offsite, we got our teams to pick their preferred genres of books.
On the last day of the offsite, people walked into a room piled high with boxes with their names on it. They opened the boxes to find the perfect books for them, selected with care by an expert at Champaca.
It [also] had just the right amount of customisation: notebooks, chocolates or coffee, and a handwritten note from the founders. The contents of the box united us as a team while catering to our individual tastes. It didn’t hurt that it was stylishly done and got points for aesthetics too.”
— Monica
a box of goodies for the folks at Obvious, with two books handpicked for each employee