Lost & Found: a two-part book club at Champaca

Lost & Found is an in-person book club at Champaca Bookstore, Indiranagar. It will be held once a month in October and November, and will follow a single theme across two books: the idea of how literature tells the story of language, belief, and people caught mid-transition—both in English, mediated by a translator.

This series is a direct response to something we’ve been hearing often at Champaca, that readers want to spend more time with a book and to talk about it with others. Lost & Found offers a simple structure to do exactly that: read, meet, and discuss!

How the sessions work

• Two in-person sessions, once in October and once in November
  

• Each session focuses on one book from the reading list
  

• Conversations are guided by open-ended prompts

• Space for both quiet reflection and group discussion

• A smaller group for closer, more comfortable conversations

Between sessions, participants will stay connected through an email or WhatsApp group, with reading prompts and gentle reminders.

Here are the details:

Format: In-person book club
Two sessions, once in October and once in November

Venue: Champaca Bookstore, Indiranagar

Duration: 90 minutes per session

Fee for the membership of full three-part series: INR 1999
Includes a Champaca book voucher worth INR 999, which can be used to pick up both the book club titles from our shelves, along with a Champaca notebook!

Reading list:

October: The Gods are Leaving by D.B. Mokashi, translated from Marathi by Shanta Gokhale

November: Spontaneous Acts by Yoko Tawada, translated from German by Susan Bernofsky

Bonus: Herbarium by Sonia Rafeek, translated from Malayalam by Ministhy S.

Who is this for?

Regular readers looking for structured discussion

Readers returning to books after a break

Anyone who wants a small, welcoming reading group

Open to adults and young adults (above 16 years)

Someone interested in bookstores and their peculiarities 

Seats are limited, so please register to join!