Jobeth Warjri engages Lian Dousel in conversation about the horror and the human in Lian’s debut collection, Peace in the Land of the Dead.

📅⏰️:10th October 2026, Saturday | 6:00 PM (seating begins at 5:45 PM)

📍: Champaca Bookstore, Vasanth Nagar

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Join us for this conversation where Warjri will examine the spectrum of genres and emotions Dousel has touched upon, his processes and inspirations, and what lies in the southern hills of Manipur.

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A wonderful book reading of WILD CAPITAL and workshop at the lovely @ChampacaBooks in Bengaluru!

We also went through the process of illustrating books - in this case watercolours - and readers made their own.

You can get signed copies here:
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A bulbul came to their garden when this little girl was 1. Her father painted it for her, now 4, at our book reading.

Heart-warming!

Come bookstore hopping with us in #Bangalore tomorrow with @jibuelias and get all your doubts and questions around the ethics of #AI in the Global South answered!

Dear readers,
Thank you for the quiet hours you’ve spent among these shelves, for the conversations at the counter, and for choosing to keep returning to our store at Vasanth Nagar with your lists, your questions, and your love for books.

We turn seven this month, so come by the store, spend some time with our shelves, find something new to read, and celebrate with us.

good books, good coffee, good conversation. the holy trinity with my bro here @anubhavitis

How does something fleeting stay? A line, a memory, a passing thought. And how does it begin to take shape as a story?

Three lines become four. A small shift, but something opens up. A rhythm, a direction, a possibility you hadn’t quite seen before.

This workshop sits right there, in that moment of expansion. Over two hours, Naveed and Pankaj will share how they work with fragments and follow them into fuller forms, how stories gather weight, and how they sometimes surprise you.

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Join us at Champaca for the launch of The Complex by Karan Mahajan, in conversation with Dharini Bhaskar.

Set in a sprawling family compound in Delhi, the novel follows the Chopra family across decades as they navigate power, inheritance, and the pull of a changing country.

Along with the Champaca Bookshop, I am curating a science fiction book box + book club.

Six months, six books, over three themes: climate fiction, space opera, and classics revisited.

Details in screenshots + link to book box in tweet below. 👇🏼

Picture books are not just for children. They hold entire worlds of memory, emotion, and imagination, where text and image come together in ways that stay with you.

We’re back with the fourth edition of Worlds for Everyone!

Facilitated by Thejaswi Shivanand, an educator who has worked in alternative schooling for over 15 years and has been anchoring this course since 2023.

Starting from 9 July, the course runs every Thursday from 6–7:30 PM IST, with limited spots.

Worlds for Everyone is an 8-week online course for adults to read 12–16 picture books, sit with them, and explore how they shape the way we see and feel.

We are delighted to announce a multi-city book tour of acclaimed author @kmahaj’s latest novel, #TheComplex—an unflinching portrait of a family and a nation on the edge.

#Delhi: 6 May at @kunzum
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#Mumbai: 8 May at Soho House
#Bengaluru: 9 May digarh: 11 May at CRRID

Details below—save the dates and delve into the nuances of this brilliant family saga by one of the most lauded voices in contemporary fiction.

#READWithHarperCollins #KaranMahajan #BookTour