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Archive for the ‘Books’ Category
The man behind the ‘Wow’ products
Posted in Books on November 2, 2011 | Comments Off
Hot Stuff
Posted in Books, tagged justbooksbangalore, justbooksclc on September 24, 2011 | Comments Off
Some new arrivals on our shelves:
Hot Stuff
Posted in Books, tagged justbooksbangalore, justbooksclc on August 13, 2011 | Comments Off
Seen on our racks, some new books:
High flying reader
Posted in Books on July 25, 2011 | Comments Off
Nope, we ain’t referring to any new gizmo with capabilities of text to speech and all that funda. On a flight to Bangalore, we chanced upon this gent reading books the old fashioned way, completely immersed in the world that Haruki Murakami spun. Gives a new meaning to the word ‘inflight reading’ we think!
Newbies all
Posted in Books, tagged justbooksbangalore, justbooksclc on July 20, 2011 | Comments Off
Some of the new books on our shelves, in particular, by Indian authors: In this context, Outlook magazine, in their July 18th issue, dedicated a cover story on Indian authors making a big splash on the literary scene. Please click on this link to view the article.
Man Booker International 2011 Prize Winner announced
Posted in Books, Happenings on May 18, 2011 | Comments Off
The Man Booker website has just announced: Philip Roth is today announced as the winner of the fourth Man Booker International Prize at a press conference at the Sydney Opera House. Roth was chosen from a list of 13 eminent contenders. The Man Booker International Prize, worth £60,000, is awarded for an achievement in fiction on [...]
Missing the New India?
Posted in Books on May 16, 2011 | Comments Off
Abigail Licad at the California Literary Review writes on the new book by Bharati Mukherjee, Miss New India: “…..Miss New India will provide much new material for academics to investigate and wrangle over, and in this way, is likely to be an enduring work among intellectual circles. But whether the novel will have mass appeal is [...]
Far East Review?
Posted in Books on May 15, 2011 | Comments Off
Indian Writing in English (IWE) never had it so good. We have a Naga writing in English with 2 books. Susan Waten, in the Morung Express, writes about two books by a Naga writer “Laburnum for my Head” (Penguin, 2009) and “These Hills Called Home: Stories from a War Zone” (Zubaan & Penguin, 2006), both by [...]
Of this & that
Posted in Here & There, tagged justbooksbangalore, justbooksclc on May 14, 2011 | Comments Off
The Hindu Literary Prize 2011 is announced Charles Nicholl in the Guardian, writes about RK Narayan and the magic of Malgudi Lo & Behold, David Davidar is back in a new avatar – the top honcho @ Aleph! Indian publishing’s poster boy is back. David Davidar, the man who virtually invented market-facing English language [...]
Fantasy Fiction
Posted in Children on May 12, 2011 | Comments Off
Read enough on Harry Potter? Who next, you ask? Here’s your answer.


