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Celina Baljeet Basra
@celinabasra
writer and curator, berlin. debut novel HAPPY @astrahousebooks 2023. represented by @alex_reubert
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"Celina Baljeet Basra has written one of the darkest indictments to date of late-stage capitalism on a late-stage planet. It is a testament to her powers of observation, and compassion, that Happy Soni Singh is immortal—in book form, at least." —The Common thecommononline.org/review-happy-b…
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I‘ll read from HAPPY and chat with the wonderful Aida at Shakespeare and Sons in Berlin on February 29, 6.30 pm 🚛 🥬 Come say hi! It’ll be a joy to see your faces. 🙃☹️😐🫤😊😘 Astra House Wildfire Books 📸 Lilian Scarlet Löwenbrück & Aida Baghernejad
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Come say hi! It’ll be a joy to see your faces. 🙃☹️😐🫤😊😘
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📸 Lilian Scarlet Löwenbrück & Aida Baghernejad I‘ll read from HAPPY and chat with the wonderful <a href="/aidabaghernejad/">Aida</a> at Shakespeare and Sons in Berlin on February 29, 6.30 pm 🚛 🥬
Come say hi! It’ll be a joy to see your faces. 🙃☹️😐🫤😊😘
<a href="/astrahousebooks/">Astra House</a>
<a href="/Wildfirebks/">Wildfire Books</a>
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.Celina Baljeet Basra's HAPPY is featured in the February 2024 "Briefs" column of khabarmagazine. khabar.com/magazine/desi-…
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Cake Zine founder Aliza Arbanel recommends Celina Baljeet Basra's HAPPY in Alisha Ramos's Downtime substack. downtime.substack.com/p/weekend-recs…
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.Celina Baljeet Basra discussed HAPPY with Charlie Place on The Worm Hole podcast. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/epi…
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.Celina Baljeet Basra's HAPPY is the April pick for the @GreedyReads General Book Club, to be discussed April 24th at 7pm ET. eventbrite.com/e/greedy-reads…
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Happy pub day to this beauty :) Nicolette Polek
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Always think of #Happy when I eat Radish now. Celina Baljeet Basra your book was wonderful!
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Could talk to Aliza forever—thanks for having me! Astra House
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HAPPY by Celina Baljeet Basra is on Literary Hub's list of books out in paperback this November lithub.com/roxane-gay-tom…