Merry Christmas readers! We're leaving you with our last episode of the year, a Christmas special we recorded with the phenomenal Aanchal Malhotra. Available now at #booksneedpeople Podcast on Spotify India Happy Listening 😊

“I am not eccentric. It’s just that I am more alive than most people. I am an unpopular electric eel set in a pond of catfish.” – Edith Sitwell

A reminder to ourselves for the year that lies ahead...

Thank you Homegrown (HG Media) 💫✨😊

Saturday Sillies courtesy Wrong Hands

And just like that, January's been reduced by half. 😱 The good news is, you still have two weeks to pick up our book for this month "All This Could Be Different" by sarah thankam mathews Read along with us, and join in at the end of the month in conversation with the author herself.✨

We agree, wholeheartedly. The best form of #selfcare there is.

"Yes, I deserve a spring – I owe nobody nothing." — Virginia Woolf

Midweek Musings courtesy #virginiawoolf

'Love is existence, holding past and future.'

How do we pack his greatness in a single tweet? #GulzarSaab no awards do justice to your mastery. #JnanpithAward

Instagram going AWOL only means this: Us getting our chores done in time, leaving room to add more book recommendations to our To-be-Read lists :) Congratulations to all the wonderful authors longlisted for the #WomensPrize for fiction. 👏👏👏

Sometimes, Wednesday afternoons can also seem like an eternity.

Our kind of award season 🕺🏻✨🪩 13 more books to choose from :D Which one are you going to pick first from this list? #internationalbookerlonglist2024

This month we're reading Crooked Seeds by Karen Jennings. Her last book, An Island, was nominated for the 2021 Booker Prize, and we're only too honoured to have her as our author of the month as we embark on a new reading year at the Kitaab Club. Join in!