July 30, 2019
by Neelima
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1. Over 100 MPs urge Chancellor Sajid Javid to scrap ‘unfair’ and ‘illogical’ reading tax in first Budget 2. King of comics, Alan Moore, bows out 3. Benedict Cumberbatch to star in Tiger who came to Tea adaptation on Channel 4 … Continue reading
July 11, 2017
by Neelima
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1.Hilary Mantel says final Wolf Hall book likely to be delayed 2.Sudanese author Bushra al-Fadil wins Caine Prize 3.J.R.R. Tolkien’s estate and Warner Bros settle Hobbit and Lord of the Rings lawsuit 4.Lost Maurice Sendak picture book to be published … Continue reading
July 4, 2016
by Neelima
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At the BYOB Party in May, there were two fantasy novels that took center stage. One was a book Siddharth read called The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss; this was the first book in a series called The Kingkiller … Continue reading
December 10, 2015
by Neelima
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This time, the BYOB party welcomed an overwhelmingly large number of individuals who work in the software space. Nilesh Trivedi the engineer who has made it to all our BYOB Parties so far, talked about Zen Pencils, a departure from … Continue reading
September 28, 2015
by Jandré
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It is an age old battle between readers and non-readers. It is highly irregular that a book-lover will choose the movie over the book. Filmophiles usually respond with: Book? Is there really a book about this? Imagine that! Let’s have a … Continue reading
September 24, 2015
by Jandré
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In Part 1 of this series, we talked about the definition of a series.In Part 2, we looked at how-to write a series and in Part 3 we discussed character creation. In this final part of the series of the series, … Continue reading
September 10, 2015
by Jandré
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We looked at a couple of series in Part 1 of Writing the Series. Here we look at how you can write one. Plan Ahead Writing a series takes time and effort commitment. Robert Parker published the first Spenser book … Continue reading
June 1, 2015
by Jandré
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Every now and again, and again and again and again, you come across a list of so-and-so’s Top 100 books of All Time or 100 Books everyone should read before they are 30, 40, or dead. Many lists allow you … Continue reading