Talking Books, held at Great State DIVE brings together readers and authors for casual but serious conversations, at a bar! Nandini Nair, the Arts & Books Editor of Delhi-based Open Magazine, curates this event. It has the intimacy of a drawing room conversation, and the energy of a bar. Readers can purchase their copies of the books during the event courtesy of the folks from Pagdandi Book Store. This month’s edition of Talking Books will feature Janice Pariat in conversation with Nandini Nair.

Janice Pariat is an award-winning author of four books. Her most recent novel Everything the Light Touches (October, 2022) tells the story of four characters who embark on journeys that bring them into close communion with nature. The novel has been hailed for its different ways of seeing, and has already made it to numerous best-of lists. Pariat was awarded the Young Writer Award from the Sahitya Akademi and the Crossword Book Award for Fiction in 2013. Her novella The Nine Chambered-Heart, bestselling in India, was published in the UK and in ten other languages including Italian, Spanish, French, and German. Currently, she lives between Shillong and New Delhi with a cat of many names.

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