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 Shikha Malaviya in conversation with Nandini Nair.

Shikha Malaviya is a poet, writer and publisher. Her recent book of historical personal poetry, Anandibai Joshee: A Life in Poems (HarperCollins, India) is a unique retelling of the life of India's first female medical doctor. Shikha’s previous book of poems, Geography of Tongues, was published to acclaim in 2014. She has been a featured TEDx speaker and was selected as Poet Laureate of San Ramon, California, 2016. Shikha is co-founder of The (Great) Indian Poetry Collective, a mentorship-model literary press and is currently a Mosaic America Fellow. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area with her family.

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