Category: Authors and Books

  • Books That Smell of  A Rainy Podcast

    A book and a hot cuppa are an eternal couple which can’t be separated, especially when the rain comes calling at your door. Who doesn’t love to get cosy with a book on a rainy evening. It’s like the rains have stopped time so that you can slow down and look around.  Did you hear…

  • Self Publishing:  A Book Vs Author Battle?

    Publishing has always been a nerve wracking business but an essential one that keeps things going for authors and writers. While the traditional way of publishing looks good it often is a tedious process. For starters, it takes months of applications and even greater time in rejections before you can even get closer to publishing…

  • [Book Review] The Woman in the Window

    On a quiet wintery afternoon, I received a warm gift from a Secret Santa – a psychological thriller by A.J. Finn. The writer and the book both were new to me. A thriller is a genre which isn’t much traversed by me. A quick look at the foreword and back cover got me interested. This…

  • Kickass facts about authors born in December

    Originally posted on Penguin India Blog: While compiling this list, we realized that the month of December has blessed us with some of the finest writers in history. Their works range from adventures in unexplored forests to discussions of women’s place in society, from works on heaven and God to books on science fictions that seriously raises questions on…

  • Short Story: Farewell, Mahatma.

  • Remember  the young child roaming the streets of Maycomb with her brother and friend. Well, she has grown up to be a bigoted young lady. From Scout she has become Miss Jean Louise Finch, a relatively pleasant-looking lady with strong view points. She is in her 26th year fighting with the idea of married secure…

  • Did you know these kickass facts about the widest read July-Born Authors?

    Originally posted on Penguin India Blog: A good novel supersedes reality and takes us into a different world. One which is not always positive, but when finished gives us a new outlook on life. This world is more often not a product of the circumstances, but the situations that the author has found himself in.…