Mark your Calendars: Book Launches, Signings, Workshops, Author Talks & More Coming Up at Kunzum
Here’s the complete list of all events coming up at Kunzum—across our five stores.
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Only through Education is Resilience Possible: Sheela Tomy Speaks on Environmental and Social Justice
Sheela Tomy’s debut novel, Valli, was shortlisted for the 2022 JCB Prize for Literature. Kunzum wanted to know more about her book and environmental activism, and bring her ideas to you, so we sat down with the author for an enlightening conversation.
Celebrate Women’s Writing: Join Us for a Women Writers Fest organised by ShethePeople at Kunzum Gurgaon!
Kunzum Gurgaon is hosting a Women Writers Fest in collaboration with ShethePeople! The Fest aims to focus the dialogue on women writers who are breaking new ground in content, style, and storytelling.
Kunzum Kids’ Festival: Book Readings by Authors, Creativity Contests, Story Workshop, Fun Games, Prizes and More!
Kunzum Book Bees is organising a Kids’ Festival in collaboration with The Tale of You. Join us with your young ones to attend enrapturing book readings, learn storytelling, participate in creativity contests, and win prizes!
I Don’t Want to Feel Guilty for Not Taking Care of an Object: Award-Winning Author Ruth Ozeki on Letting Go of Things
From Chinese fortune cookies to scissors, unusual objects possess a voice in Ruth Ozeki’s latest novel, The Book of Form and Emptiness. Curious, we approached Ozeki to understand her writing process, relationship with objects, obsession with libraries and bookstores, and Buddhist approach to life.
We Come from Worlds Where Reality is Wilder than Fiction: Booker Prize Winner Marlon James
Winner of the 2015 Booker Prize, Marlon James, was one of the many acclaimed speakers at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2023. We spoke with him about African myths, unlearning Eurocentrism, his book recommendations, and the upcoming third book of his Dark Star trilogy.
Every Obituary Is a Hurried Piece of Literature: Anees Salim
Anees Salim opens up to Kunzum about his Facebook alter-ego, his obsession with waterbodies, the recurring themes of death and hopelessness in his novels, and, of course, The Bellboy.
“It’s Like a Return to a Home That I Was Never Able to Claim as My Own”: Amitabha Bagchi on the Hindi Translation of his Novel
Winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature in 2019, Half the Night is Gone is Amitabha Bagchi’s third and arguably most popular novel. The author speaks with Kunzum about the book and its new Hindi translation, his literary influences and recommended reads.
Tomb of Sand: Join Daisy Rockwell and Tanuj Solanki for a Book Talk on the 2022 International Booker Prize-winning Novel
Kunzum Book Club is back with another exciting event! Translator Daisy Rockwell will be in conversation with author Tanuj Solanki on the International Booker Prize-winning novel Tomb of Sand.
Queer Reading List: Four Non-fiction Books by Indians from 2022 that You Should Get from Kunzum This Year
The new year is well and truly here, but we are still not over these 2022 releases that gave us a whole new outlook on the word ‘queer’.