The Dollmakers' Island

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MRP: Rs. 225/-

ISBN: 978-81-909391-3-3

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The book:
Alice-like in its feel and treatment, The Dollmakers’ Island is an interesting perspective on the socio-political scenario in India through the ages. The narrative flows across time and space, breaking all barriers. The book is tongue-in-cheek, persistent, and fun to read.

The author:
Anuradha Kumar has already published young adult books with Penguin and Hachette India. Her earlier adult novel, Letters for Paul, was published by Mapin in 2006. She was also one of the winners of the Commonwealth short story writing competition in 2004, and was shortlisted for The Little Magazine New Writing Awards 2006.

No Flying from Fate

Fiction: Thriller

MRP: Rs. 295/-

'So, how does one evaluate Saurabh Katyal and his detective, Vishal Bajaj? He has done an excellent job.'
Keki N Daruwalla

'The level of mystery is highly intoxicating and even the casual reader can't resist reading on. This meticulously planned novel, an intricate tapestry of mystery is largely a case of drama with a little dab of reality.'
NXG, The Hindu

'Saurabh Katyal, a real estate consultant turned detective novelist, has to some extent covered a little ground in the direction of detective writing.'
All About Book Publishing

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The book:
When Detective Vishal Bajaj receives a call from his old flame, Aditi, on a Sunday afternoon, he is staggered by the resurgence of buried emotions. Aditi married Sunil three years ago. Now, Sunil's elder brother, Anil, has been found murdered at their farmhouse, and the first person Aditi turns to for help is Vishal. Vishal sets out to solve the mystery with his hopeless but faithful sidekick, Pranay; and Inspector Babu, a pompous and limelight-loving policeman, for company.

A delightful page-turner, Katyal’s novel will keep you riveted and grinning till the end.

Author:
Saurbh Katyal has his own real-estate consultancy in Bangalore. After three successful years in the corporate world, propelled by his writerly ambitions, he quit his job to devote more time to writing. He has already published some fiction and non-fiction in e-zines and magazines; and on marketing sites, etc. He has also won an international story-writing competition organised by an American fiction e-zine.

Of Wooing Woes,
& Wanderings

Fiction: Romance/humour

MRP: Rs. 250/-

'The most interesting parts of the book are those dealing with a clash of cultures, value-systems and conditioning [...] Of Wooing, Woes, and Wanderings is a light, readable book for the young reader looking for adventure.'
The Deccan Herald

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The book:
Of Wooing, Woes, and Wanderings is entertaining, fluid, and sensitive. Chatterjee explores the love-life and profession of an Indian oilman in the bleakness of oil rigs in the world, a little-explored theme so far.

Author:
Amitabha Chatterjee was educated at IIT Delhi to be an electrical engineer, but opted to become an oilman. He joined an oil company, where he has worked for the last sixteen years, in countries round the globe-Venezuela, Egypt, Qatar, and a few others he would rather keep secret. He has lived in little-known places, and survived on dubious foods. He is currently based in New Delhi.

Turtle Dove - Six Simple Tales

Fiction: Short stories

MRP: Rs. 195/-

'These stories are so well crafted [...] that it is difficult to choose a favourite from among them. It is not often that one comes across quality read as far as Indian fiction, especially short stories, in English, is concerned.'
The Tribune

'...in Dubey’s writing, it [the darkness] takes on a directness, a horror that is hard to look away from or put down midway.'
The Book Review

'Turtle Dove is a different book. There is enough promise in the storyteller and her craft.'
Indo-Asian News service

'Makes for a heart-warming read.'
Mail Today

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The book:
The six short stories are about ordinary and, sometimes, not-so-ordinary people. Though based in and around Delhi, these stories are really about people anywhere any-when; about people like you and I, and the eccentric world we live in.

Author:
Divya Dubey is the publisher of Gyaana Books. Turtle Dove: Six Simple Tales is her first self-published collection of short stories. She hopes that the collection will appeal to the readers, and lend respectability to the practice of self-publishing English fiction in India.