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Views, opinions, articles, thoughts on books, publishing, reading, writing, literature, etc; and some short fiction.

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Utterly Bitterly Un-delicious

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The world of publishing is a minefield. No, I’m not talking about books, genre, production, printing, distribution, marketing, technicalit...
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Monday, October 25, 2010

Books Populi: Un-cut (original published in Hindustan Times, 15th Oct 2010)

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Books Populi The sudden boom in trade publishing in India these days has supposedly come about post Chetan Bhagat, thanks to the birth of...
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Book Re-whew! The Inside Story (Published in All About Book Publishing, Apr/May 2010)

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http://allaboutbookpublishing.com/2010/04/19/book-reviews-the-inside-story/ A publisher’s ear instantly perks up at the mention of a boo...
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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Erotica

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There is a fine line of distinction between pornography and erotica. Simply put, I think erotica is beautiful, pornography is not. Writing e...
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Review: Killing the Water by Mahmud Rahman (Penguin, 2010)

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It's nice when I can genuinely say nice things about a book (okay, you may laugh). :) Mahmud Rahman's collection of short stories se...
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Thursday, March 11, 2010

The small gods

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It's strange really what some denizens of the literary-glitterary world, the most educated of our lot; the literate, polished, sophisti...
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010

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Hi, Happy to announce that I've finally taken the plunge into the blogging world! :D
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Divya Dubey
Book editor/instructor, Authorz Coracle. I'm a freelance book editor. I also review literary and commercial fiction and creative non-fiction books. I've reviewed fiction and non-fiction for India Today magazine, the Hindustan Times, Livemint, Biblio, etc (India); the Asian Review of Books (Hong Kong) -- some of the reviews republished by The Asian Writer (UK); the Asia Literary Review (Hong Kong), Wasafiri (UK), the New York Journal of Books (US), and India Currents magazine (US). Some of my short stories and articles have appeared in various publications such as Out–of-Print magazine, Muse India, Reading Hour, Kindle Magazine, Urban Voice 4, The Bookseller (UK), Scroll, The Hindu Literary Review, the Hindustan Times, Indo-Asian News Service, Pravasi Bharatiya, All About Book Publishing, Book Link, The Publisher’s Post and Chicken Soup for the Indian Couple’s Soul. I was a finalist for the British Council Young Creative Entrepreneur Award, Publishing, 2010. Authorz Coracle is a writers' resource, meant for aspiring writers. Details available on: www.authorzcoracle.com.
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