The Kama Sutra Diaries Sally Howard A ‘sexploration’ of modern India: Behind the scenes and between the sheets. Description From the heat of anti-rape protest on the streets of New Delhi to the cool hills of Shimla, playground of the Raj; from a Gujurati retirement home for gay men and eunuchs to a busy sex […]
Rogue Elephant Simon Denyer A lively portrait the state of India today and an investigation of what the future holds for the world’s fastest-growing country, as told by those in the thick of the action Description In October 2010, India hosted the Commonwealth Games. While normally a straightforward celebration of athletic prowess, this time the […]
Making Soapies in Kabul Trudi-Ann Tierney The hugely funny and nail-bitingly dramatic account of how a talented Australian TV executive found herself working on Afghanistan’s best-loved soap. Description On an impulse, Trudi-Ann Tierney, Sydney producer and former actress, goes to Kabul to manage a bar. She quickly falls […]
The Lucky One Krystal Barter The inspiring story of how a young woman defied a family cancer curse to save herself and offer the gift of hope to thousands of other women. Description ‘I feel lucky I was born with cancer in my DNA. Crazy as it sounds, I consider myself lucky that, when I […]
A God in Every Stone Kamila Shamsie A stunning new novel from the Granta Best of Young British, Orange shortlisted author of Burnt Shadows Description July 1914. Young Englishwoman Vivian Rose Spencer is running up a mountain in an ancient land, surrounded by figs and cypresses. Soon she will discover the Temple of Zeus, the […]
What does it take for one woman to drive 10,000 km around India – a land where bullock carts vie for space with SUVs on eight-lane super-highways, where GPS systems fail to give directions, and where a blessing from the gods is considered better road insurance than safer driving? Description As Vanessa Able learnt through […]
The Last Word AUD $29.99 inc. GST The new novel from Hanif Kureishi: an outrageous, clever and very funny story of sex, lies, art and what defines a life. Description Mamoon is an eminent Indian-born writer who has made a career in England – but now, in his early 70s, his reputation is fading, […]
Annie Zaidi In 2012 Asialink’s Bookwallah took five writers and an ingenious travelling library across India by train. Three Indian and two Australian writers journeyed through the cities and towns of modern India in search of stories, conversations and connections. Melbourne Writers Festival is pleased to be bringing the Bookwallah tour to Australia, bringing […]
Indian poet-writer Jeet Thayil’s debut novel Narcopolis is among the books chosen for the six-book shortlist for the Booker Prize in London .Fifty-three-year-old Thayil was born in Kerala, who has published four collections of poetry, lives in New Delhi. This is the first time since 2008, when Aravind Adiga won the prize for his debut […]
Caption: Book Jacket; Dr R S Muthukrishnan By Neena Badhwar Dr. RS Muthukrishnan, a well known Sydney doctor, motivational speaker and trainer of hypnosis, having trained GPs all across Australia has compiled an impressive book on hypnosis and mind power titled ”˜Software for Your Soul’. Says Dr Muthu in his book, “During my […]