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We've launched a Kickstarter for a new book... and in just a few days, we've raised nearly double our target, thanks to a phenomenal outpuring of support from over 200 backers (and counting)! INDIA STREET LETTERING: A Journey Through Typographic Craft and Culture by Pooja Saxena is a showcase of the typographic culture that thrives in India’s urban spaces. Curated from over a decade of meticulous documenting and annotating, Pooja's collection contains hundreds of of photographs of striking public lettering - in paint, relief, mosaic, neon, wood, you name it! All wrapped up in a 200-page hard cover full-colour book. Back...

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Anti-Caste SF, Gujarati Pulp Fiction -

Just in time for Dalit History Month, The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF got a pretty great review in Scroll from Devarshi Ghosh. Check it out here: ‘The Blaft Book of Anti-Caste SF’ is every bit is as radical as you think This should convice you to buy the book if you haven't already! There are ebooks too! Consider adding this sticker set and tote bag with the artwork of the inimitable Priyanka Paul to your purchase!  Also, if you're in the area on April 7, head to Ashoka University, Sonipat Campus, AC04 - LR408, for this talk at 1:30 pm (it's a...

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AWP, Book Fairs, Events, Orijit Sen, Zine Fests -

Hi everyone! There are some exciting book events happening in the coming month.  The first is the Goa Book Fair and Children's Book Festival, where we will have a table. Hopefully it will not rain, but if it does, we will still be cheerful, like these ghosts. Meanwhile, 14400 kilometres away in California, we'll be attending the L.A. Zine Fest. The ghosts on this flyer are cheerful too! They just express it differently! In L.A. we'll have a special visitor -- Nabi H. Ali, who did the cover art for Gujarati Pulp Fiction and wrote an incredible story called "Melonhead"...

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Happy New Year! And thanks to everyone who turned out for our Anti-Caste SF launch events on Dec 21 in Bangalore and Jan 5 in Delhi! We have another Delhi event on Jan 10 (this Friday) at JNU: We've also got an event in Ahmedabad on January 19 (the first ever Blaft event in Gujarat!)    As we announced on other social media channels, H. N. Golibar sadly passed away on Dec. 20, 2024. He was a fixture on the Gujarati fiction scene, the author of more than 85 thriller and horror novels, with an incredible 4-and-a-half-decade history of running the...

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3 events in 3 cities!

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